Utah Democrats in the 4th Congressional District chose Doug Owens to run against Republican Mia Love.
Owens says he’s ready to take on Love in November. The 4th District already knows Mia Love from her 2012 race against Democrat Jim Matheson, who’s retiring after this term. Owens contends his Republican opponent is courting the national GOP, while his views are more in line with 4th District voters.
“I think I represent those values better than she does,” Owens said. “I’m going to be taking that case to the people and knocking doors and raising money to get our message out to do that. This is not going to be a walkaway for the other side at all. This has been a Democratic district, and this’ll be a serious fight.”
Owens captured 98 percent of the vote. His opponent at Saturday’s Democratic State Party Convention was retired mechanical engineer Bill Peterson.
Peterson’s top campaign issue was balancing trade and reforming the national government on track.
“I thought they would be more interested in what I was saying and have more feeling for it,” said Peterson
Utah’s 4th Congressional District has attracted national attention from both parties. It is the state’s only seat in Congress that’s held by a Democrat, and one that Republicans have targeted as winnable.
