Ep. 195 - Becky Edwards - Candidate For US Senate

Latter Day Lives - Talking with Latter Day Saints

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4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Becky Edwards began her career as a social worker and counselor, where she worked closely with Utahns to strengthen families and address personal challenges. In an effort to expand her service and advocacy for Utah families, Becky ran for the Utah House of Representatives in 2008. She was a Republican legislator for ten years. She worked to expand affordable housing options, improve Utah schools, and support clean energy opportunities across the state. Each Saturday during her ten legislative sessions, Becky invited constituents to her home for “Bagels and Briefings” to share their concerns, answer questions, and learn about the very real struggles and opportunities in their lives. Becky is a 26-year resident of Davis County in Northern Utah. She is married to John Edwards, son of iconic BYU football coach Lavell Edwards, and has four children and ten grandchildren. She recently served in Samoa with her husband as a humanitarian missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from May 2019–January 2021. She is now seeking a US Senate seat representing Utah. https://beckyforutah.com

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
0:12.0	Day Saints.
0:13.0	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:17.3	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:26.8	Hello, friends, and welcome to episode 195 of the Latter Day Lives podcast.
0:32.5	I'm your host, Sean Rup here.
0:33.9	Thank you so much for checking in with us again this week.
0:37.3	Before we get into this
0:38.2	week's episode, we do want to thank a new reviewer on Apple Podcast. We have a new five-star
0:43.4	review from username Trilite, who says the show transcends just being another LDS podcast
0:51.5	and very inspiring and much needed in today's world. And thank you so much for
0:57.1	taking the time to leave us that review. We really appreciate it. And I could not agree more.
1:02.4	Our guests are so inspiring. And I know I love hearing their stories. And this week is no exception.
1:09.5	Becky Edwards has lived an incredible life of service.
1:13.0	She actually served in the Utah State House for many years and is now seeking a Senate seat
1:19.8	in the U.S. Senate representing the great state of Utah. And I was just so impressed with Becky.
1:26.7	I really enjoyed this conversation. Now, I do need to say
1:29.8	up front, as we have in all of our episodes where we've had anybody in the world of politics on,
1:35.1	that the show in no way endorses any specific candidates, nor any ideology or political parties or
1:42.2	anything at all like that. We're just so grateful to have
1:45.1	awesome public servants who are willing to come on the show and talk about their lives and being
1:50.8	members of the church. And coming up this week in my latter day life, oh, there's sunshine,
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