Jenny Wilson: U.S. Senate Candidate & Salt Lake County Councilwoman

This episode's guest is Salt Lake County Councilwoman and candidate for the United States Senate Jenny Wilson. A fifth-generation Utahn, Jenny Wilson is serving her second six-year term on the Salt Lake County Council. In 2005, she became the first woman elected to the Council, where she has led numerous policy initiatives, including ethics reform, government efficiency, criminal justice reform and open space preservation. She was a co-founder of the Jordan River Commission.

Wilson has experience at all levels of government, having served as press secretary to U.S. Rep. Les AuCoin (D-OR) and as chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Bill Orton (D-UT), a Blue Dog Democrat. She also served as an aide to the Utah state legislature and was a candidate for Salt Lake City Mayor in 2007. We had a wide-ranging conversation on all sorts of different issues. Take a listen…