“Blanding is a small town and all Phil needed to do was knock on my front door and talk to me,' Davina Smith said. 'Instead, he turned to a state official in Salt Lake City in a baseless attempt to invalidate my candidacy.”
Smith, the first Navajo woman to run for state House in Utah history, said the challenge was “baseless,” and state officials denied Lyman’s challenge.
Rep. Phil Lyman , who currently represents Utah House District 73 in southeast Utah, emailed the Lieutenant Governor’s office on March 9, challenging Smith’s residency status. Lyman submitted two screenshots to Utah Director of Elections Ryan Cowley, according to emails reviewed by The Salt Lake Tribune.
State election officials denied Lyman’s challenge two days later, after contacting Smith and determining she met the residency requirements in her district. Smith presented a personal car insurance policy, bank statements, pay stubs from her employer and other documentation as evidence.
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