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      <excerpt>...depends on the next year, and so the Senate race had to give.&quot;  Shurtleff was one of several Republicans challenging U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett for the GOP nomination this spring. He was considered Bennett's most serious challenger, although Bennett has main</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...&#8212; Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked an attempt created by Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and co-sponsored by Bennett,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...system's costs to be repaid through sale of electricity from expected future development of hydropower there. However, Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, ranking Republican on the subcommittee and sponsor of the bill, said those costs mean &quot;any hydropower facili</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...&#8212; Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked an attempt created by Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, to require next year's census forms to ask people whether they are U.S. citizens. The amendment, sponsored by Sen. David Vitter, R-La., and co-sponsored by Bennett,</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...said Wednesday he was dropping out of the U.S. Senate race. Shurtleff said he decided not to challenge fellow Republican Sen. Bob Bennett next year so he could spend more time with his 17-year-old daughter who suffers from mental illness and is in a res</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>...suspending my campaign to take care of her and my family,&quot; he said.   The attorney general had been the leading challenger to Sen. Bob Bennett, assailing the three-term incumbent from the right for his vote for the first round of bank bailouts and his s</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>In Utah, state Attorney General Mark Shurtleff (R) was planning to take on Sen. Bob Bennett (R) in a primary next year, but a personal tragedy led the challenger to drop his bid yesterday. While this is a break for Bennett, Rep. ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>I&amp;#39;m talking about all these prominent Republicans, including Senator Bob Bennett, who they argue are not conservative enough. Now, that&amp;#39;s... THOMPSON: Every circumstance - I can only speak for myself. I don&amp;#39;t have to speak for the ...</excerpt>
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      <excerpt>Activists predict a wave that could roll from California to Kentucky to New Hampshire and that could leave even some GOP incumbents &#8212; Utah Sen. Bob Bennett is one &#8212; facing unexpectedly fierce challenges from their right flank. ...</excerpt>
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