950: Jenny Wilson - Democratic Candidate for US Senate Pt. 1
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.5 • 5.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2018
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Mormon Stories Podcast, we interview Jenny Wilson, Democratic nominee for US Senate, challenging Mitt Romneyfor Orrin Hatch‘s seat in Utah.
We discuss:
- Jenny's political heritage in the state of Utah
- Her Mormon upbringing and experience in Utah politics as a non-practicing member of the LDS Church
- Her views on some of the political issues facing Utahns and Mormons in particular
- Her experience on the intersection of Utah politics and the LDS Church
- Thoughts on her opponent and an invitation from Mormon Stories for Mitt Romney to appear on the podcast
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| 1:23.0 | Oh and welcome to another edition of Mormon Stories podcast. I'm your host John D'Alinn. |
| 1:32.0 | It is June 22nd, 2018. We are recording and a live streaming from our offices in Salt Lake City, Utah |
| 1:41.0 | from the Mormon Stories office. And we are very excited for today's interview. |
| 1:46.0 | Today we are interviewing the Democratic candidate for US Senate for the state of Utah. |
| 1:55.0 | Her name is Jenny Wilson and for those of you who don't know the background, for those of you who aren't from Utah, |
| 2:03.0 | basically Orrin Hatch gave up his Senate seat. He has served for, I don't know, six or seven terms, long, long time. |
| 2:13.0 | And now we have a race for the Senate. And you know, as it's looking, Mitt Romney is likely going to win the Republican nomination for the Senate seat against Kennedy. |
| 2:30.0 | But you know, that runoff hasn't yet happened, but it will very, very soon. |
| 2:37.0 | But what we know is that the Democratic candidate is going to be Jenny Wilson. |
| 2:43.0 | I have a cousin, a cliff who is a big Jenny Wilson fan. And let me just explain why we're doing this interview. |
| 2:50.0 | It's not, you know, one of the biggest full pause I think I've ever made in Mormon Stories history is. |
| 2:55.0 | I was interviewing Amy McFee Alla Best, the night of the November election of whenever Donald Trump was elected. |
| 3:05.0 | And I kind of rubbed it in the face of my listeners. And I said, tomorrow morning Hillary Clinton will be our new president. |
| 3:12.0 | And I recorded that on a podcast. And of course that didn't happen. |
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