Christopher N. Herrod (born August 31, 1965) is an American

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and politician from Provo. He was a

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member of the Utah House of Representatives representing the 62nd district from 2007-2012. He was an unsuccessful candidate to replace

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in the 2017 Utah's 3rd congressional district special election. In 2016, he ran for the

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District 16 seat against incumbent

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, but was defeated in the primary. Herrod was a member of the

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(ALEC), serving as Utah state leader.

Early life, education, and business career

Born in

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, Herrod has a B.A. in

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and Family Living (1990), and a

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(1992), both from

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. He spent 1992-1993 as an assistant professor at Kharkov State University; in 1995-1996, he served as an instructor and advisor at

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affiliate, the

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. From 1997-1998, he was international

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director of Neways. After a brief stint at

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(1998–99), Herrod went into real estate development, as owner/manager of Keystone Developers and Pangaea Development. He has also served as

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Utah House of Representatives

In 2007, incumbent State Representative

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decided to resign from his seat to take a part-time volunteer job in Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.'s economic development office. For the Republican nomination, Provo Republican delegates narrowed the field to two candidates: John Curtis and Chris Herrod. No candidate reached the 60% threshold to avoid an appointment. Utah Republican Party Chairwoman Enid Greene decided to appoint Chris Herrod to the seat, despite him receiving fewer delegate votes than Curtis.

Committee assignments

For the 2009-2010 session, he was assigned to the House Public Utilities and Technology Committee; and to the House Workforce Services and Community and Economic Development Committee, of which he was Vice Chair.

Elections

2008 Utah House of Representatives race

In 2008, he defeated Democrat Claralyn Hill, a Provo attorney, 59%-41%. In 2010, he won re-election with 69% of the vote.

2012 U.S. Senate race

In January 2012, was one of several candidates to announce that he would run for the U.S. Senate election in Utah and would challenge incumbent

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for the Republican nomination. He said "I absolutely hate the direction that we are going in as a nation. I hate

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." It was Hatch's first primary competition since his election in 1976. Hatch won the

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easily. Consequently, Herrod did not make it to the general election.

2016 Utah State Senate race

In 2016, Herrod was defeated in the primary against incumbent

in the Utah State Senate District 16 race.

2017 U.S. House of Representatives race

In 2017, Herrod ran in the special election for

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to replace Republican

, who resigned on June 30. Thirteen days prior to Chaffetz's resignation, on June 17, Herrod emerged victorious in the Republican convention. Lawyer

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and Provo Mayor John Curtis, the latter of whom also competed in the convention, received enough voter signatures to face Herrod in the August 15 primary, where Herrod was defeated by Curtis, garnering 31.1% of the vote to Curtis's 40.5% and Ainge's 28.3%.

2018 U.S. House of Representatives race

Herrod challenged incumbent Representative John Curtis in Utah's 3rd congressional district in

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. Curtis fell shy of the 60% needed to avoid a primary election at the party convention, sending him and Herrod to another primary. Curtis proceeded to win the primary and later the general election.

Personal life

During his teenage years he travelled to

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, and then-divided

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. He is a member of

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, and did his

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service in

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. He is married to Alia, whom he met while in

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; they have four children (Katya, Niles, Dale, and Reagan). Herrod is a

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, and an active fencer. In March 2010 he

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a 186-page book called, ''The Forgotten Immigrant - How Tolerating Illegal Immigration Hurts Immigrants'', under the imprint Live Free Publishing, LLC.

References

External links

Official website

Profile at Project Vote Smart
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