Utah Republican Rep. Blake Moore won his June primary by 30 points over the next closest candidate. He is set to square off against Democratic nominee Rick Jones in November.
, which aims to combat climate change with “policies and legislation consistent with conservative values.” Several dozen Republicans have joined, including Curtis’ three Utah colleagues.
Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, and Glenn Wright shake hands after debating in 3rd Congressional District debate at KBYU Broadcasting building in Provo on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022.Wright is on the Summit County Council, and in that role, has also worked on energy issues with the National Association of Counties as a member of the Utah Association of Counties Board. He said the state Democratic Party asked him to run for the seat in March, and that the main issue he’s running on is climate change.
“I think it’s abysmal that anyone in Congress can send our young folks off to war and not take care of them when they come back,” he said.No race on the ballot in Utah this November was impacted more by redistricting than Utah’s 4th Congressional District. The seat, which has swapped control between Republicans and Democrats four times in the last five elections, became much more favorable toward Republicans after the GOP-controlled Legislature redrew the boundaries last year.
Two years ago, Owens defeated Democrat Ben McAdams by 3,765 votes. Just two years earlier, McAdams defeated incumbent Republican Mia Love by just 694 votes. Before redistricting, the “Partisan Vote Index” or PVI, a measurement of how Republican or Democratic a district is, for the 4th District was R+7. That suggests a typical Republican candidate would perform seven points better than the national average of the two-party vote share.
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