Posted on 03/21/2009 2:49:19 PM PDT by Clintonfatigued
Believe it or not, some Utahns are already looking at races for 2010.
Perhaps the most prominent is GOP Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, who says he's considering running against Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, next year.
This would be a "free" race for Shurtleff, since he won re-election last November to a third four-year term. Shurtleff could run against Bennett, and if the attorney general lost that Republican Party challenge, he would still be in office for two more years.
Shurtleff says he'll decide soon whether or not to challenge Bennett — who has already announced he's running again.
I'm guessing that in the end, Shurtleff won't run against Bennett.
After winning a few Salt Lake County Commission races and statewide office as attorney general three times, Shurtleff doesn't want the term "loser" tagged to him before 2012.
And I see that year as the big breakout contests for the Utah GOP.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, will face re-election that year, should he decide to seek a seventh six-year term.
(Excerpt) Read more at deseretnews.com ...
Bennett’s role in the bailout is not playing well in Utah. Also, most had expected him to retire in 2010 and are perhaps trying to get him to reconsider his intention to seek reelection.
Bennett’s votes lately leave him open for a conservative challenge.
Hatch, Bennett, and Huntsman need to all go. Utah can do much better than them.
Eliminate the sclerotic Republican dinosaurs. Andy Gump and Moon Mullins must go.
Huntsman is awful.
Bennett is pushing 80, he should retire.
Huntsman is awful. (better than the alternative)
Bennett is pushing 80, he should retire.
(Age limits and term limits)
(I’d like to see Hatch retire as well)
“better than the alternative”
The alternative in the 2004 primary was Former State House Speaker Nolan Karras who at the very least is to the right of Huntsman so no he’s not better than the alternative. (I’m sure you meant “rat” by alternative)
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