Spencer spent 25 years as a journalist in both Texas and Utah. In Salt Lake City, he was a television news reporter at KTVX, from 1980-1985. He then became news producer at KSL-TV from 1985-1996. Moving to Beaumont, Texas, he was TV news director at KBMT from 1996-1998.[1]
In May 2008, Spencer was nominated by Dick Nourse and unopposed as the Democratic candidate for Utah's 3rd Congressional District.[3][4] Spencer was considered a long shot against Jason Chaffetz in the heavily Republican 3rd district.[4]
In August 2008, he received international press[5] for commenting to The Salt Lake Tribune about how Jesus would vote. Spencer indicated positively when asked if he thought that he would win Jesus' vote, a statement he later retracted under pressure from conservative media.[6]
Bennion lost with 28 percent of the vote to Chaffetz's 66 percent.[7]
"Meet Bennion Spencer, candidate for Utah's 3rd Congressional District". The Utah Amicus. April 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-07-09.
Bernick, Bob, Jr. (March 18, 2008). "Riverton professor to seek 3rd District seat as a Demo". Deseret News. Retrieved 2008-07-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External linksEdit
2008 Congressional campaign site
August 25, 2023
bennion, spencer, bennion, lloyd, spencer, born, october, 1952, journalist, professor, 2008, democratic, candidate, utah, congressional, district, running, against, republican, jason, chaffetz, born, 1952, october, 1952, layton, utahnationalityamericanalma, ma. Bennion Lloyd Spencer born October 26 1952 is a journalist and professor and was the 2008 Democratic candidate for Utah s 3rd congressional district running against Republican Jason Chaffetz Bennion SpencerBorn 1952 10 26 October 26 1952 age 70 Layton UtahNationalityAmericanAlma materWeber State University Utah State UniversityOccupationJournalistKnown forCandidate for Utah State Senate and U S CongressPolitical partyDemocraticSpouseMalinda SpencerChildren4Website2008 campaign website Contents 1 Biographical background 2 Campaigns 2 1 2008 congressional race 3 Notes 4 Sources 5 External linksBiographical background EditA native of Layton Utah Spencer served a two year mission for the LDS Church in England and Wales In 1976 he received a Bachelor s degree in Broadcast Communications from Weber State College After five years as a reporter he completed a Master of Science in International Relations from Utah State University in 1985 1 Spencer spent 25 years as a journalist in both Texas and Utah In Salt Lake City he was a television news reporter at KTVX from 1980 1985 He then became news producer at KSL TV from 1985 1996 Moving to Beaumont Texas he was TV news director at KBMT from 1996 1998 1 Spencer now resides in Riverton Utah 1 Spencer has also been an instructor at Salt Lake Community College Utah Valley University and Neumont University While at Salt Lake Community College he developed a broadcast journalism program for Spanish speaking students Spencer was also faculty advisor for Operation Smile at Utah Valley State College 2 In 2007 he helped Dick Nourse former KSL anchor and colleague establish the Dick Nourse Center for Mass Communications and Journalism at Dixie State College in St George Utah Campaigns EditSpencer ran for Utah State Senate District 5 in 2000 and again in 2002 for District 11 losing both races 1 2008 congressional race Edit In May 2008 Spencer was nominated by Dick Nourse and unopposed as the Democratic candidate for Utah s 3rd Congressional District 3 4 Spencer was considered a long shot against Jason Chaffetz in the heavily Republican 3rd district 4 In August 2008 he received international press 5 for commenting to The Salt Lake Tribune about how Jesus would vote Spencer indicated positively when asked if he thought that he would win Jesus vote a statement he later retracted under pressure from conservative media 6 Bennion lost with 28 percent of the vote to Chaffetz s 66 percent 7 Notes Edit a b c d Biography Bennion L Spencer UT Project Vote Smart Retrieved 2008 07 09 Operation Smile Utah Valley University Archived from the original on 2008 06 21 Retrieved 2008 07 09 Mullen Holly Dick Nourse Graybeard Salt Blog The Daily Feed From City Weekly Salt Lake City Weekly Retrieved 2008 07 09 a b Teitelbaum Michael June 25 2008 Utah GOP Rep Cannon Defeated in Primary CQ Today Online News CQ Politics Archived from the original on July 2 2008 Retrieved 2008 07 09 Wawrzyn Marta August 17 2008 Gdyby Jezus zyl glosowalby na mnie Pardon Archived from the original on August 22 2008 Retrieved 2008 08 22 Gehrke Robert August 15 2008 How would Jesus vote Candidate thinks he knows Salt Lake Tribune Archived from the original on June 4 2011 Retrieved 2008 08 22 U S House 2008 results Deseret News Retrieved 2008 12 03 permanent dead link Sources Edit Meet Bennion Spencer candidate for Utah s 3rd Congressional District The Utah Amicus April 7 2008 Retrieved 2008 07 09 Bernick Bob Jr March 18 2008 Riverton professor to seek 3rd District seat as a Demo Deseret News Retrieved 2008 07 09 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint multiple names authors list link External links Edit2008 Congressional campaign site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bennion Spencer amp oldid 1166452825, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
