IN-DEPTH: DeSantis Seeks Campaign Boost in Deep Red Utah, Where Conservatives Are Wary of Trump

There is little doubt that a Republican will garner Utah’s six electoral votes in the November 2024 presidential election, but who that nominee will be is a question to be determined during the state’s March 5, 2024, GOP primary, one of 15 contests that will be staged nationwide on that “Super Tuesday.”
Seven months before that caucus clash, it doesn’t appear that Beehive State voters are buzzed about the prospects of seeing former President Donald Trump’s name on that ballot, a glimmer of opportunity the dozen candidates struggling for traction in the GOP presidential race against the dominant frontrunner will seek to exploit….}