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Take 2 Podcast: Utah Legislative Session, Utah Congressional Races Shaping up

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Show Notes

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Maura Carabello, Exoro Group • Rob Axson, Utah GOP Chair

Utah Legislative Session

Sen. Adams kills bill passed seconds after midnight

Last-minute signature removal law passed

Utahns for Representative Government gets signatures to put repeal of Prop 4 on the ballot

The petition to repeal Utah Proposition 4 ended up with nearly 166,000 verified signatures.

Signature removal deadline: April 23

Utah Congressional Races Shaping up

Utah CD1

Race shifting to the left.

A public town hall was held for the eight Democratic candidates running for Congress in Utah’s 1st District. Ben McAdams did not participate.

Utah CD2

Blake Moore, the 5th-ranked House Republican, is facing a primary challenge.

Karianne Lisonbee is serving her fourth term representing District 14. Before her election to the legislature, she served on the Syracuse City Council.

Utah CD3 Celeste Maloy, who won a hard-fought battle in the caucus convention, will face a challenger in Phil Lyman, who previously announced he would run for governor.

Utah CD4 Mike Kennedy has filed to run for re-election and already has two Republican primary challengers in the race.

Key Political Dates

Caucus Night: Tuesday, March 17

Utah Conventions: April 25

National Issues

What Americans think about the war in Iran, and whether it could affect the midterms.

Partial government shutdown continues nearly a month in, with Utah TSA workers going without pay. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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