Media coverage of UT political races in The Salt Lake Tribune


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Abortion     Jenny Wilson: Opposes requiring a 72-hour waiting period for abortions.     Jonathan Swinton: I don't want federal funds to pay for abortions.

Budget & Economy     Jonathan Johnson: Kept $11M in gold coins in case of financial crisis.     Mia Love: Cut federal programs by more than $750 billion.

Civil Rights     ACLU: Gay marriage bans deny rights to loving & committed couples.     Jenny Wilson: Fight to get same-sex benefits.     Jon Huntsman: Supports civil unions and other rights for same-sex couples.     Mike Lee: Ground Zero mosque is a poke in the eye to victims.     Mike Lee: Ground Zero mosque is a poke in the eye to victims.     Rocky Anderson: Extend city health benefits to unmarried same-sex partners.     Sam Granato: Ground Zero mosque is about freedom of religion.     Spencer Cox: He promoted equity, diversity across state agencies.     Brian King: Gender/sexual orientation not simply black and white.

Corporations     Jenny Wilson: Tax cut: Xmas present to corporations; lump of coal for poor.

Crime     Greg Hughes: Round up offenders and offer jail or treatment.     Phil Lyman: Pardoned by President Trump after conviction for ATV protest.

Drugs     Brian King: Supports crafting a good medical marijuana statute.

Education     Gary Herbert: Collaborate to rewrite No Child Left Behind.     Mia Love: Disbanding the federal Department of Education.     Vaughn Cook: Boost school funding & reduce class size.

Energy & Oil     Harry Reid: More energy efficiency, no drilling in ANWR.     Jon Huntsman: Congress should cap greenhouse-gas pollution.     Jon Huntsman: Growing concern over environmental impacts of coal.

Environment     Vaughn Cook: Tougher pollution-control mandates to improve air quality.

Government Reform     Jonathan Swinton: Term limits for members of Congress.     Mike Lee: Reclaim right to constitutionally limited government.     Pete Ashdown: Refuses any money from political action committees.     Spencer Cox: Electing, rather than appointing, judges a "terrible idea".     Spencer Cox: False choice to secure elections by making it harder to vote.     Brad Wilson: For procedures to improve and verify results of balloting.     Brian King: Legislature should not overturn ballot initiatives .     Spencer Cox: Support the legislature overturning ballot initiatives .

Gun Control     Phil Lyman: Give nonviolent offenders access to guns after three years.

Health Care     Dan Liljenquist: No 5-year wait for child health insurance for immigrants.     Elena Kagan: Helped plan legal defense of ObamaCare.     Jenny Wilson: Keep ObamaCare individual insurance mandate.     Vaughn Cook: Expand Medicaid programs covering the poor.

Homeland Security     Mia Love: Cut $758B from federal budget but don't touch defense.     Sam Granato: Repeal "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"; an affront to gay soldiers.

Immigration     Jenny Wilson: It's not chain migration; it's family-based immigration.     Jonathan Johnson: Support Immigration Innovation Act: more H1B visas.     Mike Lee: Enforce job laws and illegal immigrants will go home.     Orrin Hatch: Introduced bipartisan DREAM Act.     Rocky Anderson: We need major overhaul of our immigration laws.     Sam Granato: Don't rip apart families; support the DREAM Act.     Spencer Cox: Angry about children separated from families at border.

Jobs     Vaughn Cook: Raise Utah's minimum wage.

Principles & Values     Allen Glines: Parents of eight children, four of them quadruplets.     Orrin Hatch: 1976: What do you call 2-term incumbents? Call him home!     Orrin Hatch: I'm running to help Mitt Romney and to be Committee Chairman.     Pete Ashdown: Dems should be bold and different, not Republican light.     Sam Granato: Utahns choice is mainstream candidate vs. extreme candidate.     Scott Howell: I learned bipartisanship as minority party in state Senate.     Spencer Cox: Coronavirus: Debunk rumors; don't share untrue stories.     Tom Daschle: Shift away from Bush priorities will follow shift in Senate.     Phil Lyman: Running write-in campaign: won convention & lost primary.     Spencer Cox: I endorse Trump because most Utahns support Trump.

Social Security     Evan McMullin: Favors cuts, means testing, raising retirement age.     Mike Lee: Raise the retirement age to save Social Security.     Sam Granato: Keep the retirement age but protect Social Security.

Tax Reform     Jeff Burningham: Before we modernize tax code, we need to review spending.     Jenny Wilson: Reform tax code to narrow income gap, not benefit top 1%.     Orrin Hatch: You can't argue with math: tax cuts for vast majority.

Click for quotations from other sources by: ACLU Political Organization Allen Glines Democratic Challenger Utah Brad Wilson Republican Challenger Utah Brian King Utah Democratic candidate for Governor Dan Liljenquist Republican Primary Challenger (2012) Utah Elena Kagan Democratic Appointee to Supreme Court Evan McMullin Independent candidate for President Gary Herbert Utah Republican Governor Greg Hughes Utah Utah Republican Governor Harry Reid Democratic Sr Senator (Retiring 2016) Nevada Jeff Burningham Utah Republican candidate for governor Jenny Wilson Democratic candidate for Utah U.S. Senator Utah Jon Huntsman Utah Ambassador to China Jonathan Johnson Utah Republican 2016 Gubernatorial candidate Jonathan Swinton Democratic Senate challenger Utah Mia Love Republican House Member U.S. Rep Utah-4 Mike Lee Republican Sr Senator Utah Orrin Hatch Republican Sr Senator (retiring 2018) Utah Pete Ashdown Former Democratic challenger (2012) Utah Phil Lyman Utah Republican Challenger Rocky Anderson Utah Justice Party challenger for President Sam Granato 2010 Democratic challenger Utah Scott Howell Democratic Challenger Utah Spencer Cox Utah Republican Gubernatorial Challenger Tom Daschle Former Cabinet Vaughn Cook Utah Democratic 2016 Gubernatorial candidate