Legislative candidate Steve Waldrip walked out of the Weber County Republican Convention in April with 71 percent delegate support and, he figured, the party endorsement going into the June 26 primary.
Weeks later, Waldrip, an Eden developer and consultant, was shocked to learn that GOP leaders instead were endorsing his primary opponent, Jason Kyle, for the sole reason that Kyle sought the nomination exclusively through the convention, while Waldrip also gathered signatures.
Kyle had finished with 29 percent delegate backing, a showing that in most conventions would have knocked him out of the running altogether but was enough to keep him afloat under arcane rules adopted by the Weber GOP.