(Salt Lake City, UT) — Former Congressman Rob Bishop is criticizing the state’s independent redistricting commission for being too partisan. Bishop abruptly quit the commission yesterday, saying the group was favoring Democrats in the boundaries it was drawing. He also criticized the makeup of the commission, saying Utah’s rural areas […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop says he has been hospitalized after suffering a “mild” stroke earlier this week. Bishop told KSL NewsRadio Wednesday that he felt a loss of balance, dizziness and difficulty maneuvering his right side, but his condition is improving. He is recovering […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — For the first time in nearly two decades, the bid to represent a sprawling congressional district in northern Utah is an open race following the retirement of Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop. Republican candidate Blake Moore is a conservative Salt Lake City businessman who is […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A competitive four-way contest for the GOP nomination in the Utah governor’s race ends Tuesday as the final mail-in ballots are sent on their way. That much-discussed race is far from the only one on the ballot. Republicans will choose a candidate to challenge the […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The chairman of the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation is running for Congress, joining the race to replace Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop. The Herald Journal newspaper reports Darren Parry announced Thursday he will run as a Democrat. He is the author of a book […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Utah Republican party chair Thomas Wright is adding a political heavyweight to his run for governor by tapping outgoing Congressman Rob Bishop as his lieutenant-governor candidate. Bishop had already said he would not run for a ninth term in the U.S. House. He had […]
Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop said Monday he won’t run for Utah governor. He told the Deseret News that he is too old at 68 to run for another office, and he doesn’t need to be governor to validate his feeling of self worth. Bishop instead endorsed former Utah GOP […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Box Elder County commissioner is considering a run to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop. The Standard-Examiner reports that Stan Summers says a number of people are asking him to run for the seat. He is a Republican from the small northern Utah community of Bothwell now […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop of Utah says he will retire when his term ends next year as planned after he considered changing his mind and running for re-election. Bishop’s northern Utah congressional district is heavily Republican, making it an unlikely spot for Democrats to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop says he may change his mind about retiring and run again for his House seat. The longtime Republican congressman tells the Deseret News on Thursday that he’s considering running for another term and plans to announce his decision at the end of July. […]
