Opinion: Davis County Republicans took a hard right turn at their convention, and it should concern all Utahns — especially U.S. Rep. John Curtis, writes Robert Gehrke.
after the state agreed to cover the Utah High School Activities Association’s legal costs, but the damage was already done., as well. State Sen. Jerry Stevenson, Rep. Melissa Garff Ballard and Rep. Ray Ward will all have primaries. Ward would have been eliminated had he not gathered enough signatures to secure a spot on the primary ballot, something Handy acknowledges he should have done.
There are a few takeaways from the radical Republicanism creeping into traditionally normal places like Davis County:The last time we saw this kind of fundamentalist shift was with the Tea Party movement, which arose after Democrats took control of the U.S. House, Senate and White House. So when Democrats took over all three again in 2020, it was safe to assume a backlash was coming.
Voters, Handy said, are “relying on this fractured social media and all this weird garbage out there, and you don’t know what to believe.”And anger is a heck of a motivator. Herrod is now back for a third shot this time and, for some inexplicable reason, Curtis opted not to gather signatures — which was ultimately Handy’s downfall. Curtis may not need them in the end. If he can get the 40% needed to advance to a primary, he will likely win it in another landslide.
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