Ben McAdams

Evan McMullin talks about his campaign to challenge GOP Sen. Mike Lee as an independent for the Senate.

Opinion

Opinion: Why we support Evan McMullin for the U.S. Senate

Former Democratic congressman Ben McAdams and former United Utah Party candidate Jonia Broderick are supporting the independent candidate vying to unseat Sen. Mike Lee.

By Ben McAdams and Jonia Broderick

Opinion

Opinion: A plan for America: Design a project, track outcomes, receive matching dollars

A proposal from Results for America and Maycomb Capitol could help local governments jump-start innovated solutions to community problems.

By Ben McAdams

Opinion

The ‘long-haul’ effect of COVID-19 on our communities and economy

Societal inequalities and national debt, issues that were serious pre-pandemic, were exacerbated by COVID-19.

By Ben McAdams

Opinion

Ben McAdams: Serious about raising the minimum wage? Get bipartisan

Raising the minimum wage is one of those rare issues where all sides largely agree in principle. Finding compromise, in practice, is much more difficult.

By Ben McAdams

Opinion

The new Congress and the new president should be bipartisan in word and deed

What Biden and Republicans decide may provide our first breakthrough in a dysfunctional Washington on our new president’s watch.

By Ben McAdams

Opinion

Rep. Ben McAdams: As I leave, my wish is for Congress to be less partisan

I hope those who serve next year can be less divided and more like the Utahns who roll up their sleeves and work together.

By Ben McAdams

Opinion

Rep. Ben McAdams: My vision for Utah’s future

By Ben McAdams

Opinion

Rep. Ben McAdams: We paid dearly for trusting the government when they told us nuclear weapons testing was safe

Nuclear clouds must never again threaten the health and safety of those living downwind.

By Ben McAdams

Opinion

Coronavirus was the sickest I’ve ever been in my life, but Utah will recover

By Ben McAdams

Opinion

What I learned from contracting COVID-19

“I’m one of thousands of Americans who contracted the coronavirus. I also became a patient in a Utah hospital’s special COVID-19 unit. I’ve learned how the virus can suddenly turn your life from active and normal, to struggling to breathe.“

By Ben McAdams