Gehrke: Utah’s Republican convention was a marathon of odd candidates, voting errors and delegate curveballs

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) U. S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney delivers his speech to the delegates at the Utah Republican Nominating Convention Saturday, April 21, 2018 at the Maverik Center.

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Gehrke: Utah’s Republican convention was a marathon of odd candidates, voting errors and delegate curveballs

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