Peter Crosby

Peter Crosby became a father and began his professional career in the same summer, 2008.¹ He and his wife Amanda are raising three daughters in Northern Utah.¹ Their family has used WIC, Medicaid and homebuyer programs, experiences he includes in his account of balancing work, education and household bills.¹

Both his parents served in the military, while an injury ended his own time as an ROTC cadet.¹ A first generation college graduate, Crosby earned political science degrees at Utah State: a bachelor's in 2011 and a master's in 2013.¹ His early job answering customer service calls led to supervisory and operations management work.¹

He later worked in corporate analytics and higher education institutional research, including analyst and assistant director positions.¹ He taught undergraduate American Institutions courses for seven years and now teaches a graduate course on emerging and disruptive technology at Utah State's Center for Anticipatory Intelligence.¹ Alongside that adjunct role, he works in private sector project management and consulting.¹

Crosby supports expanding Medicare, more affordable housing and restored assistance for rural communities and buyers purchasing their first homes.² He also favors restricting officials' stock trading and federal resources to help restore the Great Salt Lake.² He faces Republican Congressman Blake Moore in November's election for Utah's redrawn Second District.³