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Veteran Utah senator (Hatch) appears set to survive Tea Party challenge
Source: Reuters
Veteran Utah senator appears set to survive Tea Party challenge
By Debbie Hummel
SALT LAKE CITY | Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:31am EDT
(Reuters) - As Utah Republicans head for a state nominating convention on Saturday, a poll suggests that veteran U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch will survive a bid by Tea Party challengers to unseat him as delegates take a more moderate turn.
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For a senior stalwart of the party's mainstream like Hatch, the ranking Republican on the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, a seat in the U.S. Senate has long been seen as his to lose. Hatch, 78, was first elected in 1976 and says this next term will be his last.
But he must first survive the nominating contest to avoid the fate of Bob Bennett, a former Republican senator from Utah whose 2010 re-election run foundered over conservative outrage at the healthcare overhaul pushed by President Barack Obama, leading to a revolt against the Republican establishment by state Tea Party activists.
The poll, released this week by The Utah Foundation and the Hinckley Institute of Politics, showed Hatch was close to having the support of 60 percent of delegates in Saturday's convention needed to spare him from a primary run-off.
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By Debbie Hummel
SALT LAKE CITY | Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:31am EDT
(Reuters) - As Utah Republicans head for a state nominating convention on Saturday, a poll suggests that veteran U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch will survive a bid by Tea Party challengers to unseat him as delegates take a more moderate turn.
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For a senior stalwart of the party's mainstream like Hatch, the ranking Republican on the tax-writing Senate Finance Committee, a seat in the U.S. Senate has long been seen as his to lose. Hatch, 78, was first elected in 1976 and says this next term will be his last.
But he must first survive the nominating contest to avoid the fate of Bob Bennett, a former Republican senator from Utah whose 2010 re-election run foundered over conservative outrage at the healthcare overhaul pushed by President Barack Obama, leading to a revolt against the Republican establishment by state Tea Party activists.
The poll, released this week by The Utah Foundation and the Hinckley Institute of Politics, showed Hatch was close to having the support of 60 percent of delegates in Saturday's convention needed to spare him from a primary run-off.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/21/us-usa-campaign-utah-idUSBRE83K09X20120421
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