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‘I didn’t expect it at all’: The blue wave hit a portion of red Utah County

States Newsroom · November 12, 2026

That a blue wave rolled into the Utah Legislature and washed out its Republican supermajority was a surprise. That it seeped into conservative Utah County and handed over a reliably red seat to a 27-year-old Democrat was a shock even to him. “I didn’t expect this at all,” David Chappell said Tuesday night at a coffee…

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‘I didn’t expect it at all’: The blue wave hit a portion of red Utah County

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