Side note: Much touted black republican woman candidate Mia Love in UT lost to white and delightsome male challenger.
Mia was put out on the trail in the election as the perfect candidate with many articles about her as a double minority in an attempt to bolster Mitt's chances. I'll bet she has had the political stars in her eyes dimmed to extinction.
A black woman vs. a white male when both are LDS?
No brainer as to why she didn’t win.
The Mormon church trumps ALL (even conservatism) in Utah and a priesthood holder will win over a woman. I would not be surprised to find out that some voted for the Democrat just because they think women should be home providing ‘tabernacles’ for ‘spirit babies’ than running for office.
In many ways, Utah is still stuck in the 1880’s and not in a good way.
However, had the Democrat been non-LDS she likely would have won and had the Democrat been one of those evil (in Mormon minds) ‘Christians’ then she would have won by a landslide.