Buttars gets nod from S.L. County GOP

"I'm asking for your vote today to send me back so that sort of a bill doesn't happen again," Waddoups said, referring to a a move by legislators this past session to roll a dozen money-linked school bills in SB2, some of which had been voted down earlier in the session, into the schools' $2.5 million budget. "Send me back so I can run to change things as a leader in the Senate."

Delegates also hand-picked their candidates for county races on Saturday.

Salt Lake County Councilmen Michael Jensen and Mark Crockett and newcomer Steve Debry were unopposed at the convention, but two Republicans fought to fill outgoing Republican Marv Hendrickson's District 6 seat on the council.

Realtor Max Burdick won the nomination over Robert Warnick, a veteran politician in local politics. Burdick will now face Democrat Roger Harding for the District 6 seat, which stretches through parts of Sandy, Cottonwood Heights and Midvale.

Political rookie Michael Renckert also won the nomination for county mayor. Renckert will face popular Democrat Peter Corroon to run the state's largest county.

Salt Lake County GOP chairman James Evans asked county residents to go to the party's Web site — slcogop.com — to learn the truth about what is happening with Utah Republicans. He said the news media is prejudiced against the Utah Republican Party, giving Democrats good press while trying to harm Republicans.

"We know that the media is not going to give us a fair shake," Evans said.

Results of contested races in the Salt Lake County Republican Convention:

• Senate District 6: Sen. Mike Waddoups
• Senate District 10: Sen. Chris Buttars
• House District 24: Joe Jarvis
• House District 32: Rep. Ron Bigelow
• House District 33: Warren Webb
• House District 35: Rob Alexander
• House District 42: Rep. Jim Bird
• House District 45: Brian Monsen
• House District 46: Jaren Davis
• House District 48: LaVar Christensen
• House District 51: Rep. Greg Hughes

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Contributing: Deborah Bulkeley
E-mail: bbjr@desnews.com; ldethman@desnews.com