During the 2017 election, there was at least one candidate for municipal office in Salt Lake County who purportedly ran a campaign without spending a single penny, according to an analysis of public disclosures by the Utah Lieutenant Governor’s Office.
And that’s a problem, according to West Valley City Republican Sen. Daniel Thatcher, because any municipal candidate in the county would have been required to pay a filing fee.
“How do you send out a mailer? How do you put up a sign?” Thatcher said. “How do you file to run for office and have no expenditures?