Father and two sons seek seats in upcoming election

Freedom, liberty and the constitution have always been important to the Roberts family. In fact, when the family gets together, many discussions have taken place over the years about how important these issues are relating to the property of the family. Two of the sons even teach free classes on the "Original Understanding of the Constitution" to educate the public, which they've been doing for the past four years. So it wasn't really a surprise when three members of the Roberts family -- without talking to each other -- decided to run for office.

"We have all had the desire to be a part of our communities and to help preserve and maintain liberties," said Glen Roberts, a Salem resident. "I am concerned about where we are and I feel like I am in a position now that I can contribute and give something back."

Glen is running for state Senate, district 7.

Kyle Roberts, Glen's son and a resident of Spanish Fork, decided to run last year before either his dad or brother, Marc Roberts of Santaquin, had even considered the idea. Kyle is seeking the seat in House District 66, which is currently held by Mike Morley, who is not running for re-election. Marc is running for the District 67 House seat.

"I decided a long time ago that this was something I wanted to do," Kyle said. "I have a soft spot for freedom and I think that before change can take place, people have to be educated. It is not in my personality to seek notoriety. I feel like my background and the opportunities I have had to teach and speak to others about the Constitution have helped me to understand liberty."

Marc chose to run for office after being approached by friends and colleagues and because of his belief in the proper roll of government.

"I am excited for the opportunity to get to know the delegates and to be a servant of the people," Marc said. "I want to see government function properly in its bounds. If people understand and are educated it will allow us to maintain our liberties and freedoms."

Besides their love and knowledge of freedom, each of the Roberts men brings something unique from their own lines of work. Glen is the regional legal counsel for Stewart Title, Marc is the IT and operations director for Platinum Payment Systems, and Kyle is the vice president of operations at Persnickety Clothing.

And while it is pretty unique that all three men are running at the same time, Kyle said it is all incidental and that they didn't make the decision to run together.

"It isn't like we all got together and signed a paper to take over the world together," Kyle said jokingly. "But we all love freedom and we decided to run individually and we are running our own campaigns."

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Father and two sons seek seats in upcoming election