The press release from the governor’s office is below. I don’t have time for commentary at the moment, other than to say I’m given to understand the governor simply took the ranked order from the nominating committee as his selection. Sara Brate over at the Accountability blog complied a list of the committee’s votes.

Salt Lake City - Utah Governor Jon Huntsman has announced the Utah State Board of Education candidates as recommended by the State Board of Education Nominating and Recruiting Committee. The candidates’ names have been sent to the Lt. Governor’s office to be included on the November ballot [below].

“These men and women were chosen from an extremely well qualified group of individuals,” Governor Huntsman said. “I am confident that each of these candidates would serve as exceptional board members and I wish them the best in the upcoming election.”

The candidates who were selected are as follows:

District 1
Shelly Locke
Susie Campbell Ashilman

District 4
Dave Thomas
Chris L. Dallin

District 7
Randall A. Mackay
Leslie Brooks Castle

District 8
Janet Cannon
Trent Kaufman

District 11
Ted H. Heap
Dave Crandall

District 12
Mark Cluff
Carol A. Murphy

District 13
Kyle Bateman
C. Mark Openshaw

Posted in Education, Utah Politics