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Exclusive: Orrin Hatch to back Jeb Bush. Bush to visit Utah later this month. Biskupski, Becker to face off in mayoral general election.
Happy Wednesday. Sen. Orrin Hatch has picked his candidate in the crowded GOP field and is endorsing former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the Bush campaign announced this morning. Sen. Dean Heller of Nevada also says he'll back Bush. "Jeb is a proven leader. He has a real record of cutting taxes, fostering job creation, and reforming government," Hatch said in the campaign announcement. "I know Jeb will return the United States to a position of leadership in the world."
-> Meanwhile, Bush is slated to visit Utah later this month. [http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/6630-" target="_blank">UtahPolicy]
Topping the news: Former state Rep. Jackie Biskupski and SLC Mayor Ralph Becker emerged from the mayoral primary election —Biskupski with 46 percent and Becker with 31 percent of the vote — and will face off in the November general election. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2827505-155/biskupski-tops-becker-in-primary-as" target="_blank">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634370/Biskupski-gets-most-votes-in-Salt-Lake-City-mayoral-race-advances-to-general-election.html" target="_blank">DNews] [http://kuer.org/post/becker-battle-biskupski-race-salt-lake-city-mayor" target="_blank">KUER][http://kutv.com/news/local/biskupski-to-face-incumbent-becker-for-slc-mayor-in-nov" target="_blank">KUTV] [http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/becker-biskupski-advance-in-salt-lake-city-mayoral/38239/yAM6ctZaYU2GXMtBzSJGng" target="_blank">ABC4] [http://fox13now.com/2015/08/11/polls-closed-for-primary-elections/" target="_blank">Fox13] [http://utahpolicy.com/index.php/features/today-at-utah-policy/6633-" target="_blank">UtahPolicy]
-> The Salt Lake City Council race for District 4 was too close to call; Derek Kitchen will move on to the general election, but who he'll be vying against won't be known for another week while the remaining mail-in votes trickle in. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2826560-155/kitchen-advances-but-close-count-obscures" target="_blank">Trib]
-> The Prison Relocation Commission chose Salt Lake City for the new state penitentiary, and its recommendation now heads to the Legislature and Gov. Gary Herbert before it's final. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2826652-155/prison-panel-selects-salt-lake-city" target="_blank">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634310/Commission-wants-new-prison-to-move-to-Salt-Lake.html" target="_blank">DNews] [http://kutv.com/news/local/new-state-prison-site-recommendation-could-come-tomorrow" target="_blank">KUTV] [http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/prison-relocation-commission-recommends-salt-lake/83881/dxNgn5_TYkKg4H2TQV9eyA" target="_blank">ABC4] [http://fox13now.com/2015/08/11/prison-relocation-commission-recommends/" target="_blank">Fox13] Salt Lake City leaders said they will fight the decision. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2828113-155/salt-lake-city-leaders-were-not" target="_blank">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634365/Salt-Lake-City-to-consider-legal-options-to-stop-prison-relocation.html" target="_blank">DNews] [http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/mayor-council-member-not-happy-with-decision-to-pl/10469/Q2FkwQNvREG4U5BcKYqj7A" target="_blank">ABC4]
Tweets of the day: From @https://twitter.com/gopTODD" target="_blank">gopTODD: "Am I surprised that Biskupski got more votes than Becker tonight? No. Am I surprised at the margin? YES!!!"
-> From @https://twitter.com/AshtonEdwards4" target="_blank">AshtonEdwards4: "Congrats, Salt Lake City! You just won the Utah State Prison. Show 'em what's behind door No. 2!"
-> From @https://twitter.com/Spencer_Durrant" target="_blank">Spencer_Durrant: "The prison should be put on an island we build in Utah Lake. We'll get rid of carp, plus inmates won't swim in that sludge to escape."
-> From @https://twitter.com/brianspittler" target="_blank">brianspittler: "Nothing says 'Welcome to Utah!' like flying over a prison at low altitude right before the wheels touch down."
Happy Birthday: To our Texan friend, Kendall Splawn.
Tune in: University of Utah political science professor Tim Chambless, Sugar House Community Council Chair Amy Barry and Tribune government reporter Chris Smart join Jennifer Napier-Pearce to talk about Salt Lake City's primary election results and offer analysis of the campaigns. Watch Trib Talk live at 12:15 p.m. MDT.
In other news: Here's a list of the unofficial election results for all the municipal primaries in Salt Lake County. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2823760-155/partial-election-results-from-salt-lake" target="_blank">Trib] [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634373/Unofficial-tallies-from-municipal-primary-elections-in-Utah.html" target="_blank">DNews]
-> Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen applauds how vote-by-mail worked in the primary election. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634371/Vote-by-mail-is-a-winner-in-primary-election.html" target="_blank">DNews] [http://kutv.com/news/local/mail-in-election-helps-spur-unusually-high-local-election-numbers" target="_blank">KUTV]
-> Former SLC Mayor Rocky Anderson is seeking Utahns who want to file claims against the NSA, FBI and Department of Justice over what he says was "clearly illegal and unconstitutional" surveillance during the 2002 Winter Olympics in SLC that he believes was worse than government snooping of the former Soviet Union. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2827695-155/rocky-anderson-threatens-suit-over-alleged" target="_blank">Trib]
-> Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams announced Tuesday that negotiations with Omni Hotels and Resorts, which would have added a large hotel to downtown Salt Lake City, fell through because the company was "asking for too much in public financing which would benefit their bottom line, at taxpayer expense." [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2827012-155/negotiations-collapse-in-effort-to-build" target="_blank">Trib] [http://kuer.org/post/slco-exits-convention-hotel-talks-omni" target="_blank">KUER] [http://www.good4utah.com/story/d/story/salt-lake-county-ends-negotiations-with-omni-on-co/21404/VRfX-0Ih4Ey5cKWlQYTAHw" target="_blank">ABC4]
-> Check out Pat Bagley's cartoon on Donald Trump scaring away women voters from the GOP. [http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/2827913-155/bagley-cartoon-trump-and-women-voters" target="_blank">Trib]
-> Paul Rolly says Utah County GOP Chairman Craig Frank created a "purity test" for elected officials to take before gaining a party endorsement. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2822812-155/rolly-utah-county-gop-wants-purity" target="_blank">Trib]
-> The four activists jailed at an anti-tars sands rally were released from the Uintah County jail. [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2826952-155/after-arrests-at-tar-sands-mine" target="_blank">Trib]
-> Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes will discuss remedies for the contaminated wastewater spill from Colorado mine with leaders from nearby affected states. [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865634309/Utah-taking-fish-samples-in-San-Juan-River-Lake-Powell-ahead-of-wastewater-plume.html" target="_blank">DNews]
-> State Sen. Karen Mayne will discuss her bills aimed to improve Utah's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control on Wednesday. [http://fox13now.com/2015/08/11/lawmaker-plans-bills-over-how-the-dabc-does-business/" target="_blank">Fox13]
Nationally: Hillary Clinton handed over her private email server to the Justice Department. [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/us/politics/hillary-clinton-directs-aides-to-give-email-server-and-thumb-drive-to-the-justice-department.html?ref=politics&_r=0" target="_blank">NYTimes] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-secret-e-mails-were-sent-on-clintons-private-account-official-says/2015/08/11/f3117f08-403d-11e5-9561-4b3dc93e3b9a_story.html" target="_blank">WaPost] [http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/congress-told-hillary-clinton-had-top-secret-emails-121277.html?hp=l1_3" target="_blank">Politico]
-> Presidential hopeful Jeb Bush says then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama prematurely ended the Iraq war and now the country is in decline. [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/12/us/politics/jeb-bush-blames-us-policies-for-isis-rise.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">NYTimes] [http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jeb-bush-faults-hillary-clinton-for-premature-iraq-withdrawal/2015/08/11/ffa3e2a6-4042-11e5-9561-4b3dc93e3b9a_story.html" target="_blank">WaPost]
-> Want to own an historic piece of the White House? It'll cost you $500,000. [http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/11/us/want-a-real-old-white-house-memento-warning-it-wont-be-cheap.html?ref=politics" target="_blank">NYTimes]
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