Unpacking Utah’s primary upsets: The race that’s sending ‘shockwaves’ through the Legislature

By: Katie McKellar

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: June 25, 2026

Words: 1,871

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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When Taylor Morgan saw longtime Senate President Stuart Adams was trailing one of his Republican challengers by more than 8 percentage points in election night results Tuesday night, he said he was “blown away.”

“I was genuinely shocked,” Morgan, a political consultant with the Utah-based lobbying and public affairs firm Morgan & May, told Utah News Dispatch on Wednesday, as the dust from the contentious primary was still settling.

Morgan had …

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