Republican Convention News--4.22.12

Utah Republican convention: How Orrin Hatch beat back a tea party revolt Christian Science Monitor By Patrik Jonsson, Staff writer / April 21, 2012 Six-term Senator Orrin Hatch entered today's Republican nominating convention in Sandy, Utah, with the polling winds at his back, suggesting that an aggressive and historically costly campaign to beat ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Hatch Forced Into Republican Primary With Utah State Senator Bloomberg Utah Senator Orrin Hatch failed to win the required majority of votes at the state Republican convention today, forcing him into a June 26 primary election against state Senator Dan Liljenquist. Hatch won 59.2 percent of the 3902 delegate votes cast at ... See all stories on this topic »

Hatch Forced Into GOP Primary Contest in Utah BusinessWeek By Gopal Ratnam and Laura Litvan on April 21, 2012 Utah Senator Orrin Hatch failed to win the required majority of votes at the state Republican convention today, forcing him into a June 26 primary election against state Senator Dan Liljenquist. See all stories on this topic »

Utah Republican convention: How Orrin Hatch (almost) beat back a tea party revolt Christian Science Monitor As Republicans in Utah have turned more moderate since 2010, veteran US Sen. Orrin Hatch has turned more conservative. Taken together, this nearly helped Hatch survive a tea party challenge at Saturday's Republican nominating convention. See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Sen. Orrin Hatch And His Fight To Stay In Congress NPR Two years ago, Robert Bennett, a Republican senator from Utah, was voted out of office at the state's Republican convention. Bennett's friend, Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch, has worked hard over the past year to avoid the same fate at today's state convention. See all stories on this topic »

Six-term Utah senator faces Republican primary challenge Reuters By Debbie Hummel | SANDY, Utah (Reuters) - Veteran US Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah will face a Republican primary fight after delegates to a party convention on Saturday denied him the nomination, forcing him into an election with a Tea Party-backed ... See all stories on this topic »

8th District Republicans support mixed slate of presidential delegates Southeast Missourian Three delegates and three alternates who pledged to support Mitt Romney on the first ballot during the National Republican Convention were elected Saturday during the Republican 8th Congressional District convention in Poplar Bluff. See all stories on this topic »

Mitt Romney carries half of Missouri delegates at stake USA TODAY (AP) – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney prevailed Saturday in Missouri's regional GOP conventions, as some former supporters of Rick Santorum switched allegiances in what they characterized as a show of party unity. By Jae C. Hong, ... See all stories on this topic » USA TODAY

Utah's Hatch Will Face a Primary for Senate New York Times SANDY, Utah — United States Senator Orrin G. Hatch, a six-term Republican who had been targeted for elimination by Tea Party groups, survived a test from nine challengers at his party's state convention here on Saturday, but failed to win the ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times

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Utah Republican Convention Results - Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion By Bryan Jacoutot Today we'll be tracking the results of Mia Love and Sen. Orrin Hatch from the Utah Republican Party State Nominating Convention. The convention is scheduled to convene at 10am MST/12pm EST and I will be periodically updating this post ... Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion

Kevin's Korner: Branstad's Choice, Convention Thoughts, and Dems ... By Kevin Hall Greetings and welcome to Kevin's Korner. Come on in. The water's warm. I am disappointed in Governor Branstad. I gave up 10 months of my life to help Branstad get elected to a fifth term, because I believed in him. The Iowa Legislature ... The Iowa Republican

Hatch Fails to Win Nomination at Convention; Will Face Primary ... By Julie Sobel Orrin Hatch fell just short of winning the votes necessary to clinch the nomination outright at the state Republican convention. Hatch will face off with former state Sen. Dan Liljenquist on June 26. Utah's senior senator received 59.19 percent of ... Hotline On Call

Orrin Hatch on convention results: 'I consider it a tremendous victory ... By Matt K. Lewis Orrin Hatch will face a June 26 primary election challenge against Republican Dan Liljenquist. Hatch failed to secure 60 percent of the delegates needed at the Utah Republican Convention to avoid the primary. During the first ballot, Hatch got ... The Daily Caller