[2] Herrod was a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), serving as Utah state leader.

in International Relations and Family Living (1990), and a Master's degree in Organizational Behavior (1992), both from Brigham Young University.

[4] In 2007, incumbent State Representative Jeff Alexander decided to resign from his seat to take a part-time volunteer job in Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.'s economic development office.

[5] Utah Republican Party Chairwoman Enid Greene decided to appoint Chris Herrod to the seat, despite him receiving fewer delegate votes than Curtis.

[10] In January 2012, was one of several candidates to announce that he would run for the U.S. Senate election in Utah and would challenge incumbent Orrin Hatch for the Republican nomination.

[13] In 2016, Chris Herrod was defeated in the primary against incumbent Curt Bramble in the Utah State Senate District 16 race.

[2] In 2017, Herrod ran in the special election for Utah's 3rd congressional district to replace Republican Jason Chaffetz, who resigned on June 30.