Plus: Meet the Democratic nominee for November’s special congressional election, Utah State Sen. Kathleen Riebe.
Good morning. Here are today’s temperatures: Logan: 52 - 81° ☀️ Salt Lake City: 66 - 87° ☀️ St. George: 73 - 103° ☀️ The winner of this year's Mrs. American pageant attended Brigham Young University’s theater ballet program and won Miss Springville as a teenager, and now lives on a farm with her husband in Kamas, Utah. She has also gone viral online in the last four days for saying during the Mrs. American pageant that the thing that has made her feel the most empowered was bringing seven "sacred souls to the earth" and holding her newborn babies. Read more about her heartwarming answer here. Also on our mind: What voters think of "Bidenomics," cancel culture is now coming for a horse and what Florida is saying about Utah ahead of the season opener.
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| | Although former president Donald Trump maintains a growing lead in polls among Utah Republicans, both he and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have seen a dip in support. A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows that if the Republican presidential primary were held today, 27% of GOP voters say they would choose Trump and 19% would vote for Flordia Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump’s lead is wider than the last poll in July when he led DeSantis by five percentage points, though both he (29%) and DeSantis (24%) have taken a slight drop among Utah Republicans. Former vice president Mike Pence (9%) comes in third place, while entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy (5%) and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. (5%) are tied for fourth. Despite not having declared candidacy for president, Cheney polls higher among Utah Republicans than several declared candidates, including former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (4%), former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (4%), Sen. Tim Scott (2%) and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (2%). Nearly a quarter of Utah Republicans (24%) either support another candidate or are undecided. |
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| Meet the Democratic nominee for November’s special congressional election to replace Rep. Chris Stewart, Utah State Sen. Kathleen Riebe. Motivated by her father's legacy of public service as a New York City police officer, Riebe is relying on her status as the only schoolteacher and current state lawmaker in the race, to persuade voters that the right person to fill the 2nd District's open seat is not a conservative, but rather a “moderate” Democrat focused on the issues that matter most to working- and middle-class parents like herself. “I think people are ready for a change,” Riebe said in an interview with the Deseret News. Riebe sincerely believes this election could be a unique opportunity for a Democratic upset. For one, it is an open seat, and Riebe thinks the division between the Republican candidates hoping to fill it — Becky Edwards, Bruce Hough and Celeste Maloy — may harm the eventual GOP nominee in a general election. However, the odds are, to say the least, not in her favor. The 2nd Congressional District is considered a safe Republican seat by the National Republican Congressional Committee. In 2022, Stewart was reelected by a 25-point margin. And in 2020, 2nd District voters chose former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden 56 percent to 39 percent. But as one of only six Democratic state senators in a body of 29 members, Riebe is used to making her influence felt in the face of a daunting majority. “I’m really frustrated with all the wedge issues on both sides,” Riebe said. “I’d like to stop with that noise and get down to work for what’s really important to people.” Read more about what motivated Riebe to enter politics and where she stands on the issues. More in Politics We talked to Asa Hutchinson after the GOP primary debate. Here’s what he said (Deseret News) Biden’s campaigning on ‘Bidenomics,’ but here’s what voters think of his handling of the economy (Deseret News) Americans think Biden’s too old, Trump’s too corrupt, according to a new poll (Deseret News) Connor Boyack: Told to remove ‘Don’t Tread on Me’ patch, this Colorado kid took a stand (Deseret News) | FROM OUR SPONSOR JON M. HUNTSMAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS What Does it Mean to Dare Mighty Things? Dare Mighty Things: (v) the act of courageously attempting to do big and audacious things that make you uncomfortable, that stretch you, and allow you to grow, even as you experience failure and doubt along the way. Daring Mighty in little and big things is not an act but a habit toward excellence. | Health Donated brains of young athletes often show early signs of CTE (Deseret News) How fruit and veggie prescriptions could help lower blood pressure (Deseret News) Faith Manhattan New York Temple to close for renovations, plus a glimpse of the new exterior (Deseret News) Lawsuit challenges Colorado ‘universal’ preschool program’s ban on funding for religious preschools (Deseret News) Tech and Business Dr. ChatGPT? Chatbot’s AI hits 77% for correct medical diagnosis in Boston study (Deseret News) The Great Gloom? U.S. worker happiness is eroding at a record pace. And healthcare pros most dire of all (Deseret News) Culture Has cancel culture really come for a horse? (Deseret News) Eminem has asked the Ramaswamy campaign to not play his music (Deseret News) Salt Lake County Here’s the new home for an ‘iconic image’ from Utah’s 2002 Olympics (Deseret News) Why this Salt Lake group is trying to bring county's creeks back to surface (KSL) Davis and Utah Counties Davis school counselor admits sharing info about student her husband later raped (KSL) Spanish Fork man resigns as National Association of Realtors president after sexual harassment allegations (Daily Herald) The West Paradise lost: California city, Lahaina wildfires proof of new reality (Deseret News) ACLU, nonprofit sue over Nevada Medicaid ban on abortion coverage (Nevada Independent) The Nation UNC faculty member killed in campus shooting. Here’s what we know about the suspect (Deseret News) EPA reveals new wetland protection rule after Supreme Court limits federal power (Deseret News) The World France bans abayas in schools (Deseret News) UK air traffic failure set to disrupt flights for days (Reuters) Sports What Florida is saying about Utah ahead of opener (Deseret News) Former Utes star Britain Covey reportedly released by Eagles (Deseret News) What can Jay Hill do for BYU’s defense? It’s the story of the opener, maybe the season (Deseret News) BYU basketball and the Big 12: Tough sledding awaits Cougars, but how tough? (Deseret News) |
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