Utah Democrats are grappling with whether to nominate Kael Weston in this year’s U.S. Senate race or forge an uneasy alliance with Independent candidate Evan McMullin in the hopes of unseating incumbent Mike Lee.
McAdams and other Democrats, including Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson and former congresswoman Karen Shepard, hope Democratic delegates at the Apr. 23 state convention vote to not send a nominee to the ballot.
One Democrat who wants McAdams punished is Bob Aagard, who sent a letter to the Salt Lake County Democratic Party, challenging McAdams’ position as a delegate at the county’s April 9 party convention. In the message, also posted to his Facebook page, he argues McAdams violated party rules by urging Democrats to endorse a non-Democratic candidate and wants his status as a delegate stripped.
Aagard’s challenge to McAdams’ was not taken up during Thursday night’s rules committee meeting since the U.S. Senate race will be decided at the state convention instead of the county contest. “The call for people to become ‘McMullin’ delegates, at least in Salt Lake County, is encouraging the total disregard of our party’s rules and opens people up to disciplinary action, including being stripped of delegate status,” MahallatiMahallati said she was not referring to McAdams in her post and did not mean to suggest a threat against the former congressman.McAdams seemed unphased by the backlash and expressed confidence that his gambit would be successful.
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