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Bryan Schott

Political Correspondent

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Voters place their ballots into a ballot drop box in the parking lot of Sandy City Hall on election day, Nov. 2, 2021. Listen to the "This Week in Utah Politics" podcast to hear how young, Latino Americans may impact the 2024 election.

How the rise of young Latino American voters may transform the 2024 election

By Bryan Schott | August 2, 2024, 9:28 p.m.

(Erin Schaff | The New York Times) Attendees wait to watch Sen. Kamala Harris and Mike Pence participate in the vice-presidential debate at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. With big changes happening in the 2024 election, one Utah politico hopes the U. could again host another presidential debate.

Could a 2024 presidential election debate come back to Utah?

By Bryan Schott | July 26, 2024, 6:39 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill presents findings from separate police shootings in 2023, at the district attorney’s office in Salt Lake City, Thursday, May 23, 2024. A week after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, Gill said online that a dead body would be a better president than Trump.

Sim Gill said a ‘dead body’ was better than Trump. Now Republicans want to fire him.

By Bryan Schott | July 23, 2024, 8:24 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Phil Lyman visits with supporters at the Utah State Records Committee hearing on Thursday, July 18, 2024.

Phil Lyman’s hopes to overturn primary loss to Spencer Cox diminish

By Bryan Schott | July 20, 2024, 12:22 a.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox at his monthly news conference in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 19, 2024.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox flip-flops on support for Donald Trump

By Bryan Schott | July 19, 2024, 11:04 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Phil Lyman talks to the media, after a court hearing in West Jordan, in an effort to obtain Spencer Cox's signatures, on Thursday, July 18, 2024.

Phil Lyman can’t see voters’ signatures, Utah records committee says. And his fans aren’t happy.

By Bryan Schott | July 19, 2024, 12:53 p.m.

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
David Buhler, Commissioner of the Utah System of Higher Education, speaks at the inauguration of Deneece Huftalin as president of Salt Lake Community College in Taylorsville, Friday January 9, 2015.

David Buhler, beloved Utah Republican and former higher education commissioner, dies at 67

By Bryan Schott | July 17, 2024, 10:17 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy receives a standing ovation at the National Governors Association’s summer meeting in Salt Lake City on Friday, July 12, 2024.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: ‘Evil must always, always lose,’ Ukrainian president says in Utah

By Bryan Schott | July 13, 2024, 1:55 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Former Sen. Ben Sasse have a makes a statement at the National Governor's Association meeting at the Grand America, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

Ben Sasse warns governors that technology is driving political dysfunction in America

By Bryan Schott | July 11, 2024, 10:31 p.m.

(Cheriss May | The New York Times) President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine during a meeting with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 10, 2024.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to speak in Utah on Friday

By Bryan Schott | July 12, 2024, 4:11 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People vote at the Joseph D. Adams Public Safety Building in Lehi on Saturday, June 25, 2024. A day later than expected, Iron County voted to certify their 2024 primary election results on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.

Iron County certifies 2024 primary election results despite controversy over ballot postmarks

By Bryan Schott | July 10, 2024, 12:31 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People vote at the Joseph D. Adams Public Safety Building in Lehi on Saturday, June 25, 2024.

9,800 southern Utah ballots in limbo amid mail-in ballot dispute in Iron County

By Bryan Schott | July 8, 2024, 9:31 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gubernatorial candidate Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, greets supporters during a primary election party in Highland, Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Rep. Phil Lyman tried leveraging official role to get private election data in race against Utah Gov. Cox

By Bryan Schott | Jeff Parrott | July 8, 2024, 11:19 p.m.

(Senate Television via AP) In this image from video from Senate Television, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington.

Mike Lee spreads fake claim of Biden medical emergency on Air Force One

By Bryan Schott | July 6, 2024, 10:31 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Citizens vote at Riverton City Hall on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Why Lt. Gov. Henderson told Utah’s county clerks that election returns are not a public record

By Bryan Schott | July 3, 2024, 6:09 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gubernatorial hopeful Phil Lyman at the Utah Republican Nominating Convention in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 27, 2024. A week after the primary election polls closed, Lyman is contesting the results of the 2024 primary election.

‘I’m not a conspiracy theorist’: Phil Lyman’s long shot strategy to overturn Gov. Cox’s GOP primary win

By Bryan Schott | July 3, 2024, 6:11 p.m.

(Scott G Winterton | Pool) Rep. Celeste Maloy speaks to reporters following a 2nd Congressional District debate with Colby Jenkins at the KUED studios at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 10, 2024.

Will Utah’s 2nd Congressional District GOP primary come down to a recount? It’s going to be close.

By Bryan Schott | Emily Anderson Stern | July 1, 2024, 11:49 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gubernatorial candidate Rep. Phil Lyman, R-Blanding, speaks to reporters in Highland, Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

Phil Lyman continues casting doubt on results of Utah’s 2024 Republican gubernatorial primary

By Bryan Schott | June 27, 2024, 10:28 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) People vote at the Joseph D. Adams Public Safety Building in Lehi on Saturday, June 25, 2024.

Incumbent lawmakers fared well in Utah’s 2024 primary election. But these two will likely lose.

By Bryan Schott | June 27, 2024, 2:32 p.m.

(Scott G Winterton | Pool) Utah’s 2nd Congressional District debate between Colby Jenkins, left, and Rep. Celeste Maloy at the KUED studios at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Monday, June 10, 2024.

Rep. Celeste Maloy’s lead shrinks to 382 votes in Utah’s 2nd Congressional District primary election

By Emily Anderson Stern | Bryan Schott | June 28, 2024, 11:17 p.m.

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