Republican Party State Convention

Good Rainy Afternoon,
The State Convention was very well attended this year and I wanted to make sure you were aware of the results of the voting by the delegates.  We are in House District 3.

U.S. House of Representatives – Utah District 3
Incumbent Jason Chaffetz also retains favor with Utah’s GOP, taking the nomination for Utah’s 3rd Congressional District. Of 968 votes, Chaffetz received 838 votes, or 87.17 percent, while Robert J. Stevens and Mark Hedengren each got 65 votes, or 6.42 percent each.
Chaffetz will run for re-election as the incumbent in November against Democratic Party candidate Brian Wonnacott, Independent American candidates Abraham (stand-alone name) and Zack Strong, and party-unaffiliated candidates Ben J. Mates and Stephen P. Tryon.

Just for your information I wanted to include the outcome of the other house districts...

U.S. House of Representatives – Utah District 1
Incumbent Rob Bishop retains favor with the GOP, taking the nomination over his Republican challenger, David Yu-Lin Chiu. Of 950 votes, Bishop received 767 votes, or 80.74 percent, and Chiu received 183 votes, or 19.26 percent.
Bishop will run for re-election in November against the nominee decided Saturday by the Democratic Party at its convention between candidates Donna McAleer and Peter C. Clemens; and against Independent American Party candidate Dwayne A. Vance, and Libertarian Party candidate Craig Bowden.

U.S. House of Representatives – Utah District 2
Incumbent Chris Stewart retains favor with Utah’s GOP, taking the nomination over his Republican challengers. Of 888 votes, Stewart received 602 votes, or 67.79 percent, Larry Meyers received 191 votes, or 25.51 percent, Vaughn Hatton received 53 votes, or 5.9 percent, and Zachary Hartman received 42 votes, or 4.73 percent.
Stewart will run for re-election as the incumbent in November against Democratic Party candidate Luz Robles Constitution Party candidate Shaun McCausland, Independent American Party candidate Wayne L. Hill,  and party-unaffiliated candidate Bill Barron.

U.S. House of Representatives – Utah District 4
Mia Love was the GOP choice to run for Utah’s 4th Congressional District. Of 843 votes, Love received 662 votes, or 78.74 percent, Bob Fuehr received 181 votes, or 21.26 percent.
There is no incumbent running for District 4 as Rep. Jim Matheson will finish his term this year and not seek re-election, as he announced in December 2013.  Love will run against the nominee decided Saturday by the Democratic Party at its convention between candidates Bill Peterson and Doug Owens, and against Independent American candidate Tim Aalders, Constitution Party candidate Collin Robert Simonsen, and Libertarian Party candidate Jim L. Vein.

Thank you to our State Delegates for their time and effort in attending the convention.   Please mark on your calendars the following dates.

May 27, 2014: Voter Registration Deadline by Mail and Agency for Primary Elections

June 9, 2014: Voter Registration Deadline for In-Person and Online for Primary Elections

June 10, 2014: Early Voting Begins for Primary Elections

June 20, 2014: Early Voting Ends for Primary Elections

June 24, 2014: Primary Elections for County and State Positions

Thank you,
Kim Riehle
Precinct Chair

Results from the Utah County Convention 2014

The following is a list of candidates who were nominated by the County Delegates.

State House Representative for Legislative District 57
Brian Greene

Commission Seat A
Gregory James Graves

Commission Seat B
There will be a primary election between the following candidates:
Bill Lee
Lorne W. Grierson

County Attorney
There will be a primary election between the following candidates:
Jeffrey R. Buhman
Ben Stanley

County Clerk / Auditor
There will be a primary election between the following candidates:
Jacob Atkin
Bryan Thompson

County Recorder
Jeffery Dean Smith

County Treasurer
There will be a primary election between the following candidates:
Kim Jackson
Cary R. McConnell

The following three candidates were nominated by acclamation:

County Assessor
Kris W. Poulson

County Sheriff
James O. Tracy

County Surveyor
Gary Ratcliffe

Thank you everyone for making the convention a priority.  We had 100% of our delegates attend and over all our district ranked 2nd with 98% attendance.

Upcoming items for the calendar...

Candidates for U.S. House of Representatives

Town Hall Meetings for Jason Chaffetz

Tuesday, April 22, 7:30 pm
Provo City Library
550 North University Avenue

Wednesday, April 23, 11:00 am
American Fork Holiday Inn Express
712 South Utah Valley Drive

Wednesday, April 23, 7:00 pm
Draper City Council Chambers
1020 East Pioneer Road

Town Hall Meetings for Mark Hedengren

Tuesday, April 15, 6:00 pm
Provo City Library, Room 214
550 North University Avenue 

Thursday, April 17, 7:00 pm
American Fork Library, Conference room
64 South 100 East

Tuesday, April 22, 7:00 pm
Sandy Library, Small Meeting Room
10100 Petunia Way

Robert Stevens has not sent out any information on Town Hall Meetings he will be holding as of yet.  You can find out more about his platform at his website http://robertstevens.org/

Attorney General - 2014 Special Election
Sean Reyes
http://www.seanreyes.com

April 26, 2014: Utah State Convention

May 27, 2014: Voter Registration Deadline by Mail and Agency for Primary Elections

June 9, 2014: Voter Registration Deadline for In-Person and Online for Primary Elections

June 10, 2014: Early Voting Begins for Primary Elections

June 20, 2014: Early Voting Ends for Primary Elections

June 24, 2014: Primary Elections for County and State Positions

County Convention Information:
Saturday April 12th
Mountain View High School
645 West Center Street, Orem


6:30 am           Sign-in for credentials is open - PHOTO ID REQUIRED
                       Booths open - Meet the candidates
7:00 am           Central Committee meeting ( includes all Precinct Chairs and Vice Chairs -
                        does not include those elected only as delegates)
8:15 am           House District Representative Elections (all delegates)
9:15 am           Senate Caucus
10:00 am         General Session

 Please plan to stay all day to participate in all of the votes

For a map and additional details see www.ucrp.org

If you cannot attend please let me know so we can find replacement delegates.
I hope you have had a wonderful week.
Kim Riehle
Precinct Chair