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Utah County veterans lose jobs in a rush of anti-incumbent fever
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Apr 30, 2006 10:19pm |
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| News Date | Monday, May 1, 2006 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Kay Bryson lost his job as Utah County attorney, and Sen. Parley Hellewell and Rep. David Cox lost their legislative seats Saturday during a tumultuous Utah County Republican convention.
Convention delegates swept the three longtime incumbents out of office in brusque fashion, dismissing them without so much as a chance at the Republican primary on June 27.
Several other incumbents struggled and face what appear to be difficult primary races, including County Commissioner Jerry Grover and District 58 House Rep. James Ferrin.
"I do think there was an anti-incumbent feeling across the board," Orem resident and county delegate Craig Skidmore said.
Candidates win the Republican nomination outright if they earn 60 percent of the vote. Bryson, Hellewell and Cox failed to win 40 percent of the vote, so they will leave their positions in January. Bryson will be replaced by one of his employees, Jeff Buhman, who landed 69 percent of the vote. Buhman has no opposition in the November general election and will be the next Utah County attorney. |
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