Greens Filing for Office – a surprise in store

Yesterday Tom and I filed for the offices we will be seeking for the Desert Greens Green Party of Utah in 2006.

When we arrived at the Salt Lake County Clerk’s Office, Ken Larson, Moderator of the Personal Choice Party, was filing for Utah State Senate, District #2.

I filed for Salt Lake County Council, District #5 and Tom filed for Utah State House District #43.
We had to complete a form with our contact information and name as we would like it to appear on the ballot. Mine will be “Deanna L. Taylor” and Tom’s will be “Tom King”.

Then we had to take an oath that we would adhere to all campaign election laws, etc.
For our (ahem)modest filing fees, we received packets of information including when to file financial reports, and huge maps of our districts.

So far for the race I filed, it is just me and the male incumbent, Cortlund G. Ashton, a republican, and the chair of the county council. The race for which Tom also (as of this morning) is the incumbent male republican Wayne Harper and him. When Tom ran in 2004, it was the same scenario on the ballot and Tom obtained 10% of the vote for our district.

The rest of our candidates will file today. I will provide an update. There are some surprises that I am saving for that update.

You can view a list of candidates by going to my “2006 Politics Handbook” on my left sidebar and clicking on the appropriate links.