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OGDEN, Utah – Eight people are hoping to represent House District 10 in the Utah Legislature. The seat is vacant after former Rep. LaWanna “Lou” Shurtliff, D-Ogden, died at the end of December. The representative from House District 10 is the only Democrat in the Utah Legislature who doesn’t live in Salt Lake County. Utah Democratic Party Chair Jeff Merchant said that’s one reason so many people want it. “I think there’s a lot of pent-up interest in Democrats being a representative of the people outside of Salt Lake County,” Merchant said. Shurtliff was in that seat for about a decade. Merchant…

OGDEN, Utah — As the abbreviated, weeklong campaign period for those vying for the vacant District 10 Utah House spot winds down, some who will be making the pick say involvement with the Democratic Party figures big in who they back. “We wouldn’t have a Democratic Party if it wasn’t for people who’ve sacrificed over the years,” said Robyn Halverson, one of 37 Democratic Party delegates who will vote on who replaces Lou Shurtliff, the District 10 representative until her death late last month. Party involvement, in fact, is the top factor for her in parsing among the eight hopefuls.