Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
House Speaker Greg Curtis lost his bid for re-election and his status as arguably the second most powerful person in Utah government. But, thanks to our Legislature, life for Curtis isn't all that bad.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
For Jay Seegmiller, the third time was the charm. House Speaker Greg Curtis called Seegmiller Tuesday night and conceded defeat, becoming the first speaker in at least four decades to lose re-election, as his Democratic opponent finally prevailed in his third challenge.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
There will be new leadership in the Utah House with the defeat Tuesday of House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy.
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Posted: 10:24 PM- For Jay Seegmiller, the third time was the charm. House Speaker Greg Curtis called Seegmiller tonight and conceded defeat, becoming the first House speaker in at least four decades to lose re-election, as his Democratic challenger finally prevailed in his third challenge.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 01/11/2008
Two closely watched Utah legislative races are statistical dead heats as the final weekend of campaigning begins, a new poll shows.Two well-known GOP incumbents are fighting for their political lives — House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy, and Sen. Chris Buttars, R-West Jordan, a poll conducted for the Deseret News and KSL-TV by Dan Jones & Associates shows.Buttars leads Democrat John Rendell...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 23/10/2008
Law enforcement officials are always warning kids to watch out where they follow links on the internet — it could lead them to places they don't want to be.The same can now be said about at least some Utah political races — you may end up getting to somewhere on the Web you didn't expect.Click on or and you don't end up on Utah House Speaker Greg Curtis' Web site, nor on the Web site...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 26/11/2008
... plus to some party groups that spread money among all members.Recently defeated House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy, received the most of any individual, $7,500. Those totals do not count gifts or donations to legislators from other tobacco companies and their lobbyists."Hi, this is Dick Nourse. And I'm calling you because we have a serious problem in Utah," the automated call begins....
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 25/11/2008
Gun rights activists are taking lots of credit for the recent confirmation defeat of Judge Robert Hilder and for the re-election of a half-dozen lawmakers who are staunch 2nd Amendment supporters. At the same time, they're saying those seen as lukewarm on gun rights -- such as Sen. Carlene Walker and House Speaker Greg Curtis -- may have gone down because gun-rights backers didn't bother...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
We're wondering how many Utahns think it's OK that former state House speaker Greg Curtis gets to take the almost $400,000 left over in his campaign accounts and do with it as he pleases, whether that means giving it to charity or simply pocketing it.
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 23/11/2008
... governor and the House. The House's mood for change was satisfied by replacing outgoing Speaker Greg Curtis with Dave Clark. Kevin Garn's election as majority leader over Wayne Harper was not surprising, although the rumored margin of victory (less than four votes) was eye-opening.Senate Democrats were split evenly and a coin toss utilized to elect Pat Jones as minority leader. For...
Salt Lake Tribune (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
... it, health permitting. With other contenders taking big hits to their prospects recently (Speaker Greg Curtis losing his election, Senate President John Valentine losing his leadership spot) the two most likely combatants in 2012 look to be Herbert and Shurtleff. Keep a close eye on the dynamic between the two offices over the next few years.-- Robert Gehrke
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
The 18 Utah legislators who retired this year — either voluntarily or by voters' choice — have nearly a combined half-million dollars sitting in campaign accounts, money that they currently can just give to themselves, spend on a future campaign or dole out to whomever they wish.By far most of that cash belongs to House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy, who was defeated Nov. 4 by Democratic...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
Get ready for some more bad economic times for Utah State government, with layoffs of state workers and a reduction of programs for Human Services' recipients and other "critical" areas potentially considered, state legislators were told Wednesday.In the last House GOP caucus for the 2007-2008 Legislature — which also saw a standing ovation for retiring House Speaker Greg Curtis, R-Sandy;...
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Talk about a sea change. In recent days, Utah lawmakers selected new leadership — and adopted a refreshing new attitude.Here's what happened: Rep. Dave Clark, R-Santa Clara, ran unopposed to succeed Greg Curtis as speaker of the House after Curtis lost his re-election bid in House District 49 to Democratic challenger Jay Seegmiller. In the Senate, Mike Waddoups, R-Taylorsville,...
StandardNET Local News Feed (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Utah House Republicans select new leadership Text | Bookmark and Share...Add News Feed to... Wednesday, November 12, 2008 | No comments [ ]SALTLAKE CITY — Rep. David Clark of Santa Clara is the new House speaker.House Republicans elected new leaders Tuesday to serve for two years. Clark replaces House Speaker Greg Curtis, who lost his seat in the Legislature to Democratic challenger Jay...
