Republican Congressman Chris Stewart is holding a town hall tonight at Richfield High School in Sevier County.
This will be Stewart’s second in-person town hall this year. He also held a tele-town hall from Washington in early March.
He’s likely to get a much warmer reception from Central Utah residents than from those who attended his Salt Lake town hall on March 31. At that event, Stewart was booed and jeered as he answered pointed questions on health care, public lands and investigating the Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia.
Sevier County residents overwhelmingly re-elected Stewart last year with 85 percent of the vote. President Trump also did well here, earning 77 percent.
Stewart is one of just a couple dozen lawmakers holding public forums during Congressional recess this week. Many Republicans have skipped larger public events to avoid confrontation with Democratic voters and other critics who have used these events to express anger and put their representatives on the spot.
The forum caps off a busy week for the second-term Congressman. He also met with Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke during his visit to Kanab and attended a roundtable on opioids with Salt Lake County officials.
