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The ghost of President Donald Trump’s presidency continues to divide Utah Republicans
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Annie Barker, Deseret News
It was a chorus of boos that put Utah on the national radar this weekend boos that filled the Maverik Center in West Valley City when Sen. Mitt Romney took the stage in front of nearly 2,000 Republican delegates.
Some delegates, despite the boos, stood and applauded the Utah senator who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. But the deafening boos persisted beyond that applause, and only quieted down after outgoing Utah GOP Chairman Derek Brown took the microphone and told his fellow Republicans:
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Four men and one woman are vying to take the reins of the Utah Republican Party as current chair Derek Brown is stepping aside after a single two-year term.
Leading Utah’s dominant political party for the next two years seems like a plum assignment, but there are some difficult challenges facing its next leader. Those include the seemingly endless fight over whether candidates should be allowed to gather signatures to secure a place on the primary ballot, bypassing the traditional caucus and convention path. Utah is unique in that the party takes an active role in selecting candidates, whereas most other state parties merely provide support for those hopefuls.