Dear Friends and Supporters, Former Secretary of State and Marine veteran George Shultz likened diplomacy to gardening. I have always liked that imagery and metaphor. Politicking across Utah’s vast 2nd Congressional district is gardening too. When done well, it requires repeat visits—not a drive-by, or election...
Dear Friends and Supporters, I want to share a video by a local community activist and well-known public television professional, Mary Dickson. Mary has long been an advocate for downwinders, families exposed to nuclear testing in the 1950s. Like my dad, she is a downwinder herself....
Kael Weston invites you to participate in a series of weekly lunchtime conversations with him about urgent policy issues that require serious leadership and personally impact the people who live and work in Utah’s 2nd congressional district. Public Lands & Environment Thursday, September 3, 12:30pm Utah’s majestic geography...
Dear Friends and Supporters, I am often asked “how is the campaign going?” by voters in the district and by family and friends living far away. Unsurprisingly, COVID has forced our campaign to shift dramatically—but effectively, I believe, all things considered. We do a lot by Zoom...
Dear Friends and Supporters, Utah’s 2nd Congressional District was gerrymandered by Utah’s Republican-dominated state legislature so that a Democrat could never win. After the last census, its boundaries were drawn to stretch the vast district from urban Salt Lake City to rural Southern Utah, 14 counties...
Beginning Wednesday, August 12, Kael invites you to participate in a series of seven weekly lunchtime conversations with him about urgent policy issues that require serious leadership and personally impact the people who live and work in Utah’s 2nd congressional district. Wednesday, August 19, 12:30pm From landmark...
Dear Friends and Supporters, Fifty-five years ago today President Lyndon B. Johnson “signed into law the most sweeping voter rights protections the nation had ever seen." The Voting Rights Act, which was amended five times over the next ten years, increased government oversight in areas of the...
Dear Friends and Supporters, A quick campaign update based on a remarkable—and not in a good way—set of comments by my opponent, Chris Stewart. Yesterday, he appeared on a Zoom session sponsored by the conservative Sutherland Institute. I listened in, as did members of our team....
Beginning Wednesday, August 12, Kael invites you to participate in a series of seven weekly lunchtime conversations with him about urgent policy issues that require serious leadership and personally impact the people who live and work in Utah's 2nd congressional district. Wednesday, August 12, 12:30 pm Nothing...
Dear Friends and Supporters, With just over three months to Election Day, I wanted to take a moment and share a message … from my Republican opponent, Chris Stewart, which he recently sent to his supporters. Stewart in his own words I believe it is important that we...