Join our livestream of the 2nd Congressional District debate between Republican incumbent Blake Moore and Democrat Peter Crosby. Utah Political Watch's Bryan Schott will offer live commentary. Watch on YouTube.

Susan Lee, a Republican running for Davis County Commission, has removed a photo of herself with her son, former state Rep. Trevor Lee, from her campaign website. He resigned from the Legislature last month after being charged with four felonies. On the “About” page, a photo of the two standing together in the Utah State Capitol has been replaced with one of Susan Lee with former House Speaker Greg Hughes and podcast host Jon Harvey. An archived version of the page from April shows the original

Watch the 4th Congressional District debate between Republican incumbent Mike Kennedy and Democrat Jonny Larsen. Host Bryan Schott will offer live commentary. Watch on YouTube.

Former Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon plans to run for Salt Lake City Mayor next year, adding his name to a field that is filling up even though incumbent Erin Mendenhall hasn’t said whether she will seek a third term. Corroon confirmed his plans Thursday. Mendenhall said in July she had not decided whether to run next year, but her pending divorce from husband Kyle LaMalfa may play a large factor in her decision. Corroon said he will focus on affordable homeownership and on helping fami

Republican Rep. Mike Kennedy meets Democratic challenger Jonny Larsen on the stage tonight. Join us for a live watch party of the 4th Congressional District debate. Host Bryan Schott provides live commentary, plus your questions and comments. The livestream pre-show starts at 5:30, followed by the live debate at 6 pm. When: Thursday, October 8 Pre-debate show: 5:30 p.m. Debate: 6 p.m. Where: YouTube, Facebook, TikTok, Twitch, Instagram

Two third-party congressional candidates missed the cut for Utah’s 3rd and 4th Congressional District debates after the Utah Debate Commission quietly changed the rules at a meeting with no publicly available minutes or notes. Before this year, a candidate needed 10% in the commission's pre-debate poll after accounting for the poll's margin of error. If the margin of error was 4%, for example, a candidate needed 6% to qualify. The commission's advisory board dropped that adjustment at its Aug.

The attorneys defending the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk are now defending one of Kirk’s most outspoken advocates in the Utah Legislature. Former Utah Rep. Trevor Lee, who tried to rename a Salt Lake City Street after the conservative podcaster, has hired Kathryn Nester and Wendy Lewis, who represent Tyler Robinson, to fight four felony fraud charges. Court documents filed Monday list Nester and Lewis as Lee's legal team. Prosecutors say Lee faked documents and used false information to

A Democrat is leading in a Utah House district Donald Trump won by almost 11 points in 2024, according to an internal poll obtained by Utah Political Watch. The poll shows former Midway Mayor Celeste Johnson ahead of Republican Luke Searle 43%-34% in House District 59. Another 14% of respondents were undecided, and 10% said they would vote for someone else, though Johnson and Searle are the only names on the ballot. Democratic polling firm FM3 surveyed 322 likely voters Aug. 20-26. The margin o

Rep. Celeste Maloy is defending her seat tonight against Democratic challenger Kent Udell in the 3rd Congressional District debate, and Utah Political Watch will be watching live. Host Bryan Schott provides live commentary, separating spin from substance and adding context you won't get anywhere else. Tune in early for the pre-debate show, where we'll preview the issues most likely to come up and what each candidate needs to accomplish on stage. Then settle in for the main event. When: Friday

Senate President Stuart Adams outspent Stephanie Hollist by more than 2 to 1 but still lost.

Davis County Republicans on Saturday voted down a resolution to censure Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson for refusing to give the Trump administration Utah's full, unredacted voter rolls. The failure suggests that criticism of Henderson from some Utah Republicans is not widely shared in the party. The U.S. Department of Justice opened an investigation last year into whether Utah complies with voter list maintenance requirements under the National Voter Registration Act and the Help America Vote Act. I

Democrat Ben McAdams and Republican Riley Owen agreed on more than expected Tuesday night in the first debate for Utah's new Democratic-leaning congressional seat. They split on tariffs, the national debt and the maps that created the district. The Utah Debate Commission hosted the 1st Congressional District debate at Salt Lake Community College. The seat exists only because a court threw out the Legislature's gerrymandered map. Anyone hoping for a brawl didn't get one. The two found plenty of

Prosecutors charged Republican Rep. Trevor Lee with four felonies Monday, accusing him of faking documents and lying about his income to get a $1 million loan. Lee resigned from the Utah Legislature the same day. According to charging documents, the Utah Attorney General's Office says Lee used the false information to secure a cash-out refinance on his home, which put about $317,000 in cash in his pocket. Prosecutors point to three misrepresentations in the loan application. The first was an

Watch the 1st Congressional District debate between Democrat Ben McAdams and Republican Riley Owen with us on Tuesday night. Host Bryan Schott will offer live commentary along with your comments. Pre-debate show begins at 5:30 followed by the debate at 6 pm.

With six weeks until Election Day, Utah House Republicans are writing bigger checks to protect a handful of seats. The House Republican Election Committee gave $61,500 to candidates in a dozen House races over the past two weeks. Most of the checks were between $1,000 and $2,500, the typical amount the PAC gives Republican candidates. A few five-figure donations stand out, and several went to races that hadn't drawn money from the caucus PAC or House Speaker Mike Schultz's leadership PAC until

Democrats are heading into the 2026 midterms with a lead of seven to eight points on the generic congressional ballot. The forecasters at 50+1 give them a 98% chance of taking the House. Even here, Donald Trump is 10 points underwater, and he's down 19 on the economy. So what happens if that wave reaches Utah? Probably not much. That's by design. The latest episode of "Special Session" walks through our model of all 90 legislative races on the ballot this November. The problem for Democrats

Most Utahns back Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson's fight against the DOJ over voter data — including nearly half of Republicans.

Utah's 2021 maps were built to absorb a Democratic wave. Our modeling shows just how large that wave would need to get before the math changes.

Drew Ballard spent 15 years in piano bars, building a 6,500-song repertoire from audience requests. Lately he's turned that same instinct toward something else: parody songs aimed at political targets in Utah. It started with the hyperscale data center approved in Box Elder County, encroaching on wetlands he'd loved since he was a kid. He heard the name "Kevin O'Leary" and thought "Eleanor Rigby" — and the song wrote itself. On this episode, we talk about why parody cuts through where prot

The judge sided with authors on a key procedural question, clearing the way for a First Amendment fight over Utah's book removal process.