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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Orrin G. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history who was a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, died Saturday at age
Orrin G. Hatch, the longest-serving Republican senator in history and a fixture in Utah politics for more than four decades, has died at age 88. The retired senator’s death Saturday was announced in a statement from his foundation, which did not specify a cause. A staunch conservative on most economic and social issues, he also…
(AP) After moving to Utah in the early 1970s, Hatch a former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ran for his first public office in 1976 and narrowly upset Democratic Sen. Frank Moss.