Hopeful candidates queue up to replace U.S. Rep. Blake Moore

Political hopeful Tina Cannon is among four candidates hoping to wrest the Republican nomination from incumbent U.S. Rep. Blake Moore in GOP primary balloting in late June.

MORGAN – There is a familiar face among the candidates who have queued up to challenge Rep. Blake Moore for Utah’s 1st District seat in Congress.

It’s Republican Tina Cannon of Mountain Green, who campaigned unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination to replace retiring Rep. Rob Bishop in 2020.

Cannon is one of four challengers who hope to wrest the Republican nomination from Moore in the statewide primary in June. The others are Andrew Badger, Julie Fullmer and William Campbell.

Rick Edwin Jones will represent the Democratic Party in the race for the District 1 seat in November.

Cannon is no stranger to state and local politics.  She is a native Utahn, a resident of Morgan County and a graduate of Utah State University.

She has run her own accounting firm specializing in federal and local business taxation for more than a decade.

Her introduction to national politics was as a volunteer for Bishop during his first campaign in 2002 and she has been involved in Republican Party politics ever since, including a stint as GOP chairperson in Morgan County.

Cannon also served two terms on the Morgan County Commission.

Cannon describes herself as a fiscal conservative with a “passion for honest, ethical government.”

Her background in accounting and taxation issues has earned Cannon the endorsement of former nine-term congressman Bishop.

“I wholeheartedly endorse Tina Cannon as the best candidate for Congressional District 1,” says Bishop, who declined to endorse any of the eight candidates to replace him in 2020.

“In the many years I have worked with Tina,” he adds, “she has led with forward-thinking, conservative ideals and is well-equipped to represent Utah’s 1st Congressional District in Congress.”

Andrew Badger is fifth generation Utahn. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in government from Harvard College and a master’s degree in diplomacy from the University of Oxford.

Badger served as an intelligence officer for six years. He has been endorsed by the Utah Republican Veterans’ Caucus and by David Shedd, the former acting director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.

Democrat Rick Edwin Jones is a resident of West Haven in Weber County. He holds a master’s degree in political economy from the University of Utah and teaches economic history at Weber State University.

Julie Fullmer has been a resident of Vineyard, Utah since 2011 and mayor of that community since 2018. She has founded several national and international businesses. Fullmer also serves on numerous boards around the state focusing on political advocacy, economic development, transportation, education, affordable housing and service to the disadvantaged.

A resident of Davis County, William Campbell proudly describes himself as a political outsider. He is the chief financial officer of Autoliv Americas and a member of the boards of directors of the Habitat for Humanity and the Special Olympics. Campbell lists his priorities as providing fiscal responsibility, focused government and strong leadership.

Utah’s 1st Congressional District includes all or parts of 10 counties in northern Utah, although the district’s boundaries will be slightly realigned due to the recent reapportionment based on the 2020 Census.

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