Tuesday, March 04, 2008

I'm not sure if any campaign reporting laws have been violated,
but apparently God may be intervening in a Republican legislative
race.
Former Rep. LaVar Christensen, who gave up his seat two years ago
to run against Congressman Jim Matheson, recently had a meeting at
the Capitol with his Republican replacement, Sylvia Andersen, and
reportedly indicated that God wanted him to take back the seat in
District 48, which mostly covers Draper.
When I called Andersen about what I had heard, she said she
would be more comfortable if I got the confirmation from Christensen,
but she added, "you are extremely warm."
Christensen remembered no such thing and suggested it was a
vicious rumor being spread by someone trying to undermine him. He
said that during the meeting, "I talked about things that were in my
heart and she talked about things that were in her heart, so you
could ascribe the same kind of statement to her. It was just a very
cordial conversation."
He also refused to say whether he will run against Andersen for
the GOP nomination to retain his old seat. The candidate filing
period begins Friday and runs through March 17.

Cheers,
Paul Rolly