Lyman selects running mate
by David Boyle
News Director
Blanding resident and Republican Primary Gubernatorial candidate Phil Lyman announced Natalie Clawson as his selection for Lieutenant Governor running mate on May 3. The announcement came following a ruling that declared Layne Bangerter ineligible for the position based on a Utah Constitutional requirement that candidates be a citizen of the state for five years prior to running for office.
Bangerter was a resident of Idaho as late as 2021.
Bangerter was nominated as Lyman’s Lt Governor candidate at the state Republican convention.
According to a release from the Lyman campaign Clawson, a Utah county resident, was admitted to the Utah State Bar in 2003, and has been involved in local politics including as a sponsor of the Secure Vote Utah initiative.
Lyman earned a spot on the June 25 Republican primary ballot by earning 67-percent of delegate votes at the Republican State Convention. Also on the ballot is Incumbent Governor Spencer Cox who earned a spot on the primary ballot after gathering more than 30,000 signatures from registered Republicans.