But Oneye a vote for Caroline is a vote for them marginalized groups.
Are you a racist?
I've said many times I don't just vote for Democrats, you just assume that. I'm glad Caroline is running, the state absolutly needs opposing points of view, and it's good to have political discourse, instead of unquestioned political activism.
My thoughts on the 3 GOP contenders....
Staggs isn't a serious candidate, but if he ended up the nominee, I would vote for Caroline. Staggs is running the 2nd dirtiest campaign of all time in the state just behind Phil Lyman for Governor, who is blatantly hateful and racist about daily on his twitter feed.
Wilson, he just the plain establishment Utah GOP guy that the local party essentially anointed our next Senator without Utahn's having a voice in that yet. He essentially was given a Senate position until people pushed Curtis to run. There was actually some fairly heavy pressure put on Curtis by some to stay out of the race and remain in the House. Which at first he appeased to when back in December he announced he wasn't running. Then ads started getting cut telling him to please run, and he jumped in crushing Wilson's anointment. Wilson is a real estate guy who has used the legislature to help his personal interests. He also oversaw the House during the whole gerrymandering process. Wilson is meh, but I don't like that he affected laws for personal business gains during his time in the legislature.
Curtis, is obviously who I will vote for in the primary for reasons listed above. He isn't perfect, but I've actually met the guy a couple times. I sat up for an event during a campaign stop for several candidates that he was a part of. He stayed the longest, he answered every question, and he stayed and helped clean up after the event including putting away chairs and tables. I don't know that he's more moderate than either of the others but he's a more classic conservative and genuinely a decent person from meeting him a couple times. I'll vote for Curtis in the primary, I'll also vote for him in the general.
I think Curtis probably wins, although the local GOP has been behind Wilson and it matters, so we shall see. I think Wilson wins the convention, in a close contest, and Curtis wins the actual election. Curtis was mayor of Provo and has the highest approval rating of any Utah representative in congress. Between the splitting votes and Curtis being well known and liked from Provo to Salt Lake, I think he ends up hard, if not impossible to beat.