A member of the Republican Party , Curtis served as the U. House of Representatives. He completed Chaffetz's term and was re-elected three times thereafter. Curtis is generally considered to be a moderate Republican.
Curtis did not support Donald Trump during the Republican primaries. John Curtis was born May 10, , in Ogden, Utah. They married in He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in business management. He launched clean air and recreation initiatives, preserved Rock Canyon, and launched a blog widely read by residents. During Curtis's time as mayor, there was controversy involving the Provo police chief, John King. Allegations of sexual misconduct by King emerged, leading to a lawsuit in that claimed the City and Curtis did not adequately protect employees from King's behavior.
On May 25, , Curtis announced his candidacy for that year's special election in Utah's 3rd congressional district to replace Jason Chaffetz , who resigned on June Curtis was sworn into office on November 13, Since being elected to Congress, he has held more than town hall meetings, [ 33 ] including a "walking town hall" to the top of Mount Timpanogos.
FiveThirtyEight found that during Donald Trump's first presidency , Curtis voted with Trump's preferred position on Despite calling for Trump to be censured for the January 6 attack , Curtis voted against the second impeachment of Trump. Curtis did not join the majority of Republican members of Congress who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v.
Pennsylvania , a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the presidential election. Curtis voted to certify both Arizona's and Pennsylvania's results in the United States Electoral College vote count. Curtis did not vote to establish the Select Committee to investigate the events of January 6 that received only two Republican votes in the House.
