Posted // October 31,2012  - The 2012 election threatens to sweep Democrats from Utah politics Political junkies have marked their calendars for Nov. 6, 2012, when the general election ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - Have redistricting and the Romney "tsunami" turned Utah Democrats into an endangered species? Salt Lake City has fewer seats because its population growth did not keep pace with other ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - In Utah, it isn't so easy to spot the difference between Republican and Democrats Candidates for office know that, ultimately, they’ve got to represent the people. An ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - A look at politics through candidates' fiction and poems For most politicians, communication is everything. While their talking points may not alwa ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - Salt Lake County Council's four-seat contest Salt Lake County government will have a brand-new bag, with County Mayor Peter Corroon and ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - Justice Party candidate Rocky Anderson laments America's tortured rule of law First, we should say that Rocky Anderson is himself a former civil-rights attorney. And a ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - Rocky Anderson explains why it matters It's made a real difference in the state if you have a good attorney general who is princi ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - Todd Weiler decodes Hopey-Changey Obama City Weekly asked Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, to translate some selected excerpts of ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - Jason Williams Decodes Romney Rhetoric City Weekly asked Jason Williams, liberal blogger at TheSideTrack.Blogspot.com, to transla ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - Meat Loaf endorses Mit(t) for prez It has long been accepted by Biblical scholars that Mr. Meat Loaf, famous for his Bat Out ...

Posted // October 31,2012  - 8 headlines in advance of Tuesday's election Eight headlines already written in advance of Tuesday’s presidential election outcom ...

Posted // October 24,2012  - Conservatives try to make voting a privilege Utah lawmakers aren’t trendy. They’re rarely progressive at anything—exc ...

Posted // October 24,2012  - Popular Dem. senator wants to lead Under the pavilion, McAdams also unflinchingly takes one of his least-favorite campaign qu ...

{Ak_posted} The last presidential debate is tonight, and while Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama will battle to have the last word on foreign policy, Democr...

Posted // October 11,2012  - 5 first-time Latino legislative candidates Even in Utah, where the (D) beside the name of a candidate is generally all it takes to lo ...

Posted // October 11,2012  -   Don't miss an interim day at the Legislature to check out a whole mess of bills and change ...

Posted // October 10,2012  - Mitt-Lite or “Rocky of the Right”? In running for Salt Lake County mayor, Republican Mark Crockett can bank on his years as a ...

{Ak_posted} Democratic candidate for Governor Peter Cooke brought an Oklahoma County commissioner to talk about what his state did to get the U.S. Air Force to i...

Posted // September 26,2012  - Justice Party struggles to get on ballots Local firebrand and former Democratic Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson threw down the g ...

Posted // September 19,2012  - Incorporation discussion gets heated Tempers are running high in Millcreek’s usually peaceful, tree-lined, unincorporated ...

Posted // September 12,2012  - Up against Bishop for 1st Congressional District On Sept. 1, The Salt Lake Tribune editorial board weighed in on the 1st Congressional Dist ...

{Ak_posted} At 72 years of age, Ken Larsen is no stranger to politics, having helped start two political parties along with a colorful career in medical research...

{Ak_posted} Daniel Geery has spent most of his life living the way he’s wanted to see the world. In the ‘80s, when solar energy was considered almost...

{Ak_posted} Mia Love may have killed it at the Tampa Republican National Convention with a speech that’s made it rain campaign contributions on her bid fo...

{Ak_posted} Joe Andrade's ambition for his independent candidacy for Utah's second Congressional District seat—which he announced on July 4, a day "for...

{Ak_posted} Republican voters grew their ranks by 7 percent this year, now numbering 575,401 -- a number state party leaders are all too happy about for this com...

{Ak_posted} It was a dollars-and-cents showdown as Republican Mark Crockett and Democrat Ben McAdams pitched dueling campaign platforms to local business leaders...

{Ak_posted} Scott Howell, the Democratic challenger to Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, spoke at the University of Utah about his education plans if elected. It was fit...

{Ak_posted} As Mike Winder noted in his blog today, conventions these days are highly scripted affairs. There are no surprises; the nominee is a foregone conclu...

Posted // June 27,2012  - GOP prez candidate takes aim at LDS Church Fred Karger, the first openly gay Republican candidate for president, released a series of ...

{Ak_posted} Romney delivered his speech in true robotic fashion: awkwardly in talking about human feelings, and like a cold, calculating, campaign killbot when a...

{Ak_posted} A narrow median in the middle of a Murray thoroughfare offered a symbolic but slightly cramped space for the press conference announcing the “R...

{Ak_posted} He’s a no-nonsense, dollars-and-cents Republican with efficient, wholesome stake-president hair running for office. If you guessed either Mitt ...

Posted // April 11,2012  - Dems vie for SL County Mayorship In 2008, the winds of Barack Obama’s campaign helped carry Utah’s usually beat ...

Posted // May 31,2012  - AG candidate talks of taking over Consumer Protection According to a tape-recorded conversation he had with the owner of a telemarketing sales f ...