Park City • Utah Democrats on Saturday ousted their embattled party chairwoman and replaced her with a Holladay businessman who pledged to lift the party from financial and relational turmoil.
Jeff Merchant toppled incumbent Daisy Thomas in a commanding victory, winning more than 76 percent of votes cast in the race during the party’s organizing convention at Park City High School. The sizable lead, he said, signaled that Democrats are clamoring for change — not just in the GOP-dominated state government but within their own party.
“Over the last several months, and honestly over the last two years, I’ve seen the party pulled apart by issue after issue.