A federal judge has denied a request by the Utah Democratic Party and Utah House District 1 candidate Joshua Hardy to issue a preliminary injunction to remove former representative and current Republican candidate Joel Ferry from the ballot while the case is adjudicated. Ferry, who resigned his House District 1 legislative position last month after receiving a favorable recommendation from a Utah Senate committee to become the new executive director of the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is still on the ballot and the Republican nominee for his former seat, even though he would be unable to fill the...

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