GOP operative undercuts Utah Republicans' hopes of ousting state Supreme Court foe: report

The Republican Party of Utah has been vying to defeat Justice Diana Hagen in the state's judicial retention election this fall, but the recent actions of a long-time GOP operative may have undercut those efforts, according to a new report.

The National Review reported on Saturday that Utah's Republican Gov. Spencer Cox has been campaigning to unseat Hagen, whom he appointed to the Utah Supreme Court in 2022, after the court ruled against Utah's GOP-controlled legislature in several cases and criticized its actions.