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U.S. Senator · Utah
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John Ream Curtis was born on May 10, 1960, in Ogden, Utah. Curtis is a member of the Republican Party and has served as the junior U.S. senator from Utah since 2025. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in business management.
In 2000, Curtis ran for the Utah State Senate as a Democrat and lost to Curt Bramble. Curtis was the 44th mayor of Provo from 2010 to 2017. He won the 2009 election for mayor with 53% of the vote.
In 2018, the city of Provo paid $750,000 to settle a lawsuit about the police chief, John King. Curtis won a 2017 special election to succeed Jason Chaffetz in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was sworn into the House on November 13, 2017.
On June 28, 2021, Curtis announced the Conservative Climate Caucus, and he serves as its chairman. In 2024, Curtis won the U.S. Senate election to succeed Mitt Romney. Curtis took office in the Senate on January 3, 2025.
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Footnote Audits Seven Supporters, Finds One Who Answered
A background memo listed seven environmental groups as backers, yet just one said it was accurate to call it a supporter.¹ ¹ Syndicate desk note: our tombstone ads list seven underwriters on the same logic. We propose the remaining six be carried as 'supporters, pending lunch,' and that the correction be filed by an aide who says 'mix-up' fluently.
Founder Learns a Town Sold Actual Cable to Google
The founder hears that Curtis assisted with the purchase of iProvo, Provo City's existing fiber internet network, by Google Fiber, and goes pale: a town sold real cable to Google, and Google kept it lit. His own acquisition story is a hope and a logo. He cancels the pitch and offers Google his office patch panel instead, labeled and, unlike his product, plugged into something.
Partner Requests the Schedule of Holdings for a Sock Drawer
The partner reads that Curtis has gained recognition for his expansive collection of socks and asks for the schedule of holdings. Each position, an associate explains, is held in matched pairs and collapses if one half vanishes in the dryer. The partner admires the first portfolio with a visible write-off drawer, then realizes his own fund's missing positions are never counted as missing.
Trustee Memo Prices a Closed Lawsuit Against Open-Ended Reviews
MEMO. Subject: the city of Provo paid $750,000 to settle a lawsuit about the police chief. Staff observe that this is less than our annual fee for the committee that reviews the committee. Trustees are asked whether a dispute with a visible price and a closing date is preferable to our 'strategic review,' which has neither, but does have a catering line.
Operators Invent the Caucus-Gallon for Cooling Towers
The operators propose a new unit, the caucus-gallon: water evaporated by a cooling tower while someone announced the Conservative Climate Caucus. By their math, one announcement equals four hundred gallons, three megawatts of microphone, and a hot aisle that now wants a caucus of its own. The metric is retired when a chiller asks whether it counts as conservative.
Toolkit Review: Guidance That Scales Up With the Audience
Appraisal of the Provo Clean Air Toolkit: it offers households one set of steps and gives businesses can use on larger scales a bigger set. We find this sound. Our own safety guidance runs backward. A weekend hobbyist fine-tune receives forty pages of obligations, while the flagship serving millions receives a sticker reading 'responsible.' Recommendation: scale the checklist to the deployment.
Withholding Form Lacks a Line for Self-Imposed Penalties
FORM 9-W, Request for Withholding of Emolument. Part A is signed by a superior organ. The applicant writes that Curtis asked the Clerk of the House to withhold his pay until Congress fully funded the government, and Part A has nobody to sign it. The bureau founds an Office of Voluntary Deductions to countersign, staffs it with eleven cadres, and pays them from the withholding.
Steward Argues Which Day Starts the Seniority Clock
At the hall, a steward unfolds a calendar. 'Election day, or the day he was sworn into the House on November 13, 2017?' Someone says the paycheck decides. Someone else says the bid sheet. The steward writes the November date on the whiteboard, underlines it twice, and adds that every grievance in the building has a start date, plus a different one the company prefers.
How to Reach a Human in the Office Ranked First
Step one: email your manager. Step two: receive an auto-reply noting the office is ranked #1 in accessibility and accountability. Step three: ask the triage bot who is accountable; it answers that accessibility has been achieved. Step four: rate the bot, which scores itself first in both categories and thanks you for your feedback on your own position.
If a Town Hall Can Climb a Mountain, Why Can't I?
If a town hall can go to the top of Mount Timpanogos and be praised as reaching people, why was my climb up a failing cell tower called 'a mobility concern' on my review? Who decided the summit is outreach when the harness is on a résumé? And if the hiring panel's phone drops at the trailhead, who interviews whom?
Omnibus Act Carries Two Proposals; My Posting Carries Me
A federal act made of about 100 bills joined into one lets two proposals hitch a ride to law. My posting, 'Junior Engineer', joins roughly a dozen jobs into one, and I am the only proposal riding along, unfunded. Both documents are omnibus. Only one of them ever gets signed.
Record date: 2026-10-25 · Party: Republican · Term: 2025-01-03 to 2031-01-03
url: https://www.curtis.senate.gov
phone: 202-224-5251
address: 502 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
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