My Journey

Once upon a time there was a girl who loathed politics and swore she would never have anything to do with them. One night she was driving with her friend in the car and they were heading out to dinner. That night happened to be the 2000 Elections.

Jokingly, her friend told her she would run for something someday and be totally involved. The girl rolled her eyes, laughed, and said "No thanks." Well, that night they both sat at Red Robins in Layton until close waiting for the final tally to come in. As we all know, if they would have waited to find out the results, they would have had to of waited until February.

That night something bit the girl like a virus. It started nagging, infecting, and then slowly became part of her. She started to follow politics more, working for the newspaper, and finally getting involved in student government. Needless to say, I was that girl.

In the Spring of 2006, then Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert approached members of student government and asked us to get more involved. It was then I learned about caucus meetings and that politics is more grassroots than the elections that take place in November of each year. It was then that I learned what it really was to be involved and to make a difference.

I remember my first meeting had a total of five people at it. I was elected to be the precinct secretary, county delegate and state delegate. Suddenly, I was being hit with mail, phone calls, and other junk. But it was good. I learned to love the process even more.

I have been a county and / or state delegate since. But this year I did something different. I ran for Precinct Chair. I am not sure what I was thinking, but I did it anyway. And I won! (by three votes) I will not be a delegate however and I have mixed feelings about it...

But I have confidence our delegates will do a wonderful job! We had more than 52 people show up to our meeting that is lucky to get 15 every two years. In talking with the Legislative Chair, numbers were strong across the county (some with 80 - 120...).

It is awesome to be a part of the process and I look forward to learning even more in the future! :D But for now I must go to sleep!