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Utah independents fell short this election. Will the movement fizzle — or grow?
A wave of independent candidates this year wanted to “make history” and maybe even “reshape the state’s political landscape” by winning several seats in Utah’s long Republican-dominated Legislature. Those were their hopes, at least, in a news release issued the morning of Election Day. Turns out, though, 2024 wasn’t their year. Not a single unaffiliated or third-party candidate gained enough traction to succeed over their Republican opponents this election cycle. Utah remains a solidly red stronghold, with the GOP maintaining its ironclad, supermajority control in the ...
