The contest for the open House Republican appropriations seat will remain a three-person race, as Utah Rep. Burgess Owens has decided to pass on a run.
Owens, a former NFL safety who played primarily for the New York Jets, said Wednesday that he wanted to remain focused on his work on the Education and the Workforce Committee.
“My focus has been, from the beginning, education,” he said. “We have so much to do there and we’re trying to really disrupt the system. So I’d rather focus there.”
