Letter: UUP knocked out centrist McAdams
(Rick Bowmer | AP photo)
In this Oct. 28 photo, Democratic incumbent U.S. Rep. Ben McAdams speaks following a news conference in Salt Lake City.
By Rhett Wilkinson | The Public Forum
| Dec. 31, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
The United Utah Party got a fellow centrist removed from Congress. Its candidate (Jonia Broderick) took more than enough votes than Rep. Ben McAdams needed to keep his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Broderick took 8,037 votes. McAdams lost by 3,765 votes to the corrupt Burgess Owens, according to election results.utah.gov.
Meanwhile, the UUP didn’t win any seats at any level of government. The party only was harmful this most recent election cycle and only hurt the cause of centrism, a cause it champions as much as any.
Deseret News By Rhett Wilkinson
Scott G Winterton, Deseret News
The United Utah Party got a fellow centrist removed from Congress. One of its candidates (Jonia Broderick) took more than enough votes that Rep. Ben McAdams needed to keep his seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Broderick took 8,037 votes. McAdams lost by just 3,765 votes to Burgess Owens, according to electionresults.utah.gov. Meanwhile, the United Utah Party didn’t win any seats at any level of government.
The party was only harmful this most recent election cycle and only hurt the cause of political centrism, a cause it champions as much as any.
Burgess Owens widens lead over Ben McAdams as new ballots drop in 4th Congressional District race
4th Congressional District Republican candidate Burgess Owens, right and Democratic Utah Congressman Ben McAdams bump elbows following a debate on Monday, Oct. 12, 2020, in Salt Lake City. (Kristin Murphy/ Deseret News, via AP, Pool) | Updated: Dec. 30, 2020, 3:57 p.m.
Editor’s note: When final votes were counted nearly two weeks after the election, Republican Burgess Owens won the election.
Republican Burgess Owens grew his lead slightly over Rep. Ben McAdams in the closely contested race for Utah’s 4th Congressional District as new ballots were dropped from Sanpete, Salt Lake and Juab counties on Monday.