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Pole Creek, Bald Mountain fires burn over 68,000 acres, smoke creeps into Provo

September 14, 2018 12:00 AM
In this Thursday, Sept. 13, 2018, photo, a wildfire burns in Salem, Utah. (Qiling Wang/The Deseret News via AP)
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Meet Jenny Wilson, Utah's Democratic Senate candidate

July 27, 2018 12:00 AM
Jenny Wilson answers questions regarding her U.S. Senate campaign on November 1, 2017. Wilson is the Democratic Senate nominee for Utah. (Max Rutherford)
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Romney wins election, but not all BYU students voted

July 03, 2018 12:00 AM
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney secured the Republican Senate nomination that could restart his political career, but many BYU students did not vote in the election on June 26.
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Mitt Romney rolls to easy win in GOP primary for Utah Senate

June 27, 2018 12:00 AM
Former GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney holds his grandson Dane Romney, 2, while he and his wife, Ann, wave after addressing supporters at their campaign headquarters during an election night party Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Orem, Utah. Romney has won the Republican primary for a Utah Senate seat, setting him on the path to restart his political career with a Senate seat left open by retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Romney, Kennedy make final pitch ahead of Senate primary

June 25, 2018 12:00 AM
AMERICAN FORK, Utah (AP) — Mitt Romney is flashing his familiar smile at city parks and backyards in Utah's mountains and suburbs this week, making his final pitch after being forced into a Republican Senate primary against a conservative state lawmaker.
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Kennedy, Romney vie for US Senate

June 05, 2018 12:00 AM
Utah Senate candidates, state Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine, left, and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney shake hands at the beginning of a Senate Republican primary debate, Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Provo. (Scott G Winterton/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
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Republicans Kennedy, Romney square off in Senate primary debate

May 30, 2018 12:00 AM
Utah Senate candidates state Rep. Mike Kennedy, R-Alpine, left, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney shake hands at the beginning of a Senate Republican primary debate, Tuesday, May 29, 2018, in Provo. (Scott G. Winterton/The Deseret News via AP, Pool)
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Utahns believe Romney is burying the hatchet with Trump

March 08, 2018 12:00 AM
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012 file photo, Donald Trump greets Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, after announcing his endorsement of Romney during a news conference in Las Vegas. Trump is endorsing Romney in Utah's Senate race, another sign that the two Republicans are burying the hatchet after a fraught relationship. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)
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Mitt Romney announces U.S. Senate Run

February 16, 2018 12:00 AM
Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced Friday through a video that he's running for the United States Senate in the upcoming 2018 election.
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15 years later: Remembering the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Games

February 18, 2017 12:00 AM
Fireworks go off in Salt Lake City at the start of the 2002 Olympic Games. (Steve Greenwood Photography)
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Mormon voters disdain Trump; Trump Jr. doesn't get why

March 21, 2016 12:00 AM
Mormons have proven to be difficult for Donald Trump to sway, but his son says Mormons have more in common with Trump 'than with any other candidate.'
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BYU students not so enthusiastic about Romney or Trump

March 11, 2016 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney packed the University of Utah’s Hinckley Convention Hall for a speech mostly focused on trading barbs with Donald Trump, but some think it wasn’t enough.
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Impacts of Romney's attack on Trump still developing

March 07, 2016 12:00 AM
Former Presidential Candidate, Mitt Romney, speaks out against Donald Trump's running for president at the University of Utah. Romney suggests that Trump does not possess the 'Temperament' to be president (Universe photo)
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Romney wants 'anyone but Trump' for president

March 03, 2016 12:00 AM
Mitt Romney speaks at the University of Utah, encouraging voters to choose 'anyone but Trump.' (Natalie Stoker)
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The Latest: Trump: Romney afraid of me; I made more money

March 03, 2016 12:00 AM
Donald Trump speaks on Super Tuesday primary election night at the White and Gold Ballroom at The Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump says during a rally in Portland, Maine, that Romney proved he's a 'choke artist' when he lost the 2012 presidential race to Barack Obama. (Associated Press)
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Mitt Romney expected to call Trump a 'fraud' and a 'phony' during speech at the University of Utah

March 02, 2016 12:00 AM
Former Massachusetts Gov., and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney pauses while speaking at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., Friday, March 15, 2013. Romney is expected to call Trump a 'phony' in his address at the University of Utah. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Romney still being encouraged to run for President

January 05, 2016 12:00 AM
Despite continual encouragement to run, Mitt Romney remains adamant about his dormant position.
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Former GOP nominee Romney will not run for president in '16

January 30, 2015 12:00 AM
In this Jan. 28, 2015 file photo, former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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