A West Jordan man employed by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has become the newest member of the Utah House of Representatives, filling the vacancy left by the departure of Ken Ivory.
Steve Christiansen, who took the oath of office Monday before the state Legislature convened for a special session, will serve the roughly 16 months remaining on Ivory’s term.
“I worked briefly in Washington 35 years ago, and that piqued my interest in government,” Christiansen said in a Monday interview. “I’ve been a student of our government, constitutionally and so forth, ever since.