Standard Examiner Pre-convention News Roundup

The full panoply of pre-convention S-E morning stories on the races which impact Weber County residents

On this morning's hard-copy edition front page, Standard-Examiner subscribers find this tantalizing headline: INSIDE: A closer look at the candidates before Saturday's conventions.  For the benefit of S-E non subscribers, and in the interest of implementing our expanded Weber County Forum coverage of the 2012 Utah Election, we've rounded up from the S-E website the full panoply of S-E stories provided in this morning's edition, in advance of tomorrow's Democratic and Republican State Party Conventions.  Gotta say the Standard has done a danged good job this morning. Here, gentle readers, are those S-E pre-convention morning stories on the races which impact Weber County residents:

U.S. Senate Race:

• Three U.S. Senate front-runners aim for 60 percent at GOP convention
• Bios: GOP candidates for U.S. Senate
• Democrat U.S. Senate candidates want a rematch with Hatch

District 1 Congressional Race:

• District 1 opponents Combe, McAleer slam Bishop
• Bishop's competitors fault defense act vote
• Bishop bill for Homeland Security in border parks causing contention

Utah Governor's Race:

• Guv has to fend off five GOP contenders at convention
• Dem gubernatorial candidate selects Vince Rampton as running mate 

As an added bonus, here's a related story from the S-E digital edition, addressing the peculiarities of the Utah convention nominating process:

•  A Fair Shake?

That's it for now, WCF readers. We'll be anxiously sitting on the sidelines, of course, champing at the bit to report on tomorrow's convention results.