Rep. John Curtis says he isn’t afraid of making mistakes

Utah Rep. John Curtis is a productive congressman; apart from winning five elections over the course of seven years and the Republican nomination for Senate, his office has managed to pass almost two dozen bills in the midst of a divided Congress. He also successfully carved his own lane by becoming the conservative face of climate change, an issue his party has shied away from.

At the heart of Curtis’ accomplishments as a politician is his mindset on failure. Talking to a room full of students at the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics as part of the Sutherland Institute’s 2024 Congressional Series on Thursday, Curtis spoke on his chosen topic, “Reinventing the Wheel (But This Time, Let’s Try a Square).”