• Office Sought: Representative, Utah (1)
• Birth Date: July 13, 1951
• Occupation: Lobbyist, Teacher
• Religion: Mormon
• Web site: http://www.house.gov/robbishop

Education

University of Utah, BA

Rob Bishop was born and raised in Kaysville, Utah, and lives in Brigham City. He earned a political science degree from the University of Utah.

A retired educator, Bishop taught government and U.S. history at high schools in Brigham City and Ogden. He also taught German, having served as a Mormon missionary to that country.

Bishop entered politics in 1978, getting elected to the Utah House of Representatives, where he served for 16 years, the last two as speaker of the House.

He has served his political party for more than 30 years, starting as a precinct boss and rising to chairman of the Utah Republican Party, 1997-2001.

Until his 2002 campaign for the U.S. House, he was a lobbyist at the Utah Capitol with clients including the National Rifle Association, the Utah Shooting Sports Council, Utah credit unions and Envirocare of Utah, a depository for low-level nuclear waste.

He and his wife, the former Jeralynn Hansen, have five children.