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Show DEMO CANDIDATE FIELD SWELLS AS POLITICAL ACTIVITIES INCREASE districts. Rep. Henry A. Dixon in the First District has announced an-nounced he will not seek reelection. re-election. On the state level the race for the secretary of state nomination also is drawing considerable interest. in-terest. Already announced is Utah Democrats this week had a large field of candidates for major state and national offices. And there were indications the field would become even larger in the near future. Already in the race for the Democratic nomination for governor gov-ernor are William A. Barlocker, mayor of St. George; Rep. Sheldon Shel-don R. Brewster and Sen. Alonzo F. Hopkin. Mentioned as a possible pos-sible candidate for governor is former Attorney General Clinton Vernon. In the First Congressional District Dis-trict there also are three Democrats Demo-crats in the race for the party's nomination. They are George Frost, Weber County Commissioner; Commis-sioner; Glen Hatch, Weber City ' attorney and M. Blaine Peterson, Peter-son, an Ogden and Monticello attorney. In the Second District it is expected that incumbent Rep. David S. King will shortly announce an-nounce his bid for renomination and reelection. Republicans have shown only slight activity thus far. Former State Senator Lewis (Dude) Larsen has announced he will seek the GOP nomination for governor and incumbent George D. Clyde is expected is run for reelection. There have been no GOP hopefuls to announce for the party's nomination in the 'either of the two congressional Salt Lake County Commissioner W. G. (Bill) Larson and Harvard H. Hinton, a state senator from Lehi, and Salt Lake County Clerk Alvin Keddington has been brought out as a possible candidate as has Salt Lake County Coun-ty Chairman Laurel Brown. Ray P. Greenwood has also been mentioned men-tioned as a possible candidate. On the county level the commission com-mission race has stirred up the most speculation. One of the newest names to be added to the "possible candidate" list is that of C. R. Buck Brady of the Salt Lake County Sheriff's office. Bernard P. Brockbank has also been mentioned. George Cat-mull's Cat-mull's name has come to the front many times as a candidate, as has that of former County Commissioner Lawrence Jones. Activity is expected to pick up considerably during the next several weeks. Both parties have scheduled mass meetings for Feb. 15 and organization conventions will take place during the spring with nomination conventions to follow. |