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Utah GOP official says party certified nominees after April convention
Summary
An unidentified Utah Republican Party official said a certification letter posted on UTGOP.org on April 29 confirmed nominees from the April 27 convention, naming several sole nominees and noting others advanced to primaries.
An unidentified UTGOP official said the Utah Republican Party certified nominees on April 29 following the party convention on April 27 and posted a certification letter on UTGOP.org.
The official said, “But this is the key piece, and and here's why. Last year, we had our convention on the April 27. Well, under state law on the April 29, I had to certify the results of of that process. And so if you go on to the UTGOP.org website, so that's our party website, UTGOP.org, you can go and you can actually see the certification letter that I sent on the April 29. And it certified those candidates who won by acclamation.”
The official added that the certification also covered candidates who will advance to a primary where two candidates received convention support: “It certified those candidates who advanced to a primary because 2 people, 2 candidates receive convention support. It also, we advanced Lane Bangerter and and certified him as the running mate for Phil Lyman. And then the other category were those candidates, and the language is literally, these people are certified as our sole nominee according to our rules. That's what I certified. Trent Staggs, Phil Lyman, Mike Kennedy, Mike Schultz, Rod Hall.”
The certification letter named Lane Bangerter as the running mate for Phil Lyman and listed Trent Staggs, Phil Lyman, Mike Kennedy, Mike Schultz and Rod Hall as sole nominees “according to our rules,” the official said. The official said the certification followed state law but did not provide a statutory citation in the remarks captured in the transcript.
The party official said the letter is available on UTGOP.org; the transcript did not record any formal vote or further procedural steps in this excerpt.
The certification determines which candidates the party recognizes as nominees and which contests will proceed to a primary under party rules and state law. The official framed the April 29 filing as a compliance step tied to the April 27 convention schedule.
No additional names of candidates advancing to primaries were provided in the transcript excerpt, and the official did not supply a copy of the statutory text or a citation in these remarks.
