Riley Owen- Congressional District 1 Candidate

Meet Riley Riley is a builder, public servant, and intelligence officer in the Navy Reserve. As a former White House staffer, he crafted industrial policy to help create and protect American jobs before continuing that mission of building companies in the private sector. Now, he’s running for Congress to keep fighting for the American dream with results, not rhetoric. As a little kid, my parents and leaders taught me that service was the highest calling in life. I believed public service was noble — the place where good was done by the most capable, most virtuous, most courageous among us. But that’s not what politics looks like today. I grew up visiting my dad’s childhood home in North Salt Lake where I’d learn about our pioneer heritage. I resolved to get the best education I could so that I’d be not just ready but worthy to serve and build upon the legacy I inherited. Through great mentors, hard work, and some luck, I enrolled at Princeton where I learned to stand strong and speak up for what I believed in no matter how numerous or loud the opposition. Leading our rugby program, I learned how to take hits, get back up, and hit back harder until the final whistle. During college, I paused my studies to serve an LDS mission in Denmark before going to work in the White House. As Covid hit, I worked to mobilize our industrial base to save American lives and create American jobs. But crafting policy didn’t feel like enough — I wanted to get out and build our country. From critical minerals to drones, I found myself in the shipyards of the Great Lakes and the warzones of Ukraine — developing technology and capabilities that create jobs and keep America and our allies safe, free, and prosperous. I decided to continue my commitment to service in uniform because freedom is not free. While an Eisenhower Scholar at Oxford, I became an intelligence officer in the Navy Reserve. When the time came for me to choose where to put roots down, the decision was easy: I chose Utah. No other place in America supports businesses, strengthens families, and provides opportunity amidst such God-given natural beauty like our state. Together, let’s keep it that way.

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Riley Owen- Congressional District 1 Candidate is an episode from Yakety Yak by Yakety Yak.

This episode is 58:13 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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