After operating in the red for several years, the Utah Republican Party is now out of debt, according to party Chairman Derek Brown, who announced the improved financial standing Saturday to members of the State Central Committee.
Brown said Monday that the party owed roughly $137,000 at the time of his election in early May. And during Saturday’s Central Committee meeting, he presented a $26,000 check for long-overdue reimbursements to the Washington County Republican Party, extinguishing the last outstanding payment on the party’s books.
“There have been some hard feelings in Washington County over that,” Brown said.