Fife was defeated by Robles at the Salt Lake County Democratic Convention on April 26, 2008.

Robles won against Salt Lake City Councilman Carlton Christensen, the Republican nominee, in the General Election on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.

W. Hughes Brockbank, a Republican, was elected president of the National Legislative Conference in 1969 becoming the first Utahn to hold this office.

Craig Oliver, a real estate salesman, defeated Terry Williams in a tight primary election.

Farley unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1982 and 1984 before again mounting a successful run for State Senate in District 1 in 1986.

The protest launched a movement that eventually led decades-old male-only private clubs to open memberships to women.

She was subsequently elected to represent Utah's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House when Wayne Owens chose to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate.

Senator Thomas Kearns was a former part owner of the Salt Lake Tribune and heir of the Steiner American Linen Corporation.