GOP taps conservative activist to replace Wimmer

GOP taps conservative activist to replace Wimmer

By Robert Gehrke
The Salt Lake Tribune

Published Jan 20, 2012 11:48AM MDT

Republican delegates in House District 52 chose Dan McCay, a real estate attorney and conservative activist, to take the place of Rep. Carl Wimmer in the upcoming legislative session.
McCay beat out five other candidates on the first ballot, winning the support of 43 of the 79 Republican delegates to secure the victory in the southwestern Salt Lake County district.
McCay, a self-described conservative with a libertarian bent who is the state director for the conservative Washington-based group F...

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