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Congratulations, Jason!
On a great win in the face of tremendous odds.
Chris Cannon seemed to have everything going for him: endorsements of most of Utah’s Republican leadership, name recognition, a bigger budget, experience from previous campaigns, PAC money from outside Utah, all that and yet volunteerism and a great grass roots effort were able to unseat him [...]
Mr. Cannon, You’re Fired!
I spent the evening at Chaffetz Headquarters in Springville. At about 11:00 PM, Chris Cannon called to offer his congratulations, and to concede the race for Utah’s Third congressional District.
The totals as of right now (with all but one rural precinct reporting) are:
Jason Chaffetz – 59.96% (27,266)
Chris Cannon – 40.04% (18,208)
In his acceptance speech, Mr. [...]
Chaffetz Takes Early Lead
9:40 PM
With 30% of precincts reporting, Jason Chaffetz has taken a sizable lead.
Current results:
Chaffetz: 61% (10,583) Cannon 39% (6798)
Watch current results on-line at
http://www.electionresults.utah.gov/xmlData/30003.html
Primary Day
Today is the Republican Primary.
Do the right thing, and vote.
I voted Jason Chaffetz for US Congress in Utah’s Third District. I think it’s time for a change, and I’m not talking about the empty change-for-the-sake-of-change that Obama wants. I mean substantive change.
Chris Cannon has served Utah reasonably well, but he now seems to have picked [...]
Grass Roots kick-off Meeting Tonight
Meet at the Chaffetz’s home tonight (May 15, 2008) at 7:00 PM MT. For directions, contact the following people:
Jason Chaffetz: jason at chaffetz dot com
Jennifer Scott: jennifer at chaffetz dot com
Connie Smith: connie at chaffetz dot com
Deidre Henderson: deidremh at hotmail dot com
Dell Smith: dellsmith51 at yahoo dot com
Kellie Nelson: kellieannenelson at yahoo dot com
Chaffetz Campaign Launches Grass Roots Effort
Jason Chaffetz kicked off the next phase of his campaign today. Jennifer Scott, Chaffetz’s Campaign Manager, said today that they are kicking off “the biggest grass roots effort in the history of [Utah's] Third District.”
The campaign plans to take advantage of new technologies to help distribute news and information, similar to the methods used by [...]
AP Political Headlines
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- Pa. GOP picks Burns as nominee for Murtha's seat March 12, 2010PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Republicans in Pennsylvania have nominated a political newcomer to fill the congressional seat of the late Rep. John Murtha.... […]
- Report: Obama to tap Yellen to be Fed vice chair March 12, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is planning to nominate Janet Yellen, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to take over as vice chairman of central bank in Washington, The Wall Street Journal reported.... […]
- Reid's wife, daughter injured in highway accident March 12, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's wife was hospitalized with a broken back and neck Thursday after a tractor-trailer truck slammed into the back of the minivan in which she and their daughter were riding on an interstate highway in suburban Virginia, officials said.... […]
- Obama says he's committed to immigration overhaul March 12, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Thursday assured immigration advocates frustrated by the wait for a promised overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that he remains committed to fixing a system he has said is broken. What remains unclear is whether Congress will send him a bill this year.... […]
- Obama pushes trade initiative as jobs helper March 12, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sought Thursday to put some detail behind his lofty drive to double U.S. exports over the next five years, calling the effort imperative to putting people back to work. But doubts remain about how many net jobs his trade agenda will create - and how he will get it done.... […]
- US criticizes China's domestic, economic policies March 12, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration accused China on Thursday of abusing its citizens' rights and maintaining currency policies that cost millions of U.S. jobs, a double-barrel attack that comes amid a growing willingness to confront and even antagonize the Asian power.... […]
- Gov't may seek more authority on vehicle safety March 12, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- Government vehicle safety regulators may seek greater authority to investigate defects in cars and trucks and are weighing a range of new safety requirements in response to Toyota's recall of more than 8 million vehicles over brake and acceleration problems.... […]
- Dodd to offer his own financial regulation bill March 11, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- With one eye on the calendar and the other on elusive bipartisanship, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd plans to offer his own version of a sweeping overhaul of financial regulations without Republican support.... […]
- Senate seeks to boost regional airline safety March 11, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate is pushing to strengthen pilot training and hiring requirements in an effort to improve the safety of regional airlines, a problem exposed by an air crash last year that killed 50 people.... […]