Telling Veteran Stories page 5 January 14, 2022 | Vol. 3 Iss. 02
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DAVIS COUNTY WOMEN EYE U.S. SENATE SEAT
ALLY ISOM IS LEADING an army of volunteers in her signature gathering efforts.
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Ally Isom’s team is gathering signatures for the primary By Tom Haraldsen tom.h@davisjournal.com KAYSVILLE–Ally Isom had had enough–enough of the tone and the way she felt politicians talked to each other and about each other. She felt civility could return to government, particularly at a national level. So in July, she went “all in” by leaving her position as a spokesperson for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and declared her intention to run for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by two-term incumbent Mike
Lee.
Now, the first phase of that race is on, as Isom has begun the process of gathering 28,000 signatures from registered Utah Republicans to assure her name is on the primary election ballot on June 28. Though the state has 853,875 “active” Republican registered voters, according to the website vote.utah.gov, gathering that many signatures presents a challenge that any senatorial candidate has to take on. “It’s a high threshold and a short amount of time,” she said from her home Please see ISOM: pg. 4
BECKY EDWARDS GETS A signature from Kiera Beddas during a drive-up signature-gathering event in Draper, Thursday, Jan. 6.
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Becky Edwards launches signature gathering campaign By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com NORTH SALT LAKE—Becky Edwards has a bit of an uphill battle to unseat incumbent Mike Lee in the U.S. Senate but she’s optimistic that she has the support to do it. The former Utah House Representative started a signature campaign last Monday to ensure her name will be on the primary ballot. “Historically in Utah the turnout for the primary is low,” said Chelsea Robarge Fife, senior director of communications for Edward’s campaign.
“The past has shown that the Republican nominee who wins the primary will win in the final election. That means a small group will be electing the future senator.” In the past, Utah Republican candidates were selected through the caucus system, however that changed when SB54 was passed by the legislature in 2014. That allows candidates to gather signatures to enter the primary election between the convention winner and those who get enough signatures. “We have to get 28,000 signatures from registered Republicans,” Fife Please see EDWARDS: pg. 4