Rob Bishop has been on the public payroll as a legislator since 1978. Forty-one years! He has golden lifetime medical insurance and retirement from both the state and federal governments.

In the 2016 election cycle, 92.6% of contributions to Bishop’s political campaign came from outside Utah, the highest out-of-state percentage of any member of the House, with much of the contributions coming from the energy sector, according to an analysis by the Center for Responsive Politics. Only 7.4% of his supporters live in the state he supposedly represents. His masters are big business. They can count on him.

We need a governor who works for the best interests of Utah citizens, not the corporations whose profits have been enriched by Bishop’s votes. He claims that his great name recognition means he won’t need much money to campaign for governor.

I was a state delegate the year he first ran for Congress, and he said to us, “You don’t need me to tell you where I stand, you know me.” That arrogant position might work again. Let’s hope not. At least this time make him explain his great support for the 92.6% out-of-Utah investors who send money for his votes to the people who don’t “know” the real Rob Bishop.

Give Bishop a much-undeserved rest from the public trough. Forty-one years is enough.