Elections

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Caption:	Supporters of the campaign to vote "Uncommitted" hold a rally in suppo...
Gregory Krieg and Eric Bradner, CNN

What to watch for in the Michigan presidential primaries

The Michigan primary takes place on Tuesday Feb. 27, 2024. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are expected to win.
2 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night ...
MEG KINNARD and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

Trump wins South Carolina, easily beating Haley in her home state and closing in on GOP nomination

Donald Trump won South Carolina's Republican primary on Saturday further consolidating his path to a third straight GOP nomination.
2 months ago
Example of ranked choice voting ballot. Twelve cities across Utah will participate in ranked choice...
Adam Small

Utah House passes bill that would end rank choice voting

Utah's ranked choice voting pilot program may come to and early end as the House passes a bill ending the program.
2 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump holds gold Trump sneakers at Sneake...
MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press

Here’s a look inside Donald Trump’s $355 million civil fraud verdict as an appeals fight looms

On the witness stand last year, Donald Trump proclaimed: "I have a lot of cash." After Friday's eye-popping penalty in his New York civil fraud trial, he's going to need it.
3 months ago
nick clegg...
Associated Press

Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery

Tech executives from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok gathered to announce a new framework for responding to AI-generated deepfakes.
3 months ago
Gov. Spencer Cox speaks to reporters at the PBS monthly news conference at the Eccles Broadcast Cen...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com

Gov. Cox predicts a Donald Trump victory in the upcoming presidential election

The governor blamed President Joe Biden for not taking a tougher stance to stem the flow of migrants.
3 months ago
Voting signs at West Valley City Hall in West Valley on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023....
Adam Small

Utah’s lieutenant governor would lose election authority with new bill

A new bill takes election authority from lieutenant governor's office and creates a voting council instead.
3 months ago
Image of President Biden and former president Trump debating ahdead of the 2020 election. The 3rd p...
Peter Johnston

A $6.5 million request and cancelation concerns: the presidential debate is coming to Utah

The presidential debate in Utah is scheduled for October, but there's a lot to consider in the eight months leading up to the event.
3 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump arrives to speak after meeting with...
MARK SHERMAN Associated Press

Trump on the ballot? It’s the Supreme Court’s biggest election decision since Bush v. Gore

A case with the potential to disrupt Donald Trump's candidacy is putting the Supreme Court at the center of the 2024 presidential race.
3 months ago
President Joe Biden, left, waits to speak as first lady Jill Biden looks on at the Biden campaign h...
WILL WEISSERT and MEG KINNARD Associated Press

President Biden wins South Carolina’s Democratic primary as he gears up for his reelection bid

President Joe Biden easily won South Carolina's Democratic primary on Saturday.
3 months ago
Former President Donald Trump will be allowed to remain on the ballot in Illinois for now, as the s...
SOPHIA TAREEN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI, Associated Press

Trump stays on Illinois’ ballot, election board declines to ban him over insurrection amendment

Former President Trump's name will stay on the ballot in Illinois. The state's election board says it'll let the Supreme Court make the final decision.
3 months ago
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at the White House in Washington,...
WILL WEISSERT Associated Press

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there

President Joe Biden won New Hampshire's Democratic primary, in an unusual write-in effort after he refused to appear on the state ballot.
3 months ago
Uncertainty among Utah republicans as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis exits the 2024 Presidential Race. D...
Derrick Jones

With DeSantis out of the race, who will Utah republicans vote for?

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, leaving some Utah Republicans uncertain.
3 months ago
New Hampshire political signs...
 Eric Bradner and Gregory Krieg, CNN

6 things to watch in New Hampshire’s presidential primary

Recent departures from the 2024 race have already shaped the New Hampshire Republican primary election.
3 months ago
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Associated Press

Trump wins Iowa Republican caucuses

The Iowa results are just the first in what will be a monthslong effort for Trump to secure the GOP nomination a third consecutive time.
4 months ago
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Aimee Cobabe

Iowa caucuses kick off amid freezing temperatures

Despite the Iowa caucuses taking place amid sub-zero temperatures, Utah GOP Chair Robert Axson is still optimistic about turnout.
4 months ago
Iowa Caucus...
Will Mullery and Zachary B. Wolf, CNN

2024 voting is about to begin. Do you know what a caucus is?

Iowa caucuses will help determine the Republican Party’s choice for a presidential candidate but how do they work?
4 months ago
Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event, Satu...
ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON, THOMAS BEAUMONT, JILL COLVIN and BILL BARROW Associated Press

DeSantis and Haley barnstorm across frigid Iowa in the final days before the Republican caucuses

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley pushed across ice-cold Iowa Saturday to find voters open to an alternative to former President Donald Trump with just two days before the state’s caucuses open the Republican primary calendar. Trump canceled his two in-person rallies Saturday due to a blizzard blanketing much of the […]
4 months ago
utah leaders endorse nikki haley...
Aimee Cobabe

Lt. Gov. Henderson, First Lady Abby Cox endorse Nikki Haley for 2024 election

First Lady Abby Cox said her husband, Gov. Spencer Cox, was not endorsing Haley at this time.
4 months ago
chris christie...
STEVE PEOPLES, JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER

Christie will announce at New Hampshire town hall that he’s ending presidential bid, AP source says

Christie has been under pressure to exit the Republican presidential primary race as critics work to unify behind a viable alternative to Trump.
4 months ago
Kathryn Dahlin has filed to run in Utah's 3rd Congressional District race. The seat is currently he...
Simone Seikaly

Former U.S. Senate staffer Kathryn Dahlin enters 3rd District race

According to a press release, Kathryn Dahlin worked as a legislative aide and a policy advisor in the U.S. Senate.
4 months ago
Cooper Brannon, 8, watches his father, Austin, vote at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Sa...
Simone Seikaly

One more day to officially switch political parties in Utah

This voter switching date is important for anybody who wants to participate in the Republican caucus on March 5.
4 months ago
From left, Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis and Vivek R...
Veronica Stracqualursi, Ebony Davis and Kit Maher, CNN

GOP contenders spend a hectic weekend in Iowa as caucuses draw near

The Iowa caucuses are only a week away. Republican presidential candidates have been trying to sway voters ahead of time.
4 months ago
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC....
Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst

Here’s what the Supreme Court faces as justices discuss Trump’s eligibility

The US Supreme Court will determine Donald Trump’s eligibility to remain on the ballot for presidential candidacy.
4 months ago