Sandy Republican lawmaker pulls off what appears to be an amazing election comeback

On Election Night, state Rep. Steve Eliason was a dead man walking, politically. The Sandy Republican was nearly 1,000 votes behind Democratic challenger Wendy Davis in a district Utah Democrats had targeted for a flip this year.In the ensuing nine days, Eliason completely erased a 964 vote deficit and Thursday took the lead over Davis by 35 votes. There are still a few days remaining until the final vote count on Tuesday, but if Eliason’s lead holds, he will have completed an amazing come