Dave Bateman, who likely saved the Utah Republican Party from bankruptcy, isn’t sure the fight that drove the party into debt is over.
The battle is aimed at quashing the state election law that allows candidates to qualify for the primary election ballot by collecting signatur. It was the apparent end to five years of court challenges that hav bitterly divided conservatives and moderates in Utah’s ruling GOP.
“I don’t think the fight is over,” Bateman said Monday, even though the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month rejected the party’s legal appeal. It was the apparent end to five years of court challenges that have bitterly divided conservatives and moderates in Utah’s ruling GOP.