LAYTON, Utah (AP) - The Utah Republican Party has elected Dave Hansen as its new chairman.
The party held its organizing convention in Layton on Saturday and Hansen won the top post with more than 51 percent of nearly 1,800 votes cast. He beat Steve Harmsen and Brian Jenkins.
Hansen replaces Stan Lockhart, who announced in January that he would not seek a second term.
Hansen says he plans to make some improvements to the state party, including making sure its core values are clear to the public and giving as much assistance as possible to party organizations in each of the state's 29 counties.
Hansen is a former political director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee and former executive director of the Utah Republican Party and Montana Republican Party.
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