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Poll: GOP voters favor Sen. Mike Lee over Josh Romney. Pew study finds Mormons most reliable Republicans. Greenwald says NSA data center is intrusive.

Happy Wednesday. Utah Republicans would favor Sen. Mike Lee over businessman Josh Romney for the Senate nomination next year, a new poll shows, while Democrats clearly favor ex-Rep. Jim Matheson for their nominee. If Utahns in general were to pick the GOP candidate, Lee would face a tougher fight against Romney but Republican voters are leaning toward the incumbent, the poll says. [UtahPolicy]

Topping the news: A new Pew Research study says Mormons are the most reliable Republicans, with 70 percent of the religion's faithful leaning Republican. [Trib] [Pew]

-> Journalist and privacy advocate Glenn Greenwald says the Utah Data Center helps the government intrude upon people's lives. [Trib]

Tweet of the day: From @lesleyclark: "'Who's calling there, Ms. Miller?' Obama says at event. MILLER: 'My husband' OBAMA: Tell your husband I'm in the middle of a press conference"

Tune in: Classical pianist and sexual abuse survivor Deondra Brown of The 5 Browns is lobbying to get rid of laws that place a statute of limitations on sex crimes. Brown and social worker Jim Struve join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about preventing and surviving sexual abuse. Watch Trib Talk live at 12:15 p.m. MDTon sltrib.com.

In other news: Rep. Mia Love is siding with Utah business groups to try to repeal an Obamacare tax on health insurance companies, although she says success is unlikely. [Trib]

-> Sen. Orrin Hatch talked about Iran, Rand Paul, and his position in the Senate in an interview. [Fox13]

-> After a list of rankings naming Fairfield as the top location for the new state prison, the mayor is worried that the small city won't have enough man power to fight against the final decision if the city is chosen. [DNews]

-> Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker fought back against talk of a plan to expand a halfway house in the city, although the operators of the facility say there are no plans to expand. [Trib] [DNews] [Fox13]

-> Tesla says it is still looking for ways to expand its business in Utah after it found out it can't legally sell cars from its new showroom just weeks before it opened. [Trib]

-> University of Utah officials are having a meeting to explain to students why their yearly tuition bill will be 3.5 percent higher next year. [Trib]

-> Paul Rolly discusses a few rough moments in the Salt Lake City attorney's office, including one city prosecutor being charged with misconduct for a road-rage incident. [Trib]

-> One member of Salt Lake City's school board insists on attending board meetings in a sombrero, fake mustache and "pistolero" T-shirt to protest the presence of a police officer he considers to be a babysitter assigned to him by the board president. [Trib]

-> Letters from the Utah Tax Commission asking for personal information are not a scam, but a method to verify personal information after the commission discovered fraudsters trying to steal refund money. [Trib]

Nationally: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is in. He announced Tuesday that he is entering the 2016 race for the GOP presidential nomination, but he is stepping back from his father Ron Paul's heavy libertarian platform and seeking for a nontraditional, broader appeal. [AP] [CNN] [NYTimes] [ABC] [Politico] [Buzzfeed]

-> Sen. John McCain announced Tuesday that he will be running for re-election for his sixth term, which could bring his career in the Senate to nearly three decades long. [AP] [USAToday] [NBC]

-> During the season of elaborate campaign announcements, experts say the first splash into the race really does matter. Jon Huntsman agrees. [Politico]

-> A former White House reporter has come out with a new book that takes a look at Bill and Hillary Clinton's relationship during the time Bill Clinton was president from the perspective of the White House staff. [Politico]

Where are they?

Rep. Chris Stewart speaks at Circleville and Loa Elementary Schools, attends the Kazan Memorial Clinic ribbon cutting ceremony in Escalante, and meets with officials and holds a town hall meeting in Millard County.

Gov. Gary Herbert meets with Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, has a conference call with the Western Governors' Association and attends a Harvard Alumni Association event.

Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox films a bit for the Women's Leadership Institute.

SLC Mayor Ralph Becker welcomes Sacramento Mayor and U.S. Conference of Mayors President Kevin Johnson to Salt Lake City and tours educational programs and projects with him.

President Barack Obama meets with his national security team to receive an update on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and later travels to Jamaica.

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— Thomas Burr and Erica Palmer

Twitter.com/thomaswburr and Twitter.com/erica_palmer