LAYTON, Utah (AP) — Utah Republican leaders refused Saturday to erase a bylaw to deny ballot spots for candidates who collect voter signatures instead of winning approval from the party’s caucus-convention system. The State Central Committee voted 68-40 to erase the bylaw, short of the two-thirds majority required for a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah GOP has named a former top aide to former Congresswoman Mia Love as its new executive director. The Deseret News reports Laurel Price is the first major hire by new State Republican Party Chairman Derek Brown, and he says she will be key to the […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — The Utah Republican Party has a new chairman. Former state legislator Derek Brown on Saturday easily defeated three other candidates in the race to succeed Rob Anderson, who did not seek-re-election to the post he won in 2017. Brown was supported by 62 percent of the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Republican Party chairman says he won’t run for another term amid party infighting over a law changing how political candidates are nominated. Chairman Rob Anderson said Wednesday he can’t unify the party during heated debate over the 2014 law. His decision comes after […]
