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St. George mayoral candidate back in the race after dropping out over '90s prostitution arrest
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ST. GEORGE - Mayoral candidate Jim Morgan announced he is back in the race Monday night after dropping out six days prior when he was questioned about a '90s solicitation of prostitution arrest.
"It's on," Morgan told The Advocate.
Morgan is running against interim Mayor Dustin Yates, both Republicans, and the two are the only candidates.
No information about Morgan's arrest was immediately available due to it being from 1996, when he was 34 years old. He pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of solicitation of a prostitute in 1997.
"Mr. Morgan is obviously a troubled individual whose problems stretch far beyond his prostitution conviction or late night social media ramblings," a statement from Dustin Yates' campaign said in response to the rejoining. "It appears his sole mission is to undermine everything we’ve worked on for the last decade and a half. We’re going to run an aggressive campaign through the finish line to ensure that doesn’t happen."
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