Uintah Basin Standard | 1962-09-13 | Page 1 | Democrats Still Hold Utah Senate Seat, Attorney Says

Democrats still hold Utah senate attorney says The Democratic Party is still very much in control of the Utah State Senate seat from Duchesne and Wasatch so ruled the Utah Attorney General's office last CERTIFICATION of a Republican candidate by the GOP for the seat was mere according to Pratt But the attorney a observed that the Democrat incumbent probably is violating the Utah Constitution by retaining his membership in the Senate after moving out of his BUT UNTIL the Bennie resigns or the Senate declares the seat according to the the seat is not Stephen P. Democratic State Committee raised the He questioned the legality of the filing and subsequent certification of Gordon as Republican candidate for the ROLAND G. deputy attorney wrote that any action toward placing Mendenhall's name on the ballot was simply through the There he no vacancy in the office formerly of moved earlier this year to to take the of city- HE HAS SAID he has no I intention of serving as the Wasatch-Duchesne County senator in the 1963 session and would resign before the session Sets page 10 I 9 front Republican officials have complained that he should resign in time to permit the election of his successor rather than force gubernatorial appointment from party HAS resisted the saying the people of Duchesne County deserved another two years of Senate representation which is the position of that county's Democratic The price of power is responsibility for the public Winthrop W. Aldrich