Thanks to everyone asking about the 2022 Utah Senate race. Yes, I’ve filed. Yes, I’m running. Important data: 500,000+ Utahns voted for a Democrat in the 2020 election, including 129,762 for me in CD2 & 560,282 statewide for Biden/Harris. I believe in the importance of a true marketplace of...
A record-breaking number of Americans are signing up for the Affordable Care Act, which is popular here in Utah, too. Don’t forget: the deadline is tomorrow, Jan. 15. https://healthcare.gov Former President Obama, the late Senator (& USU Aggie) Harry Reid & Dems in Congress got the legislation...
Congratulations to Thom DeSirant, new Millcreek City Council member & Utah Democratic Party Executive Director. Democrats across our state, including in rural counties, are telling me that they’re ready to remind neighbors what Dems stand for this election cycle & all that follow — & for...
Davina Smith, Democratic Party candidate for House District 69 — vs. the notorious incumbent Phil Lyman — joined the Utah Women’s Democratic Club virtual luncheon today. Here’s an oped I wrote about Davina & her race, published in last Sunday’s SL Tribune. “Smith’s background has prepared her...
Soon after 1/6 an Iraqi friend in Fallujah, scene of the biggest battle of the Iraq War & a lot of political violence, sent me this message: Here’s what self-described “constitutional expert” Mike Lee — who knew a hell of a lot about the coup plot...
Seven years in two wars taught me a lot — not least, how hard political violence is to stop once it starts. #January6th And how fragile our own democracy is. On the CD2 campaign trail, I could almost hear the fabric of our country ripping —...
Mike Lee is silent on voting rights & duplicitous on the filibuster — while trying to distract us from his role before, during & after 1/6. Author William Golding is quotable: Mike Lee — for four years — acted as if his job, paid by us, was...
Rachel Whipple is the newest member of “Team Provo” as Mayor Michelle Kaufusi put it, T-shirt in hand — a gift for newly elected officials. Rachel was sworn in this evening as a new Provo City Council member, noting in her remarks that, “Provo will welcome...
Bettina Smith Edmondson was sworn in today in her new role as a member of the Layton City Council. Bettina’s husband & children joined her along with many other family & community members. Layton Mayor Joy Petro said she believed Utahns would be seeing more of Bettina...
Good & reassuring, so far this water year at least, to see our very dry & politically reddish state so … blue. But saving the Great Salt Lake will take more water and political will. Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson writes that “the ongoing drought and...