I am very pleased to announce that at its endorsing meeting this evening voting members of the SLCRA heard from and voted to endorse nearly a dozen stellar conservative candidates among whom were: • Aimee Winder Newton for Salt Lake County Council Dist. 3 • Gary Ott for County Recorder • Jacquie Nielson for Utah Senate Dist. 2 • Senator Daniel Thatcher Senate Dist. 12 • Bill Both for House Dist. 22 • former Rep. Fred Cox for House Dist. 30 • Fred Johnson for House Dist. 31 • Rep. LaVar Christensen for House Dist. 32 • Kim Coleman for House Dist 42 • Rep. Ken Ivory for House Dist 47 • Louis Gary Welch for House Dist. 50 Congratulations to all of the candidates who won our endorsement this evening! This critical endorsement also carries with it the endorsement of our parent organizations--the Utah Republican Assembly and National Federation of Republican Assemblies. Thanks also to Jake Parkinson and Kevin Jacobs in the Assessor race as well as Mel Nimer and Micah Bruner in the SL Council at Large race and Vicki Griffiths in the SD 12 race. who fell short of receiving the two-thirds majority for our endorsement. We will be sending out a press release to all state and local media tomorrow promoting our endorsed candidates. Best regards, David Pyne National Director Utah Republican Assembly
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 05:15:53 +0000