Utah tea party founder announces run for governor

By Dennis Romboy, Deseret News

PROVO — Utah tea party organizer David Kirkham launched his bid for governor Wednesday, promising the most open and transparent government the state has ever known.

“I see very, very, very little that should be hidden government. Doors should be open. Meetings should be open,” he said. “People need to know what is going on in government.”

Gov. Gary Herbert’s administration, he said, hasn’t been as transparent as it could be. “I think they could do better.”

The Provo Republican’s first try for elected office wasn’t unexpected. He began seriously considering it last fall and earlier this month said it was “virtually assured” that he would enter the race.

It wasn’t an easy decision, he said.

Kirkham runs Kirkham Motorsports, a successful custom sports car manufacturing company he founded with his brother Thomas in 1994. Kirkham said he would turn the company reins over to his brother while he runs for governor.

Much of the company’s work is done in a former aircraft factory in Poland. Working in Poland and serving an LDS Church mission in Peru, he said, gave him firsthand knowledge of what socialism does to people.

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