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Shurtleff enters race for Bennett's Senate seat [UT]
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman May 20, 2009 10:42pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, May 21, 2009 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | U.S. Sen. Robert Bennett has an official challenger now: Attorney General Mark Shurtleff confirmed Wednesday he will run against Bennett in 2010.
The official announcement wasn't really a surprise, but it comes after weeks of speculation and an accidental "tweet" on the social-networking site Twitter last week.
Shurtleff has many supporters, although he knows taking on someone like Bennett is not going to be an easy task.
"I'm not sure it will pay off. Shurtleff has his own background, his own baggage on conservative issues, so he's not the empty vessel they can put their hopes and dreams into," said Kirk Jowers, executive director of the University of Utah's Hinckley Institute of Politics.
A crowd gathered on the steps of the State Capitol Wednesday morning to hear Attorney General Marc Shurtleff announce his intent to run for a U.S. Senate seat. Shurtleff admits money is going to be a major obstacle for him as well. "It's expensive to run a statewide campaign, especially when, already, Senator Bennett is running television ads. My plan is a grassroots effort. I want to beat him at convention," he said.
Those pro-Bennett TV ads feature Mitt Romney, who calls the senator a "conservative giant." The ads are in response to a conservative backlash against politicians in Washington.
Sticking points in the race are the federal deficit, multi-billion dollar bailouts, and the Obama administration in general. Shurtleff says he will be the candidate that can bring the kind of change that Utahns really want.
"Has the nation of Abraham Lincoln, conceived in liberty, that government of, by and for the people, perished? This is not the America of even our grandfathers and our fathers, and it is certainly not the America I want to leave my children!" Shurtleff said. "If we want to change Washington, we must change horses. And with Democrats in control, there's no better time. Enough is enough." |
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