Posted on 06/27/2006 10:32:40 PM PDT by Spiff
Jacobs Concedes, Cannon Moves on to General Election
June 27th, 2006 @ 11:12pm
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon, challenged by a political newcomer who accused the five-term incumbent of being soft on illegal immigration, was leading in Utah's Republican primary Tuesday with more than half of precincts reporting.
Cannon led John Jacob 58 percent to 42 percent, or 19,575 votes to 14,395 votes, with 313 of 623 precincts reporting. That includes 100 percent of returns from Juab, Beaver and Millard counties.
The 3rd Congressional District race focused primarily on who stands taller in opposition to Bush's call for a path to citizenship for some 11 million illegal immigrants.
Cannon voted last December for a House bill that would toughen border security, criminalize people who help illegal immigrants and make being in the U.S. without the required papers a felony. But he also supports Bush's proposal for a guest-worker program and says "there's massive room for negotiation."
Cannon's willingness to compromise made him a target of Team America, a conservative group that calls illegal immigration the most critical problem facing the nation. It spent $40,000 on radio ads criticizing him.
Jacob, a millionaire real-estate developer, favors returning illegal immigrants to their home countries before giving them a shot at U.S. citizenship and punishing businesses for hiring them.
At the state Republican convention last month, Jacob captured 52 percent of the delegate votes while Cannon got 48 percent. Sixty percent was needed to avoid Tuesday's primary.
The winner will face Democrat Christian Burridge, among others, in November in a district that anyone but a Republican has little chance of winning. Bush carried the 3rd District with 77 percent of the vote in 2004.
The sprawling district, which stretches south from Salt Lake County and west to Nevada, is heavily Mormon and predominantly white. Hispanics make up about 10 percent of the population; blacks less than 1 percent.
In 1996, Cannon won the seat, in part by arguing that the Democratic incumbent, U.S. Rep. Bill Orton, was soft on immigration. In 2004, Cannon's actions on the issue prompted conservatives to back Matt Throckmorton, who managed 42 percent in his GOP primary loss.
(Copyright 2006 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
I'm on some pretty good pain medication right now, so I find I often am saying the same thing as others using the opposite words. :->
What a surprise. But thanks for giving us the OBL talking points.
Actually it was the voters of Utah talking points.
Call Spencer Abraham and ask him. Or Brian Bilbray.
"I'm on some pretty good pain medication right now,"
Gee, can I have some? My arthritis is acting up. Need some good stuff. :)
If they were winning they wouldn't waste their time on an inconsequential thread.
Cannon got a big chunk taken out of his hide, and the open border lobby at the RNC knows it. Probably why they sent the goon squad out to wave their flag.
Yep, it sure does hurt when your opponent is supported by two out-of-state PACs and hundreds of volunteers and you still kick their arse in double digits.
Record low turnout should have given the borderbots a wide open field and the Sock puppet lost by 12 points. It doesn't appear Tancredo could find enough of you folks to elect a dog catcher. LOL
I'm looking for a Special Olympics Blue Ribbon to give to these guys.
LOL! It's just a flesh wound!
It's just a flesh wound.
ROFLMAO.
Damn, you beat me too it.
'Tis but a scratch.
There are none so blind, as though who will not see and obviously, your eyes are wrapped like a mummy, but with tinfoil.
Looks like you've started the spew.
Congratulations on being #1.
Actually it was you people who started the spew a long time ago...and the voters in Utah told you were you could put it.
Did you see what "the panel" had to say on Brit's show tonight? It was quite interesting. :-)
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