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Democrat steps up to take on Huntsman [UT]
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| Contributor | particleman |
| Last Edited | particleman Mar 10, 2008 11:45pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Salt Lake Tribune |
| News Date | Tuesday, March 11, 2008 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Bob Springmeyer, whose hobbies include the winter sport of skeleton, has hurtled face-first through treacherous twists and turns on a sled just a few inches above a frozen concrete slab.
"Probably the only thing crazier than sliding headfirst down a bobsled track at 70 miles per hour is running against Jon Huntsman," he said today.
But that's what lies ahead for Springmeyer, a management consultant from Salt Lake City who plans to file within the next week to run against the popular Republican governor.
It is, indeed, a daunting prospect. According to a poll for The Salt Lake Tribune earlier this year, 78 percent of Utahns rated Huntsman's performance as either good or excellent. Economic growth has been strong during his term and he avoided any major dust-ups with the Legislature in the just-completed session.
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Through today, the only candidate to file for governor was Monty Nafoosi, a Bountiful real estate developer who is scheduled for a court appearance Thursday on a charge for marijuana possession.
Nafoosi, who lists his nickname as "Millionaire" on his filing, told The Associated Press that he suffers from muscular dystrophy and police found two joints, that he uses as medicine, when they responded to a burglary call at his house.
He is running as a Democrat and says on his Web site that "Joseph Smith wanted me to tell you that there should be an electric car in every garage," and he would meet that goal in his first term. |
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