Doug Owens
Democratic Incumbent
Top priorities
- Investing in schools, expanding vocational training and lowering community college and university tuition
- Great Salt Lake restoration, clean air, and protecting public lands including opposing a mining quarry in Parley's Canyon
- Promoting outdoor recreation and tourism for economic development
Per the campaign site.
Biography
Owens is a lawyer with three decades of experience resolving commercial, environmental and employment matters, and took a two-year break from his career to be a stay-at-home parent, per the campaign site. He earned degrees from the University of Utah and Yale Law School and founded Utah Outdoor Partners, a nonprofit that promotes parks, trails and recreation infrastructure, per the campaign site.