John D. Jacob Challenges Chris Cannon in Utah

Looks like we (finally) have a serious challenger to Chris Cannon.

WASHINGTON - Millionaire real estate developer John D. Jacob, a Republican, is forming a committee to explore the prospect of running against Rep. Chris Cannon, R-Utah, and could announce his candidacy at the end of next month, Jacob's spokesman said Thursday.

Jacob will not run on the immigration issue, but he is clearly more moderate than Cannon, who is essentially open borders.

Jacob won't run on the immigration issue, as Throckmorton did, Demke said. But he believes Cannon should have been willing to debate Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo, a Republican anti-illegal immigration crusader, when Tancredo was in Cannon's district this week.

While is sounds like Jacob is a moderate (which is still better than Cannon), I doubt he would be running against Cannon if he did not have some feelings about the immigration issue.

Let wish him the best of luck.

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