(Salt Lake City, UT) — Lawmakers return to the Utah State Capitol this morning for a special session to approve a new congressional map ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. A judge has ordered the legislature to redraw boundaries in compliance with a 2018 citizen ballot initiative. The GOP-controlled redistricting […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah Senator Mitt Romney believes former President Donald Trump is best positioned to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024. Romney said a crowded primary would most likely help Trump secure the nomination. He argued the only way to stop Trump would be to shrink the field […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Democratic presidential candidates like to boast about their ability to lure away disaffected Republican voters. If there’s a place to test their skills it’s Utah. The deep red state is a bastion of conservative resistance to President Donald Trump. While the president has conquered virtually […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The Utah County Republican Party and Utah Republican Party have settled a lawsuit filed by two party members over the Americans with Disabilities Act. The Provo Daily Herald reports as part of the settlement the Utah Republican Party will update “its governing documents to reflect that ADA compliance […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Republicans in states including Wyoming, Utah and Ohio plan to keep pushing for death-penalty repeal even as U.S. officials move toward resuming executions. A national group, Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, released a statement Monday saying the death penalty is costly and prone to error. […]
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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is declining to hear the Utah Republican Party’s challenge to a state law overhauling how political parties nominate candidates. The Monday decision halts the long court battle over the law allowing candidates to bypass GOP nominating conventions and instead gather signatures […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of conservative Republicans has hired a firm to persuade Utah voters to remove their names from a ballot initiative petition that would cement Utah’s candidate nominating system. Fundraising disclosure forms show Keep My Voice spent $174,000 on the effort. Backer Dave Bateman tells the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican Party plans to challenge last month’s decision by a federal appeals court that upheld a state law overhauling how political parties nominate candidates. The state GOP on Monday announced it has hired attorney Gene Schaerr, who lead the state’s unsuccessful defense of a […]
