Sen. Jake Anderegg, who has jokingly described himself as the "token Republican" among Sen. Luz Escamilla's supporters, opposed the appointment of Salt Lake City Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall to the state's Air Quality Board.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is worried that a surge of interest in socialism among younger U.S. voters is the result of the group's collective lack of familiarity with the tenets, and benefits, of free market capitalism.