1. Presidential Candidate: ______Jon Huntsman____________ Group Leader: ____Allison Harry________ Class Period:____3rd __________
Background (Education and Personal Life and Beliefs Issues Solutions Pros of the Candidate Cons of the Candidate (Negative
Occupation) (Positive qualities people are qualities people are discussing
discussing during campaign) during campaign
1 Huntsman worked as a White Huntsman has eight (1) Rolling back President He has a passion for foreign Viral video strategy.
House staff assistant for brothers and sisters, and Economy Obama’s health care policy experience.
Ronald Reagan, and he was he and his wife have overhaul, and financial
appointed by George H.W. seven children: Mary regulation reform, (2)
Bush as the Deputy Assistant Anne (b. 1985), Abigail Reining in the Environmental
Secretary of Commerce and (b. 1986), Elizabeth (b. Protection Agency’s job-
later as United States 1989), Jon III (b. 1991), killing regulations.
Ambassador to Singapore William (b. 1993), Gracie (3) Dramatically improving
from 1992–1993. Mei (b. 1999; adopted the cost-benefit analysis of
from China), and Asha future regulations and the
Bharati (b. 2006; adopted discipline of federal
from India). regulatory agencies.
2 Huntsman served as Deputy Huntsman was brought Foreign Policy Maintaining the best military Distinguish himself as the His daughters’ are making up
United States Trade up as a member of The will not simply be a function only candidate you can song about him like “Bringing
Representative under George Church of Jesus Christ of of spending the most. trust. Sexy Back”.
W. Bush, launching global Latter-day Saints (LDS), Through dramatic overhaul
trade negotiations in Doha, and stated in a May 2011 of our tax system and
Qatar in 2001 and guiding the interview with George aggressive regulatory
accession of China and Taiwan Stephanopoulos of ABC reform, we can once again
into the World Trade News, "I believe in God. unleash our creative class
Organization. I'm a good Christian. I'm and give the American
very proud of my entrepreneur the chance to
Mormon heritage. I am succeed.
Mormon."[92]
3 Huntsman has also served as Firm belief in science, Energy Security To break oil’s monopoly and He is the only one who
CEO of his family's Huntsman rejecting the notion that create a truly level playing understands world’s
Corporation and was elected faith and evolution are field for competing problem.
Governor of Utah. Served as mutually exclusive. transportation fuels to enter
chairman of the Western the marketplace.
Governors Association and as
a member of the Executive
Committee of the National
Governors Association. United
States Ambassador to the
People's Republic of China.

2. Presidential Candidate: ______Jon Huntsman____________ Group Leader: ____Allison Harry________ Class Period:____3rd __________
4 In 1975 (age 15), Huntsman Huntsman is a fan of Financial Reform More specifically, real He’s generous.
earned the rank of Eagle riding motocross, and he reform means repealing the
Scout, the highest rank of the helped in pushing 2010 Dodd-Frank law, which
Boy Scouts of America. outdoor sporting perpetuates too-big-to-fail
Huntsman attended Highland activities and outdoor and imposes costly and
High School in Salt Lake City tourism for the State of mostly useless regulations
but dropped out before Utah on innocent smaller banks
graduating to pursue his without addressing the root
passion as a keyboard player causes of the crisis or
in the rock band Wizard. anticipating future crises
5 Huntsman later obtained a In 2007 he was awarded Debt Sustaining America's He is a big family man who
G.E.D. and enrolled at the the Distinguished Eagle leadership position in the cares about what people
University of Utah, where he Scout Award by the BSA. world requires we continue think.
became, like his father, a He is a founding director to maintain the world's most
member of the Sigma Chi of the Pacific Council on capable military.
fraternity. Huntsman served International Policy and
as a Mormon missionary in has served on the boards
Taiwan for two years. He then of the Brookings
transferred to the University Institution Asia Policy
of Pennsylvania and received a Board, the Asia Society in
bachelor's degree in New York, and the
international politics. National Bureau of Asian
Research.