U.S. senator from Utah ousted at state's Republican convention

Sunday, May 9, 2010

SALT LAKE CITY -- Republican Sen. Bob Bennett was thrown out of office Saturday by delegates at the Utah GOP convention in a defeat for a once-popular three-term incumbent who fell victim to a growing conservative movement nationwide.

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