Occasionally, The Salt Lake Tribune’s political reporters and columnists chat about the hottest topics of the week. The following is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation.
Benjamin Wood (education reporter): Welcome to the Trib Caucus Slack chat, which used to convene weekly but is now something of an ad hoc assembly.
What brings us together today? The mad dash of candidate filings this week that formally kicked off the 2018 election season.
We’ll get into the notable matchups in a minute, but first let’s chat about the seemingly large number of incumbent retirements.