Rick Votaw, who held a variety of Salt Lake County and state leadership positions with the Republican Party over a long career in politics, died Aug. 17. He was 67. The cause was complications from liver cancer, according to a paid obituary written by his family. Utah Republican Chairman James Evans on Saturday said he met Votaw about 12 years ago and said came to know him as a friend. Votaw served as vice chair under Evans when the latter oversaw Salt Lake Countyâs GOP, but Evans said Votaw w... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>