2024 UT Senate race: on Government Reform


Brad Wilson: Opposes unnecessary or burdensome cryptocurrency regulation

As a member of the U.S. Senate, Brad will oppose excessive regulation that hinders job creation and economic growth. America must lead in the cryptocurrency sector by adopting a regulatory approach that promotes innovation while upholding existing consumer protections. We do not need a separate set of rules for cryptocurrency. Brad will oppose unnecessary or burdensome cryptocurrency regulation.
Source: 2024 Utah Senate campaign website ElectBradWilson.com Apr 19, 2024

Brad Wilson: For procedures to improve and verify results of balloting

While not embracing the election fraud narrative, Wilson pointed to a recently completed audit of the state's election systems that called for new procedures to improve and verify the results of the balloting. "Upholding the election process is key to our democracy, and our state will continue to provide proper oversight and ensure election integrity. Utah has high standards for elections because we proactively look for ways to improve our process and build trust," Wilson said.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune on 2024 Utah Senate race Jan 17, 2023

Trent Staggs: The ruling elite have created a regulatory state run amok

The ruling elite have driven our country to the brink: $34 trillion in debt, a regulatory state run amok, wokeism, weaponization of federal agencies against its citizenry, an invasion at our border, and unprecedented weakness now on the world stage-- Enough is Enough. Mayor Staggs is the only one in this race with a record of always standing up and fighting for his constituents by taking on the establishment through both words, and more importantly, ACTION.
Source: 2024 Utah Senate campaign website TrentStaggs.com Mar 1, 2024

Trent Staggs: Would prefer to have only paper ballots with photo ID

Concerns about election integrity surfaced multiple times during the town hall, with Staggs expressing his own concern about alleged--but widely disproven--fraud during the 2020 election. "I think there are legitimate cases of fraud in the 2020 election, without a doubt," Staggs said, adding that he would prefer to have only paper ballots with photo ID for voting.
Source: Daily Herald on 2024 Utah Senate race Nov 14, 2023

Mitt Romney: 2021: remove Trump from office; 2024: he's not fit to lead

Senator Mitt Romney of Utah, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee who made a historic break with his party when he voted to remove former President Donald J. Trump from office [as the result of impeachment], announced that he would not seek re-election in 2024.

In the video announcing his retirement, Mr. Romney said that neither Mr. Biden nor Mr. Trump, the current front-runner for the Republican nomination, was addressing the nation's most critical challenges, including climate change, mounting debt and authoritarian threats from Russia and China, and hinted that they were not fit to lead the nation into the future.

Source: New York Times on 2024 Utah Senate race Jul 19, 2023

Caroline Gleich: Opposed to partisan gerrymandering from both sides

When asked about policies or ideas she would be willing to go against her party on, Gleich initially demurred, but when pressed, said she's opposed to partisan gerrymandering on both sides of the political spectrum. "I don't care which party is doing it: any efforts made to divide communities for political gain, that dilutes the power of people's votes, and it makes government less effective because communitywide solutions are much harder to achieve when communities are divided," she said.
Source: KSL-TV Channel 5 on 2024 Utah Senate race Mar 27, 2024

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Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
GA:Chambliss(R)
IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R)
Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R)
Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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