Bryan Schott - Utah Political Watch (Page 2)

Signature removals torpedo another Senate district in Prop. 4 repeal effort

The campaign to repeal Proposition 4, Utah’s 2018 anti-gerrymandering law, keeps backsliding. After dropping below the qualification threshold last week, new numbers Thursday show another hit: Senate District 12

By Bryan Schott

/ 8 Apr 2026

Signature removals torpedo another Senate district in Prop. 4 repeal effort

Utah is about to dox its voters thanks to election deniers and SB153

Thousands of Utah voters opened letters from Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson last week with an alarming message: thanks to SB153, their voter registration data is about to go back on

By Bryan Schott

/ 7 Apr 2026

Utah is about to dox its voters thanks to election deniers and SB153

Two Utah Democratic incumbents came up short on signatures. Now their fate is in the hands of delegates on Saturday

Two Democratic legislative incumbents failed to collect enough signatures to secure a spot on the June primary ballot, which means their fate will be decided at the Salt Lake County

By Bryan Schott

/ 6 Apr 2026

Two Utah Democratic incumbents came up short on signatures. Now their fate is in the hands of delegates on Saturday

Utah Forward Party sits out 1st Congressional District race after delegates vote for 'no candidate'

Utah’s Forward Party delegates voted to nominate no one in two 2026 races—including the newly drawn 1st Congressional District—leaving the party off the ballot. Delegates chose the

By Bryan Schott

/ 3 Apr 2026

Utah Forward Party sits out 1st Congressional District race after delegates vote for 'no candidate'

GOP senators reportedly 'despise' Mike Lee, and they're praying Trump gives him a way out

Within hours of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s firing Thursday, chatter turned to Sen. Mike Lee as a possible replacement—even as a report this week branded him the Senate

By Bryan Schott

/ 3 Apr 2026

GOP senators reportedly 'despise' Mike Lee, and they're praying Trump gives him a way out

Salt Lake County GOP says party switcher rule doesn't apply because of one word

The Salt Lake County Republican Party says the Utah GOP’s new one-year party registration rule doesn’t apply to its county convention—because of one word in the state

By Bryan Schott

/ 1 Apr 2026

Salt Lake County GOP says party switcher rule doesn't apply because of one word

Poll: McAdams leads Democratic field in Utah's 1st congressional district race

Former Congressman Ben McAdams leads the Democratic field in Utah’s 1st Congressional District, according to new polling released Tuesday. The poll shows a familiar split: moderates line up behind

By Bryan Schott

/ 31 Mar 2026

Poll: McAdams leads Democratic field in Utah's 1st congressional district race

Supreme Court strikes down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. Utah's could survive

In an 8-1 decision on Tuesday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Colorado’s ban on so-called conversion therapy for minors—the practice that claims to change a

By Bryan Schott

/ 31 Mar 2026

Supreme Court strikes down Colorado's ban on conversion therapy. Utah's could survive

Utah's new congressional map created 2.1 million 'orphaned voters.' Here's what that means

Utah’s new court-ordered map scrambled the political equation for Utah’s Republican incumbents in Congress. More than 2.1 million Utahns are now “orphaned voters”—meaning their November ballots

By Bryan Schott

/ 30 Mar 2026

Utah's new congressional map created 2.1 million 'orphaned voters.' Here's what that means

Less than 5% of Utahns signed petitions to kill Prop. 4. That's not a mandate.

After a wave of signature-removal requests sank the Prop. 4 repeal drive Thursday, Utah Republicans have been crashing out, insisting voters’ will was thwarted. The numbers say otherwise. Prop. 4

By Bryan Schott

/ 27 Mar 2026

Less than 5% of Utahns signed petitions to kill Prop. 4. That's not a mandate.

Signature removals sink Prop. 4 repeal bid. What's next?

The Republican-led campaign to repeal Utah’s anti-gerrymandering law won’t make November’s ballot. The proposed ballot initiative sponsored by Utahns for Representative Government (UFRG) initially cleared the bar,

By Bryan Schott

/ 26 Mar 2026

Signature removals sink Prop. 4 repeal bid. What's next?

Audit voids 168 late signature withdrawals, throwing Prop. 4 repeal a temporary lifeline

The Republican-led push to repeal Prop. 4, Utah’s voter-approved anti-gerrymandering law, is clinging to the ballot by a few dozen signatures. On Wednesday, an audit threw 168 previously removed

By Bryan Schott

/ 25 Mar 2026

Audit voids 168 late signature withdrawals, throwing Prop. 4 repeal a temporary lifeline