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Article: Quiet Demo meet looms in Utah County

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April 21, 2004
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PROVO -- If you held a political convention and nobody voted, would it still be a convention?

Utah County Democrats say yes, and they'll hold an intimate 2004 convention tonight in the Provo City Council chambers without a ballot in sight.

Instead, there will be plenty of speechmaking -- the headliners are gubernatorial candidate Scott Matheson Jr. and 3rd Congressional District hopeful Beau Babka.

The lone expected contest pitted two Democrats running against each other in State Senate District 13, but all suspense ended when Vernon's Michael Quarnberg withdrew last week, leaving Salem's Gene Bradford alone to prepare for November's general election.

In fact, Democrats, who fielded a ...

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