Name: Glenn Wright

Age: 62 years old

Office seeking: state House of Representatives, District 53

Lives: in Prospector

Occupation: retired, spent his career with an insurance firm and as an Air Force pilot for six years during the Vietnam War era

Political experience: current chairman of the Summit County Democratic Party

Glenn Wright sees District 53 of the state House of Representatives as winnable for the Democratic Party in 2010, a result of what he describes as a rare opportunity.

There are anti-incumbency feelings, ethical issues are present in the Republican Party and a third-party candidate could attract some would-be GOP voters, Wright said.

“Mel is part of the establishment. I think the establishment in the Legislature has led the state in the wrong direction,” Wright said about his Republican opponent, Rep. Mel Brown.

Ethics, job creation and education are among the key points in Wright’s platform. He said his desire for ethics reform has won over some voters.

“I think there is a wide, wide acknowledgement the Legislature has ethical problems,” Wright said. “We have government for sale.”

Meanwhile, Wright offers a platform that includes stands on the economy and development issues in the area. He said he would more vigorously represent the Park City area than the incumbent.

Wright, as an example, said legislation meant to remove barriers making it difficult to build a military hotel in the area was beneficial to developers. He said the legislation was an “abomination.” Brown did not have “the political guts” to publicize his opposition, Wright said.

Wright also said the economy in Summit County is “fragile.” Agriculture, still practiced in some places on the East Side of the county, is not profitable, Wright said. The tourism and real estate industries that prop up the economy in the Park City area are susceptible to broader economic conditions, he said.

The economy in Summit County needs another leg, he said, explaining that he sees cleaner-burning energies as offering promise. Wright noted the potential of nurturing the wind-power industry. The district is an “absolutely perfect location” for jobs in the field of cleaner-burning energies, he said.