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Phil Lyman says Utah GOP should assert party autonomy, challenge signature path and push election transparency
Summary
At a Utah County Republican Party podcast, Phil Lyman, a candidate for Utah Republican Party chair, said the party should reclaim authority over candidate selection, push back on the signature-path provisions known as SB 54, and demand greater transparency from the lieutenant governor’s office about primary records.
Phil Lyman, a candidate for chair of the Utah Republican Party, told a Utah County Republican Party podcast audience he wants the party to “step back in” and use its institutional power to assert independence from state officeholders and laws that he said have diminished party control.
Lyman framed his campaign around what he called three priorities: election integrity, transparency and stronger party influence. “We don’t have to follow SB 54,” Lyman said in the interview, arguing the party could refuse to treat a signature-path primary winner as the party’s nominee if party rules or the delegates designate a convention winner.
Why it matters: Lyman argued the party lost influence after recent gubernatorial nomination disputes and should be willing to run…
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