Tag: candidacy

It’s been an interesting adventure for me campaigning for public office for my first time. I’ve enjoyed meeting so many of my fellow Oremites over these last several months, including my fellow candidates for city councilor, and I thank those 415+ neighbors who favored me enough to vote for me in yesterday’s primary election (as reported here). Although this tally was far short of enough for me to proceed to this year’s general election, I may campaign for another public office someday, although I’m not yet sure when or which.

Today is Orem’s biennial primary election for city candidates, which will cull our 12 current official candidates for city councilor to only 6, who will appear together in this year’s general election, which will select 3 officers (or about half the council) to serve from 2024 to 2028.

As usual, I considered every one of my electoral options both carefully and prayerfully, valuing records (if any) over rhetoric—and I strove to uphold those candidates who, as best as I can tell, are demonstrating both personal virtue (especially honesty) and political wisdom (like that of America’s Founders). I considered experience merely an added bonus, ignored labels, and treated appearances as frivolous. Those are my voting standards, and I recommend them to everyone.

If you haven’t already voted, then please visit vote.utah.gov for methods. If you distrust mail-in ballots, then please consider voting in-person (with a valid ID) in Orem CenterPoint Church at 1550 S Sandhill Road. Voting ends at 8PM, except for those who are waiting in line.