Repub­li­can law­mak­er con­tests Utah’s elec­tion process in fight to upend gov­er­nor

A Utah state rep­re­sen­ta­tive is chal­leng­ing Gov. Spencer Cox (R‑UT) in the state’s Supreme Court after los­ing his pri­ma­ry race to the Repub­li­can gov­er­nor. 
Repub­li­can Phil Lyman filed a law­suit request­ing the state’s high­est court to “annul the June 25, 2024, pri­ma­ry elec­tion” and rename him­self as the Utah Repub­li­can Par­ty nom­i­nee for gov­er­nor.
Dur­ing the Utah Repub­li­can Par­ty Nom­i­nat­ing Con­ven­tion in April, Lyman secured more than 60% of the del­e­gate vote, earn­ing him a spot on the GOP’s guber­na­to­r­i­al pri­ma­ry bal­lot. 
Cox also met the state’s qual­i­fi­ca­tions to appear on the pri­ma­ry bal­lot, albeit through a dif­fer­ent process. There are sev­er­al path­ways for a can­di­date to put their name on the bal­lot in Utah, accord­ing to state law SB54.
Both a par­ty cau­cus, which was the ro …