More of the Same
The Demos thought they had the perfect candidate to run against Republican incumbent Chris Cannon in the 3rd Congressional District. Bob Roberts, known in his playing days as Robbie Roberts, was a football star in the 1970s for Brigham Young University. He played for BYU legend LaVell Edwards and later played in the National Football League.
He came back to Utah and enjoyed a great career as an educator, serving as a teacher, counselor, administrator and athletic coach. He also served as mayor of South Jordan before going to South Africa to be a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints.
He was everything the Democrats wanted in their attempt to wrench the conservative 3rd District from the clutches of the Republicans juggernaut.
And then something happened that is all too familiar to Democrats in Utah.
The perfect candidate decided he didn't want to do it afterall. He informed party leaders just a few days before the candidate filing period, which began today, that he changed his mind and would not be running.
It's back to the drawing board in the 3rd District for the Demos.
Meanwhile, watch for Steve Olsen an engineer and LDS bishop in Ogden, to file as a Democrat against incumbent Republican Rob Bishop in the 1st Congressional District. Olsen, who has never run for public office before, has been a guest columnist for the Ogden Standard Examiner and has written a booklet: Most Utahns are Democrats, They Just Don't Know it Yet."
Olsen was reportedly convert to the Republican Party in the 1980s during the Reagan revolution, but was disgusted with the treatment former Gov. Mike Leavitt and Sen. Orrin Hatch received at the Republican state convention in 2000 and has since decided the Democratic Party represents mainstream Utah better than the Republicans.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
He came back to Utah and enjoyed a great career as an educator, serving as a teacher, counselor, administrator and athletic coach. He also served as mayor of South Jordan before going to South Africa to be a mission president for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daySaints.
He was everything the Democrats wanted in their attempt to wrench the conservative 3rd District from the clutches of the Republicans juggernaut.
And then something happened that is all too familiar to Democrats in Utah.
The perfect candidate decided he didn't want to do it afterall. He informed party leaders just a few days before the candidate filing period, which began today, that he changed his mind and would not be running.
It's back to the drawing board in the 3rd District for the Demos.
Meanwhile, watch for Steve Olsen an engineer and LDS bishop in Ogden, to file as a Democrat against incumbent Republican Rob Bishop in the 1st Congressional District. Olsen, who has never run for public office before, has been a guest columnist for the Ogden Standard Examiner and has written a booklet: Most Utahns are Democrats, They Just Don't Know it Yet."
Olsen was reportedly convert to the Republican Party in the 1980s during the Reagan revolution, but was disgusted with the treatment former Gov. Mike Leavitt and Sen. Orrin Hatch received at the Republican state convention in 2000 and has since decided the Democratic Party represents mainstream Utah better than the Republicans.
Cheers,
Paul Rolly
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