Jamie Cheek first Democratic candidate to announce run for Rep. Bishop’s seat

A state employee is making a play for the congressional seat opening up with the retirement of U.S. Rep. Rob Bishop.Jamie Cheek, an Ogden resident, says she’s running on a progressive platform, calling for student debt forgiveness and free college tuition and classifying health care and living wages as human rights."Our great nation is built on the promise of progress, on the principle of equality, and on the passion for justice," Cheek, 33, said in a YouTube video introducing her candidac