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  Poll: Sen. Hatch could lose re-nomination
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Last EditedJ.R.  Jan 18, 2011 06:05pm
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News DateWednesday, January 19, 2011 12:05:00 AM UTC0:0
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A seventh term may not be in the cards for Utah Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch. According to a poll conducted by Utah Policy, Hatch could quite possibly lose a Republican primary election in 2012.

In a hypothetical three-way race for the Republican nomination, moderate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman would receive 48 percent and current Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz 23 percent of the vote, leaving Hatch with only 21 percent.

Local Utah news station KSL reports that Chaffetz said in reaction, “The only poll that will matter is of Utah state delegates in May of 2012.”

In September, speculation about a potential Chaffetz challenge to Hatch led to a claim, by Hatch, that Chaffetz had promised him that he wouldn’t run for Senate in 2012.
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