On November 6, 2020, I lost my reelection campaign to represent Utah's 4th District — a district that encompassed most of Salt Lake County, where I proudly served as mayor for six years and state senator for four years.
It was a crushing defeat. While I spent my time in the House working my tail off for the people of the 4th district, pursuing common-sense and bipartisan solutions to our country's biggest problems, Republicans still found a way to paint me as a radical extremist.
The GOP's smear campaign falsely branded me as a supporter of Communist China, with a story that was so bogus that I eventually got it pulled from the air.
But the damage was already done, John.
I lost my chance to represent Utah in Congress because of shameless Republican lies. And this year, I'm going to do everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Shield PAC is working on all fronts to defend our Democratic House majority. As an Advisory Board member, I know all our resources (including your contributions) are used to craft robust and effective ads that call out the mistruths and falsehoods the GOP spews out on a daily basis.
We know House Republicans and their PACs will be aggressive in their attempts to smear moderate Democrats this election cycle.
That's why we have to be just as tough when fighting these falsehoods, and we need to start right now.With House Democrats hanging on by only a 3 seat majority, every seat counts.
