Burgess Owens – UT-04

Current: US Representative of UT-04 since 2021
Affiliation: Republican

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District: Some 85 percent of the new district is concentrated in Salt Lake County and it includes a portion of Salt Lake City,
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History: Burgess Owens played safety for 10 seasons for the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders, winning a championship with the Raiders in Super Bowl XV in 1980. Since leaving the NFL, Owens has founded several businesses and is the CEO of a nonprofit dedicated to helping troubled and incarcerated youth. 

Owens was first elected to Congress in 2020, when he narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Ben McAdams in the 2020 election. Owens is one of four black Republicans in the House of Representatives.

Featured Video“Absolutely Outrageous”: Burgess Owens Rips Democrats Calling Georgia Voting Law “Jim Crow”

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Ben McAdams

Current Position: US Representative since 2019
Affiliation: Democrat
Candidate: 2021 US Senator

Congressman Ben McAdams is a seventh-generation Utahn who was raised in a family of eight. That’s where he learned hard work, honesty and duty to the community. He was the twice-elected mayor of Salt Lake County and a former Utah State Senator.

He graduated from the University of Utah and Columbia Law School. He practiced law in New York and Utah, assisting businesses with federal securities regulation compliance. In the Utah State Senate, McAdams worked to protect victims of financial fraud and offered legislation to combat consumer fraud.

Source: Government page

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