Utah State Sen. Kathleen Riebe says this is a unique opportunity for Democrats to flip the 2nd Congressional District.
Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of profiles the Deseret News is publishing on the candidates running for the 2nd Congressional District.
However, the odds are, to say the least, not in her favor. The 2nd Congressional District is considered a safe Republican seat by the National Republican Congressional Committee. In 2022, Stewart was reelected by a 25-point margin. And in 2020, 2nd District voters chose former President Donald Trump over President Joe Biden 56 percent to 39 percent.
Growing up on Long Island, Riebe was surrounded by stories of the city; of the days when her police officer grandpa had to chase down cars by bicycle and her firefighter uncle was kept so busy he would sometimes forget his car on the Staten Island ferry. Riebe often recounts how observing her 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Hahn, as she made the classroom a place where struggling students could succeed, convinced her that education was her calling. Riebe later received a double major in elementary education and sociology from Hofstra University.
If prompted, Riebe will dive into an enthusiastic explanation of how technology can be used to make classroom settings more flexible and feedback-oriented to meet the needs of those who are struggling to keep up. But it wasn't long after she launched her teaching career that Riebe realized her results in the classroom were linked to problems in her community and the policies formulated to address them.
Fellow board member, Carol Lear, says Riebe's motivation for running included wanting to bring a "practitioners viewpoint" to conversations about education policy.
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