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Show County Political Camps Organize, State and Local Posts Scrutinized Although nominations for election elec-tion of county and state officers will not be made until sometime In August, mass meetings and county conventions of both major political parties are creating much speculation on who may be candidates for offices to be filled In Iron County this year. Of course much has already been said about candidates for U. S. Senate and House of Representative Repre-sentative seats from Utah and about candidates for Governor of the state, but until now little attention at-tention has been given local of-flcei of-flcei Of paricular Interest this year Is the fact that Iron County was designated as a senatorial district dis-trict by the re-apportionment bill last year, which means that a senator will be named to repre- sent the county alone. In the past Iron County has been In the same district as Washington County, and Orval Hafen of St. George has represented the two counties in the State Senate. Iron Couny will, as in the past, elect a representative to the state legislature, a position now held by Heber M. Sevy of Cedar City. County Commissioners Two county .commission seats will be filled this year, the terms of Warren Bulloch, Cedar City and Jess Guymon, Parowan, expiring ex-piring at the end of the year. Republican leaders have Indicated Indi-cated that Mr. Sevy, who has been serving as state representative, representa-tive, would be the logical choice of the party for the new senate post However, Charles R. Hunter of Cedar City has also been fre-ouentlv fre-ouentlv mentioned as a possible candidate for this position. It Is early yet, however, and with par-! ty leaders Just beginning to "feel out" possible candidates numerous numer-ous other names will undoubtedly undoubted-ly be brought Into the picture. The Democrats' have not yet given much Indication as to who the party may support for these two state offices. Case in Question The case of Warren Bulloch will be Interesting. Long a leader (Continued on Page Two) I COUNTY POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS I (Continued from tagt One) in the Democratic party and one of. the .county's most popular office of-fice holders, Mr. Bulloch has been elected to office by the Democratic party. However, . a. conflict between segments of the Democratic party, generally con-sldered con-sldered a result of the power Issue Is-sue in Cedar City, resulted in his election to his present term as county commissioner on an independent in-dependent ticket Whether or not the party wounds have been healed is not definitely known, but it is assumed that the party leaders' who spjlt with Bulloch in the last election may still be in control of the party and would oppose Mr. Bulloch should he seek re-election. Were it not for this party rlfht Mr. Bulloch would be a likely candidate for either senator or representative. It is doubtful if he again would seek office on an Independent ticket. Jess Guymon, Republican, will undoubtedly figure prominently in Republican plans for the coming com-ing election, but not much has been said as yet as to any other candidates on either the county or state level. In the meantime party organization-plans are going forward. The Democrats have already held mass meetings and their county convention, reorganizing the county committee and naming delegates to the state conven tion. The Republican mass meetings were held Saturday with delegates dele-gates 'elected to the county convention, con-vention, which will be held next Wednesday, Mar. 21, in Parowan. |