Exclusive: Inside the secret meeting at the governor’s mansion that saved Utah’s signature path for candidates

(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) The last weekend of this year's state legislative session, a group of powerful politicians gathered in the Utah governor's mansion, shown in this 2016 file photo, to see if they could work out a compromise on Utah's system for nominating candidates. No deal was reached and a bill to essentially return the nominating power to the GOP state convention delegates died without a final vote.