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« on: August 12, 2015, 10:45:07 AM »
Assuming Lee survives any potential Republican primary.

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UTAH: Family counseling clinic chain owner Jonathan Swinton (D) is first to launch run vs US Sen Mike Lee (R).
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« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2015, 11:13:52 AM »

Lee might lose against a serious primary challenger.  (As long as the nomination wasn't decided at a convention.)
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« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2015, 11:27:26 AM »
Huntsman could have won the GOP primary if he wanted it.
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« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2015, 12:49:50 PM »
I am super-focused on Utah Democratic politics, and even I haven't heard of this guy. A marriage counselor is interesting though.
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« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2015, 03:37:13 PM »

Oh, definitely. I was just getting worried that the Utah Democrats wouldn't have a candidate at all.
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« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2015, 03:58:33 PM »
Quote from: Zioneer on August 13, 2015, 03:37:13 PM

Oh, definitely. I was just getting worried that the Utah Democrats wouldn't have a candidate at all.

Having a bad one (like the one they might have) is almost as awful as not having one at all.
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« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2015, 06:09:54 PM »
Wehn hil-dawg winz utah 90-0.9 lee will be destroyed by swintun!!!!111!
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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2015, 06:43:15 PM »
Quote from: Vega on August 13, 2015, 03:58:33 PM
Quote from: Zioneer on August 13, 2015, 03:37:13 PM

Oh, definitely. I was just getting worried that the Utah Democrats wouldn't have a candidate at all.

Having a bad one (like the one they might have) is almost as awful as not having one at all.

The worst they can do is waste a couple hundred thousand dollars, and honestly, if it potentially helps downballot candidates, that's good enough for me. No candidate signals that the party has given up, and that's incredibly demoralizing.
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« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2015, 11:29:45 AM »
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« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2015, 12:54:16 PM »
Do sacrificial lamb candidates really deserve entire threads?
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« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2015, 03:53:21 PM »
Quote from: Jbrase on August 17, 2015, 12:54:16 PM
Do sacrificial lamb candidates really deserve entire threads?

Well, if they're a Senate candidate (and likely the only Democratic Senate candidate for a state), why not? We've certainly got more frivolous threads (cue all the Sanders, Warren, Biden, etc threads in the other electoral forums) elsewhere.

Also, the local news has officially done a biography article on Swinton, so at least he's gotten a bit of newsworthy attention.

Of note is that Swinton is a Mormon (a given in Utah), and from Sandy (most Democratic candidates are from Salt Lake City or in a liberal suburb close by). Plus, I'm assuming this guy has some money, so he could sink his own money in.
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« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2015, 09:28:41 PM »

Shh...
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« Reply #12 on: August 24, 2015, 10:13:04 AM »
Tossup for now.
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