Peter Ashdown, Senatorial Candidate for the US state of Utah is using IRC in his campaign.  Ashdown is opposing Senator Orrin Hatch.

Ashdown is not unknown in the Internet territory, as he is the founder of Xmission, Utah’s largest ISP, founded in 1993.

In the campaign regular chat sessions will be held which are being announced over a mailinglist and can be followed over a webchat or over an IRC server.