On June 22, the Utah Democratic Party state convention debated whether to retain the existing system for party nominations. Utah is the only state in which both major parties use a system in which candidates seeking a nomination first compete in party caucuses. The only people who can then run in the party primary are those who had substantial support at the caucuses. See this story. Some Democrats wanted to abandon the caucuses and simply let all candidates run in the party’s primary. But proponents of the current system said that would create a need for candidates to raise more campaign funds.