Wednesday, April 11, at 7:00 PM, The Women's Democratic Club of Utah will host a debate between Democrats Pete Ashdown and Scott Howell, candidates for Utah's U.S. Senate seat now occupied by 6-term Senator Orrin Hatch, who is seeking a 7th term. The public is welcome to attend. Location: Juan Diego Catholic High School 300 East 11800 South, Draper (accessible via 12300 ...More »
Pete Ashdown, who has declared his candidacy for the Utah Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate, will be filing required paperwork with the Lt. Governor's office of elections Friday, March 9th at 11:00AM. Press questions may be directed to the campaign staff email: staff@peteashdown.org
Here is a recording of the RadioWest program that I participated on this morning. I was asked in email to post links to some of the things I talked about. Public Utilities and Technology Interim Committee Membership. Here are the classes that XMission provides at the Salt Lake City library on filtering and tools we make available to parents. Here is how ...More »
Yet another attempt from the "small-government", "free-market" Utah legislature to regulate the Internet with SB-236. Ignoring the advice of their own legal council over the ambition of Unspam's CEO, Mathew Prince, whose past half-baked "Child Email Registry" has also cost Utahns' tax dollars to defend, the "E-Trademark Registry" passed unanimously. This attempt to ban competitive forms of keyword advertising ...More »
The last opinion piece I submitted to the Salt Lake Tribune went unanswered for a week before I put it on my blog. I wrote a response to their endorsement of Senator Hatch and it was greeted with the same silence. Realizing time was of the essence, I emailed the editor and called their Reader Advocate. Last ...More »
This morning I fell through the looking-glass when I heard Senator Hatch being interviewed on KCPW. It is a strange world, where you can accuse the other side of partisanship and obstructionism while claiming you have never done it yourself. Lara Jones, the interviewer, asked Senator Hatch if he was going to debate his opponent. I was looking forward ...More »
According to insiders at Mark Warner's "Map Changers" PAC, we lost out of getting to the second round by a few votes. Those votes could have been yours if you didn't participate. Right now my campaign is at a financial crossroads between taking money from Political Action Committees with clear agendas and staying with individual contributions. Ideally, I would ...More »
Steven Peterson of Washington County, Utah is my volunteer of the week. Steve took my plea to spread the word to heart and got the BBC interested in my campaign. They did a short interview today and will follow-up with a longer interview on Monday. This is a great example of what you can do to help ...More »
The Utah Democratic Convention on May 13th was an exhilarating experience. It was humbling to receive such a warm response to my nomination speech and listen to so many people expressing their support. For those of you who were unable to attend the convention, I have put up audio of the nominations and my speech here. In ...More »
The campaign is on fire today due to a Wired News Interview by Eliot Van Buskirk and a subsequent Digg followup. Many people from all over the country (and one American in Dublin) have been sending in their support, both financial and verbal. Thanks to all! I returned yesterday from hitting my 16th Democratic county convention. The Deseret News covered ...More »
