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Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 17, 2013 16 Comments

Jim Matheson has been the Harry Houdini of modern politics, a Democrat surviving in a heavily Republican Utah district which became even more Republican after the 2010 redistricting. But he still beat Mia Love in 2012. By a few hundred votes. In Utah. With Romney at...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 02, 2012 11 Comments

I certainly don't want to get overly confident, but this is very good news, via The Salt Lake Tribune: For 12 years, Jim Matheson has been a political escape artist, managing to wiggle free from every trap the Utah Republicans have thrown his way. But after six...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 30, 2012 11 Comments

Mia Love is in a tight race in Utah-04 against Democratic incumbent Jim Matheson. While recent polling had Love slightly ahead, the race is expected to be close. As a Democrat in a majority Republican district, Matheson tries to keep quiet about his support of Obama.  Matheson...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on October 16, 2012 6 Comments

October has been a month full of good news for Mia Love. The Operation Counterweight member running for Congress in Utah's newly created 4th Congressional District has faced an uphill battle since she entered the race. She began her campaign in the Republican primary with little...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 02, 2012 14 Comments

I'm not getting overly confident, but this is encouraging, Latest poll: Mia Love pulls ahead of Jim Matheson in 4th District race: Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love has overcome a double-digit deficit to overtake Rep. Jim Mathesonin Utah's hotly contested 4th Congressional District, the latest Deseret...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 08, 2012 6 Comments

One of the biggest electoral scams in the country is being run by Jim Matheson in Utah-04 against Mia B. Love. As detailed here before, Matheson plays a Democratic moderate on TV, and strategically votes against his party on high profile votes when his vote doesn't...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 31, 2012 4 Comments

The Love Bomb now has surpassed $200,000. This provides an enormous boost to Mia Love's campaign as it provides cash to fund the type of local effort that outside groups cannot by law do.  It still leaves her with only half the cash on hand as Democrat Jim...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 28, 2012 54 Comments

The line up is packed tonight, including Mia Love, who just finished her speech: If you haven't contributed to her Money Bomb, what are you waiting for? Need more motivation, read what some smug creep at The Nation says about people like Mia, RNC Schedule: Tokenism Extraordinaire.  Tokens? People...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 28, 2012 8 Comments

Mia B. Love will be speaking at the RNC tonight with the theme "The America I Know." As you know from prior coverage here, she's in a tough fight in the newly formed and heavily Republican Utah-04 district against incumbent Jim Matheson, who has family name recognition (his father...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 21, 2012 47 Comments

Not a great day. Someone I know, an indefatigable blogger, decided to go to bed early. Don't focus on the bad.  Think about the great candidates we have like Mia B. Love, who just rolled out this video: Remember Operation Counterweight. Do I have to come over and slap...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2012 2 Comments

Mia B. Love appeared on MSNBC today, and it was a pretty fair segment. As noted here before, while Jim Matheson is beatable, it's not going to be easy.  Matheson falsely portrays himself as a moderate. That "outside money" rolling in mentioned at the end will not...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 27, 2012 10 Comments

I guess Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson running against Mia Love in the new Utah-04 district is a moderate compared to Nancy Pelosi.  His claim to moderation is that on a small number of key votes he has voted against his party, but not when his vote mattered. Matheson...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 22, 2012 7 Comments

In previous posts we have noted that Mia B. Love will receive financial support from various Republican groups in her race against incumbent Democrat Jim Matheson. That led me and many readers to believe that Love is all set for money.  But that is a misunderstanding.  The...

Posted by Bryan Jacoutot on June 16, 2012 7 Comments

After she handled her fellow Republican candidates at the Utah convention back in April, Mia Love is receiving a substantial boost from her party to aide her attempt to oust Democrat Congressman Jim Matheson in the newly created 4th Congressional District. Many Republicans have been vocal...

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