Davis County Republicans over the weekend picked a group of self-described bridge builders to represent them on the party’s state central committee — candidates who say they value party unity, ending meetings on time and keeping the Utah GOP out of debt.
At the same time, the county’s delegates passed a resolution to continue a struggle that some say has chewed through the party’s time and money and been at the root of its internal strife. They acknowledge it’s something of a mixed message; in the Davis County GOP, which has been a microcosm for the discord afflicting the state party in recent years, opinions are still divided on the 2014 state election law that allows candidates to gather signatures to qualify for the ballot.