[olddog]

If my unreliable internet search is correct, there is less than 100,000 people living in Utah.

Maybe 80,000 adults. Maybe half of them actually vote. Of the voters 1/3 are going to vote for the other party regardless of who runs. So just how many people does a candidate actually need to talk too?

Around 30,000 households?

You could mail every household in the state for around $15,000.

How hard could it be to talk to almost everyone in the whole state? After all there is about a year to do it in.

I see it as very possible to run a campaign on very little money, if you invest all your time.