Republicans soon will name two new Utah lawmakers in time for upcoming session

Republican delegates plan special elections next Tuesday to fill two vacant legislative seats. Eleven candidates — ranging from lawyers to a doctor, engineer, teacher, developers and businesspeople — are running in the two races.The vacancies were created when Sen. Brian Shiozawa, R-Cottonwood Heights, a doctor, resigned to become regional director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Denver, and when Rep. Dean Sanpei, R-Provo, resigned to become senior vice preside