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STATEMENT FROM UTAH FEDERATION OF REPUBLICAN WOMEN

Salt Lake City, UT - The Utah Federation of Republican Women released the following
statement about allegations made by women candidates and campaign workers as reported in
two recent Salt Lake Tribune articles:

The Utah Federation of Republican Women (UFRW) Board Members, are deeply disappointed
and saddened to hear of the harassment and abuse that was aimed at Republican women in
the 2020 election cycle; both candidates and campaign professionals.

UFRW and its affiliated local clubs strive to empower women from all backgrounds in the
political process and this year, as with every year, we have worked hard to recruit women to run
for political office.

It takes great courage to call out the inappropriate behavior such as that of the “now past” Salt
Lake County Republican Party Chair, Scott Miller, and his Communications Director, Dave
Robinson and we applaud these women.

We want to be very clear; this type of behavior cannot and will not be tolerated. Women
candidates expect to be treated with dignity and respect, just as every candidate.

LaRene Cox, President Lesa Sandberg, Treas. Laurie Stringham

Kari Malkovich, 1st VP Darcy Kruitbosch Christa Hinton
Nina Barnes, 2nd VP Lynda Cox Carolina Herrin
Zan Zogmaister, 3rd VP Kristen Clarke Courtney Sinagra
Neka Roundy, 4th VP Hillary Jessup Cleo Atkin
Judy Houston, Sec. Becki Bronson Lori Brinkerhoff

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Larsen, L. (2021, March 27) “Republican women say they experienced a toxic environment in the Salt Lake County
GOP” The Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2021/03/27/republican-women-say-they/

Larsen, L., Peterson, K., Gonzalez, N. (2021, March 28) “Salt Lake County GOP chairman resigns amid criticism”
The Salt Lake Tribune. https://www.sltrib.com/news/2021/03/28/sl-county-gop-chairman/