Bob Bernick and Bryan Schott continue their countdown of the top-10 Utah political news stories from 2016.
2016 was not a good year for Utah Democrats.
After initially thinking they could pick up as many as six seats in the legislature, they ended up with a net gain of just one seat in the Utah House.
Most notably, one of the candidates they were most optimistic about, lost by just 5 votes to Rep. LaVar Christensen.
What went wrong and what can Utah Democrats do to change their fortunes?
