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Republican Burgess Owens once again took the lead over Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams in Utah's 4th Congressional District's close race, 47.6% to 47.4%, with the release Saturday of more results from Salt Lake County. Just 688 votes separate Owens, a former NFL player, author and frequent Fox News guest in the 4th District, from McAdams, the state's only Democrat in Congress in the district made up of portions of Salt Lake, Utah, Juab and Sanpete counties.

Marjorie Taylor Greene @mtgreenee US House candidate, GA-14 Mitt Romney: bigger fraud than the election! RT if you agree! Quote Tweet Mitt Romney @MittRomney · 5h Ann and I extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. We know both of them as people of good will and admirable character. We pray that God may bless them in the days and years ahead. 2:23 PM · Nov 7, 2020·Twitter for iPhone

Ann and I extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. We know both of them as people of good will and admirable character. We pray that God may bless them in the days and years ahead.

@MittRomney Ann and I extend our congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. We know both of them as people of good will and admirable character. We pray that God may bless them in the days and years ahead.

NBC “Meet the Press”: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) … Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) … House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) … Geoff Bennett and Kelly O’Donnell. Panel: Cornell Belcher, Andrea Mitchell, Dave Wasserman and Peggy Noonan. CNN “State of the Union”: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) … House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) … Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan. FOX “Fox News Sunday”: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah). Panel: Dana Perino, Jerry Seib and Marie Harf. Power Player: Army chief of staff Gen. James McConville.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Friday pushed back against President Trump's baseless claim that the election is being stolen, warning that his rhetoric is only inflaming partisan tensions. Romney, in a statement posted to Twitter, said the president was "right" to "exhaust legal remedies," including asking for recounts and that alleged voting irregularities be investigated, but "wrong to say that the election was rigged, corrupt and stolen." "Doing so damages the cause of freedom here and around the world, weakens the institutions that lie at the foundation of the Republic and recklessly inflames destructive and dangerous passions," Romney added. His...

The recently reelected Republican attorney general in Utah announced that he will be taking time off to help the Trump campaign fight election-related legal battles.

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has announced a leave of absence from his position in the state to work with President Donald Trump’s legal team as he prepares to challenge election results in key battleground states that initially reported wide victory margins for the president, but after days of discovering and counting mail-in ballots went to Joe Biden. “Despite months of predictions about a ‘blue wave,’ @GOP kept the Senate & expanded seats in the House,” wrote Reyes. “Biden & his allies know @POTUS will win if only verified, #legal votes are counted.” He added that, presumably at least in...

In the 4th Congressional District, where Rep. Ben McAdams had held a slim and decreasing lead over challenger Burgess Owens, the script has flipped — the Republican Owens now leads McAdams by just over 2,400 votes. That gives Owens 48.1% of the total vote to McAdams' 47.15%.

Yes! That partially makes up for the loss of Arizona

...some updates on coronavirus controls... In Missoula County, Montana businesses ordered to limit occupancy to 20 percent of capacity. In Albuquerque, New Mexico businesses told they must call police if unmuzzled people (not wearing masks) enter and refuse to be muzzled... In Pueblo, Colorado the city imposing a 10 pm to 5 am curfew... "It's unacceptable and breaking all norms for Dr. Fauci, a senior member of the President's Coronavirus Taskforce and someone who has praised President Trump's actions throughout this pandemic, to choose three days before an election to play politics.... With just hours to go before the election...

Utah authorities are trying to determine if the hiker concocted the tale about going missing to defraud people donating to GoFundMe Holly Courtier, the mom who supposedly went missing for 12 days in Utah’s Zion Park, is now the subject of a criminal probe, Crime Online reports. On October 18, the 38-year-old mom turned up alive and unharmed in the park. In the days since, park and law enforcement officials have heavily scrutinized Holly Courtier’s claims that she had gone missing and somehow managed to survive on her own for nearly two weeks. For example, while Holly Courtier’s family has...

The Republican Party is hoping to build its ranks of Black lawmakers in the House, with one candidate expected to win in a safe GOP district and a handful of others in competitive races, following the planned retirement of its sole current Black member. Republicans made increasing diversity among their ranks a priority this election cycle. Sixty-four Black GOP candidates ran for the House this fall, with about half making it to the general election, according to a senior Republican aide. The Republicans’ best bet in the House is Byron Donalds, a Naples, Fla.-based state lawmaker who has aligned himself...

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., calling the judicial originalism "racist, sexist, homophobic and a fancy word for discrimination" is “patently irresponsible," said Sen. Mike Lee. The term "originalism" refers to a judicial interpretation of the law based on a literal reading. “Of all the irresponsible and inflammatory statements I’ve heard over the last few weeks, and I’ve heard some doozies, this might well be the worst,” Lee, R-Utah, told “Fox & Friends” on Tuesday. “If you think about what he is really saying there, Sen. Markey has essentially said that our Constitution is racist. And [that] an effort to understand it,...

A caravan of vehicles stretching for six miles departed Tremonton, Utah, on Saturday to show support for President Donald Trump. More than 100 cars were estimated to have taken part in the “Utah I-15 Trump Train” that eventually made its way to St. George, according to the St. George News. “Along the way, the Trump Train grew as it picked up new vehicles as their drivers joined the flag-waving caravan,” the outlet said. Crowd Surfing host Farrell Lafferty shared video footage on YouTube of participants gathering for the parade:

Republicans Collins, Murkowski, and Romney vote Yea. All Republicans vote yes. Kamala Harris not present and not voting. All Democrats vote No.

Sen. Mitt Romney, who was originally seen as a potential swing vote on Senate Republicans' efforts to fill the vacant Supreme Court seat of late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, made brief comments on the Senate floor Monday morning supporting the woman who will likely be confirmed as Ginsburg's successor Monday night: Judge Amy Coney Barrett.Romney continued: "I also rise to address my concern regarding the division and contempt for others that is growing among many of our citizens. ... Trust in the F.B.I. and the intelligence community, long admired for their integrity and professionalism, has withered with the attacks by...

<p>SALT LAKE CITY — With new coronavirus cases shattering records on a daily basis, The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Utah’s hospitals are expected to begin rationing care in a week or two.</p> <p>That’s the prediction of Greg Bell, president of the Utah Hospital Association, who said administrators of the state’s hospitals confronted Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday with a grim list: Criteria they propose doctors should use if they are forced to decide which patients can stay in overcrowded intensive care units.</p>

Rarely has our nation seen a judge more competent and qualified to serve on the Supreme Court than Amy Coney Barrett. During her confirmation hearing, she held me in thrall with the magnificence of her mind. Only once before has anyone inspired the thought, "Greatness walks amongst us." His name is Trey Gowdy. In Amy Coney Barrett, I feel the same awe and chills once again. With Amy's confirmation, Lady Justice will no longer peek from underneath her blindfold. No longer will there be a finger surreptitiously pushing down on one side of her Scales of Justice. When Barrett's Senate...

10/24/16 to 10/19/20 DEMs +93,123REPs +192,965UNAFFILIATEDS -34,646INDEPENDENT AMERICAN +37,581 Active Voter Totals 10/19/20: DEMs: 246,569REPs: 850,071UNAFFILIATEDS: 474,204INDEPENDENT AMERICAN: 55,770