Breitbart: Republican Burgess Owens Defeats Democrat Rep. Ben McAdams in Utah.
Republican Burgess Owens proved victorious over his challenger, Democrat Rep. Ben McAdams, in Utah’s Fourth Congressional District for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
As of Friday night, with 99 percent of precincts reporting, the Salt Lake Tribune considered Owens’ 2,095-vote lead over McAdams to be “insurmountable.” The Tribune also noted that Owens had 47.50 percent of the vote on Friday compared to McAdams’ 46.93 percent.
“If Owens’ lead holds as those and any remaining ballots in Utah County are counted ahead of the final canvass next week, he will be one of two new members in Utah’s six-member congressional delegation,” the Tribune stated.
Owens’ campaigned focused heavily on the far-left’s “socialist policies” and extreme “Marxists.”
Earlier this year, in May, Owens said that he must take back Utah’s Fourth Congressional seat in an attempt to help Republicans “take back our country.”
Owens, a former Oakland Raiders Superbowl Champion, has also been very critical of Colin Kaepernick and his decision to kneel during the national anthem before football games. more
…well, God bless him, but illegal president Whoris is just gonna tell him to sit down in the back of the bus like Barky did in ’08…
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It appears that his current margin is well beyond the legal threshold of 0.25% for a recount, though late count shenanigans put McAdams into office two years ago.
It looks like some Salt Lake County races are also flipping Republican. That would be a welcome miracle, given the County Clerk is a Democrat and has, allegedly, used her office to suppress Republican votes (though, in my opinion, the Salt Lake County Republican Party has been more effective in accomplishing that). She came through for McAdams two years ago so she may still pull something out of her bag of tricks before the certification deadline.