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iStockphoto Last weekend, five women were elected chairs of their county Republican parties. In Salt Lake County, though, another man took up the seat, even after complaints about former party officials bullying women. The new chair said he’s working on involving more women in the party. Several county Republican parties in Utah have new leaders after their elections last weekend. Five women were chosen to chair their parties but not in Salt Lake County. After news broke about bullying toward women in the Salt Lake County GOP which was followed by the former chair’s resignation some Utah Republicans called for more women in party leadership positions. ....
| Updated: 11:35 a.m. 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. ....