Post by Logan on Apr 26, 2016 1:40:41 GMT -6
GOP's hard feelings over SB54 play part in forcing Herbert into primary with Johnson
SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert isn't the first popular governor Republican state convention delegates have forced into a primary election.
In 2000, unhappy GOP conventioneers booed and jeered Gov. Mike Leavitt, a two-term governor with an 80 percent approval rating. Delegate sentiment that Leavitt wasn't conservative enough carried unknown and underfunded challenger Glen Davis into a primary.
Leavitt crushed Davis in the election, but the GOP delegates, who tend to be more conservative than Republican voters as a whole, made their point.
Herbert went into last weekend's convention with a high popularity rating and a national profile as head of the National Governor's Association. He left fighting for his political life against Overstock.com Chairman Jonathan Johnson, who poses a more formidable challenge than Leavitt faced 16 years ago.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865652933/GOPs-hard-feelings-over-SB54-play-part-in-forcing-Herbert-into-primary-with-Johnson.html
SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Gary Herbert isn't the first popular governor Republican state convention delegates have forced into a primary election.
In 2000, unhappy GOP conventioneers booed and jeered Gov. Mike Leavitt, a two-term governor with an 80 percent approval rating. Delegate sentiment that Leavitt wasn't conservative enough carried unknown and underfunded challenger Glen Davis into a primary.
Leavitt crushed Davis in the election, but the GOP delegates, who tend to be more conservative than Republican voters as a whole, made their point.
Herbert went into last weekend's convention with a high popularity rating and a national profile as head of the National Governor's Association. He left fighting for his political life against Overstock.com Chairman Jonathan Johnson, who poses a more formidable challenge than Leavitt faced 16 years ago.
Read more: www.deseretnews.com/article/865652933/GOPs-hard-feelings-over-SB54-play-part-in-forcing-Herbert-into-primary-with-Johnson.html