Utah State senator leaves GOP following convention

Published July 26, 2016 2:17pm ET



A Republican state senator from Utah said Monday he is leaving the Republican Party after the GOP convention last week failed to convince him to stick around.

“Every decision and inclination I had before was reinforced,” Mark Madsen told a press conference Monday, according to the Salt Lake Tribune. “No party is entitled to my membership or my support.”

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