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2023 Candidates for Utah State GOP Offices

04/20/2023 / John Mulholland

Like county parties, state parties have their organizating conventions in off years, when they’re not nominating candidates. Some of the most important business is is electing party officers. The Utah State Republican Party 2023 Organizating Convention is this Saturday, April 22nd, at UVU’s UCCU Center in Orem. Here’s my report on my interviews with most of the candidates for state GOP party office.

For further information about the candidates and the convention, go to utgop.org.

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Candidates at the 2023 Utah County GOP Organizing Convention

04/10/2023 / John Mulholland

The annual Utah County Republican Party Convention gets a lot more attention in even-numbered years, because it selects candidates for county offices and any state offices which are partisan and don’t cross county lines. In the odd-numbered years it’s an “organizing convention” which selects the county party chair and other party officers. This year’s Utah County GOP Organization Convention is April 15. I’m interviewing candidates and reporting on those interviews in posts here. A future post will report on candidates for state GOP offices.

Most the races have one candidate running unopposed, but I am writing about them anyway, so people can better know those who will serve in the various party positions. More information is available at the Utah County Republican Party website.

Alpine School Board District 4 Primary (nonpartisan)

06/15/2022 / John Mulholland

Three candidates are on the June 28 primary ballot for Alpine School Board District 4. Because this is a non-partisan race, the function of the primary is to reduce the field of three to two, for the November general election.

Because of redistricting, two candidates in this race, Sarah Beeson and Amber Bonner, are incumbents, each seeking a second term on the board. They are joined on the ballot by Lana Nelson.

Alpine School Board District 4 includes Highland, Alpine, Cedar Hills, and roughly the northern half of American Fork.

An Interview with the Interviewer

04/08/2022 / John Mulholland

If you’ve been reading my reports of interviews with Republican candidates in Utah County, you may want to know what’s behind them. So here I am, John Mulholland, interviewing John Mulholland.

Q: Please describe your process.

A: It goes like this:

2022 Utah County Attorney Candidates (Republican)

04/07/2022 / John Mulholland

Two candidates are are on the June 28 Republican primary ballot, vying for the 2022 Republican nomination for Utah County Attorney: incumbent David Leavitt and challenger Jeff Gray. Adam Pomeroy has withdrawn.

(Page updated 4 June 2022.)

2022 Utah County Commission Seat A Candidates (Republican)

04/07/2022 / John Mulholland

Two candidates, Amelia Gardner and Renee Tribe, will be on the June 28 Republican primary ballot, vying for the Republican nomination to Utah County Commission Seat A.

The Utah County Commission consists of three commissioners who are elected by the entire county to staggered four-year terms. Seats A and B are up for election in 2022. Seat C will be up for election in 2024.

(Page revised 4 June 2022.)

Kay Christofferson - Utah House District 53

2022 Utah House District 53 Candidate (Republican)

04/07/2022 / John Mulholland

In Utah House District 53 (part of west American Fork and east Lehi), incumbent Kay Christofferson is running unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Note that for his current term Rep. Christofferson serves House District 56. Boudaries changed somewhat and the resulting district was renumbering in the recent redistricting.

Incumbent Representative Val Peterson is running to represent the new District 56, which also includes part of American Fork.

2022 Utah County Commission Seat B Candidates (Republican)

04/07/2022 / John Mulholland

Two candidates for Utah County Commission Seat B are on the June 28 Republican primary ballot, vying for the Republican nomination.

(Page updated 4 June 2022.)

2022 Utah County Clerk Candidates (Republican)

04/07/2022 / John Mulholland

The combined Utah County Clerk/Auditor role has split. Here are notes from interviews with 2022 GOP candidates for Utah County Clerk. (Follow the link for notes on interviews with Utah County Auditor candidates.)

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2022 Utah County Auditor Candidates (Republican)

04/05/2022 / John Mulholland

There are two candidates on the June 28 Republican primary ballot for the 2022 Republican nomination for Utah County Auditor: Rod Mann and Rudy Livingston. In 1989 the Utah County Commission combined the offices of Clerk and Auditor. Then, last December, they split them again, citing an increased work load due to growth.

(Page updated 4 June 2022.)