Rep. John Curtis gestured to his staff to wrap up their introduction before stepping into the limelight himself. Without wasting a breath, the Utah representative dove right into the reason why roughly 350 people had gathered at a huge hall at a pest control company in Orem on a Monday night: “My name is John Curtis, and I’m running for U.S. Senate,” he said as the crowd erupted in loud cheers. Curtis said the U.S. “can do better” on public lands, energy policy — “it’s not right to shut down U.S. production of fuel” — and foreign policy related to China.