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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Texas Sen.
Businessman
DONALD
TRUMP
Title/background • Businessman, reality TV
star
Polling • 36 percent nationally among
Republicans (first place)
Money raised in Utah • $6,188
Prominent Utah supporters • Sportsmen for
Fish and Wildlife founder Don Peay; former
Salt Lake Chamber President Stan Parrish;
state Senate Majority Leader Ralph Okerlund;
state Sen. Stuart Adams
Utahrelated factoid • Trump endorsed 2012
Republican nominee Mitt Romney, but the
two have now become bitter foes. Romney, a
Utah resident, gave a blistering anti-Trump
speech at the University of Utah. Trump
dismissed him as a loser
Local Facebook group •
www.facebook.com/UtahForDonaldTrump/
TED
CRUZ
Title/background • U.S. senator from Texas,
former state solicitor general, private attorney
Polling • 18% support among national Republicans, according to Real Clear Politics average
Money raised in Utah • $180,680
Prominent Utah supporters • U.S. Sen. Mike
Lee; state Rep. Curt Oda; former state Reps.
Chris Herrod, Ken Sumsion and Matt Throckmorton; former Assistant Secretary of Defense
Chuck Williams; Utah Republican Party Vice
Chairman Phil Wright; and Stefani Williams,
former deputy chief of staff to conservative
Alan Keyes
Utahrelated factoid • Cruz has depicted Mike
Lee as his right-hand man and buddy. Some
call them the Batman and Robin of the Senate.
They were ringleaders of a partial government
shutdown in 2013, when Cruz conducted a
23-hour filibuster —spelled on occasion by Lee
Local Facebook group • Utah for Ted Cruz 45
Ohio Gov.
JOHN
KASICH
Title/background • Governor of Ohio, former
Ohio congressman
Polling • 19 percent nationally (third place)
Money raised in Utah • $26,200
Prominent Utah supporters • Former Gov.
Mike Leavitt; former Sen. Bob Bennett; former
Rep. Jim Hansen; former Miss America Sharlene
Hawkes; state Sen. Steve Urquhart and Rep.
Kraig Powell, among 16 state lawmakers;
former World Trade Center President Lew
Cramer
Utahrelated factoid • This was his fourth
visit to Utah in recent months, the most of any
of the presidential candidates
Local Facebook group •
www.johnkasich.com
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Former
Secretary
of State
HILLARY
CLINTON
Title/background • Former secretary of state,
former senator from New York, former first
lady
Polling • 51 percent support among national
Democrats (first place)
Money raised in Utah • $307,841
Prominent Utah supporters • Salt Lake City
Mayor Jackie Biskupski; Salt Lake County
Mayor Ben McAdams; Utah Democratic
National Committeewoman and state Rep.
Patrice Arent; Utah Democratic Chairwoman
Breanne Miller
Utahrelated factoid • The last time Clinton
visited Utah, for a fundraiser in August 2015,
she said she enjoyed previous trips to the state
to go skiing and river rafting
Local Facebook group • Hillary for Utah
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
Vermont Sen.
BERNIE
SANDERS
Title/background • Independent senator from
Vermont
Polling • 40 percent support nationally
(second place)
Money raised in Utah • $135,926
Prominent Utah supporters • State Rep.
Angela Romero
Utahrelated factoid • Earlier this year,
Sanders tweeted: “I hope Utah repeals the
death penalty. There’s enough violence in the
world and the government shouldn’t add to
it.” The state House didn’t take up the repeal
bill, so the death penalty stands
Local Facebook group • Utah for Bernie
Sanders