Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered to its east by Colorado,to its northeast by Wyoming,to its north by Idaho,to its south by Arizona,and to its west by Nevada. Utah also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast. Of the fifty U.S. states,Utah is the 13th-largest by area;with a population over three million,it is the 30th-most-populous and 11th-least-densely populated. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas:the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state,which is home to roughly two-thirds of the population and includes the capital city,Salt Lake City;and Washington County in the southwest,with more than 180,000 residents. Most of the western half of Utah lies in the Great Basin.
James Johnston Blanchard is an American retired attorney,diplomat,and politician who served as the 45th governor of Michigan from 1983 to 1991. A member of the Democratic Party,Blanchard previously served in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 to 1983,and later as the as United States Ambassador to Canada from 1993 to 1996.
The United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM),formerly the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),is an independent agency of the United States government that broadcasts news and information. It describes its mission,"vital to U.S. national interests",to "inform,engage,and connect people around the world in support of freedom and democracy". It is considered an arm of U.S. diplomacy.
Salt Lake City Weekly is a free alternative weekly tabloid-paged newspaper published in Salt Lake City,Utah. It began as Private Eye. City Weekly is published and dated for every Thursday by Copperfield Publishing Inc. of which John Saltas is majority owner and president.
The Salt Lake Tribune is a newspaper published in the city of Salt Lake City,Utah. The Tribune is owned by The Salt Lake Tribune,Inc.,a non-profit corporation. The newspaper's motto is "Utah's Independent Voice Since 1871."
Jon Meade Huntsman Jr. is an American businessman,diplomat and politician who served as the 16th Governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the Ambassador of the United States to Russia from 2017 to 2019,to China from 2009 to 2011,and to Singapore from 1992 to 1993.
Ann McLaughlin Korologos,formerly known as Ann Dore McLaughlin,was an American corporate executive who served as the 19th United States secretary of labor from 1987 to 1989.
DLA Piper is a multinational law firm with offices in over 40 countries throughout the Americas,Asia Pacific,Europe,Africa,and the Middle East. In 2021,it had a total revenue of US$3.47 billion,an average profit per equity partner of US$2.5 million,and was the third largest law firm in the United States as measured by revenue.
KSTU is a television station in Salt Lake City,Utah,United States,affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside Provo-licensed Ion Television owned-and-operated KUPX-TV. KSTU's studios are located on West Amelia Earhart Drive in the northwestern section of Salt Lake City,and its transmitter is located on Farnsworth Peak in the Oquirrh Mountains,southwest of Salt Lake City. More than 80 dependent translators carry its signal throughout Utah and portions of neighboring states.
Paula Cale is an American actress best known for her role as Joanie Hansen on the television series Providence.
Ralph Elihu Becker Jr. is an American politician,planner,and attorney who served as the Minority Leader of the Utah State House of Representatives and the 34th mayor of Salt Lake City,Utah.
Dick Nourse is a retired Salt Lake City,Utah television news anchor. He most recently worked for KSL 5 Television. Nourse joined the KSL news team in 1964 as the station's weekend anchor/reporter. Six months later,he was named the station's weekday anchor. He concluded his 43-year career with his final newscast on November 28,2007,a record term for a Utah television news anchor. Nourse's longevity as an American news anchor comes second to that of the late Hal Fishman,whose career spanned 47 years.
West High School is the oldest public high school in the U.S. state of Utah. It was founded in 1890,and it is part of the Salt Lake City School District. Its original name was Salt Lake High. The school colors are red and black and the school mascot is a black panther. It has a current enrollment of 2,840.
David Keith Nelson is an American activist for the protection of equal rights for lesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people. He founded or helped found several LGBT-related nonprofit organizations in Utah and helped direct others. His work with the Democratic Party encouraged many LGBT Utahns to serve as party leaders. His work as a legislative and executive lobbyist accomplished the adoption of several LGBT- and weapon-friendly state and local laws,rules,ordinances and policies,and the rejection of other legislation.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch won re-election to a seventh term against the Democratic candidate,former state Senator and IBM executive Scott Howell,in a rematch of the 2000 Senate election. This would be the last time Hatch was elected to the Senate before his retirement in 2018.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2016 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Utah,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6,2018,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah,concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various state and local elections. The primaries took place on June 26.
The 2020 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the governor of Utah,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Although incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert was eligible to run for re-election to a third full term,he initially announced shortly after being re-elected in 2016 that he would not run again,but indicated in January 2019 that he was open to the possibility of running again before ultimately deciding to retire and endorse his lieutenant governor,Spencer Cox. Utah has not had a Democratic governor since Scott M. Matheson left office in January 1985. This is the second longest active streak of one-party leadership,trailing only South Dakota,which has not had a Democratic governor since Harvey L. Wollman left office in 1979.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Utah was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah. Incumbent Senator Mike Lee,who was first elected in 2010,won re-election to a third term,defeating Evan McMullin,an independent candidate who was endorsed by the Utah Democratic Party.
