2024 Utah House Of Representatives Election
The 2024 Utah House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2024, as part of the biennial 2024 United States elections. All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives were up for election for the 66th Utah State Legislature, 66th Legislature. The filing deadline for candidates was January 8, 2024. Primary elections were held on June 24, 2024. The elections coincided with elections for other offices in Utah, including for 2024 Utah gubernatorial election, Governor, 2024 United States Senate election in Utah, US Senate, 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, US House, and the 2024 Utah Senate election, Utah Senate. Partisan background In the 2020 presidential election in Utah, Republican Donald Trump won the most votes in 58 House of Representatives Districts and Democrat Joe Biden won the most votes in 17 districts. Going into the 2024 Utah House of Representatives election, Democrats represented one district where Trump won the most ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brett Garner
Brett Garner is an American politician from the state of Utah. He served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives for District 31. He was elected by delegates of the Utah Democratic Party after his predecessor Karen Kwan was appointed to the Utah State Senate The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature (US), state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The Utah Senate is composed of 29 elected members, each representing one senate district. Each senate .... Education Garner earned a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from the University of Utah in 2005. He also earned a certificate in international relations from the same institution. Career Garner served on the following committees: * Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee * House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee * House Transportation Committee * Political Subdivisions Interim Committee * Transportation Interim Committee Garne ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Salt Lake County, Utah
Salt Lake County is located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,185,238, making it the most populous county in Utah. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the List of capitals in the United States, state capital. The county was created in 1850. Salt Lake County is the 37th most populated county in the United States and is one of four counties in the Rocky Mountains to make it into the top 100. (Others being Denver, Denver County and El Paso County, Colorado, El Paso County, Colorado and Clark County, Nevada.) Salt Lake County has been the only county of the first class in Utah – under the Utah Code (Title 17, Chapter 50, Part 5) is a county with a population of 1,000,000 or greater. Salt Lake County occupies the Salt Lake Valley, as well as parts of the surrounding mountains, the Oquirrh Mountains to the west and the Wasatch Range to the east (essentially the entire Jordan River (Utah)#Watershed, Jordan River water ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mark Wheatley (politician)
Mark Archuleta Wheatley is a former Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, representing the 35th District from 2005 to 2024. He lives in Murray, Utah, with his wife Josie. Education He earned a bachelor's degree from Westminster College in Salt Lake City. Political career Wheatley was first elected on November 2, 2004. In 2012, Wheatley challenged his wife, Josie Valdez, to run for the State Senate in 2012 after the incumbent senator retired. Were she to win the race, it would have been the first time in Utah history that a husband and wife would serve together in the legislature. However, Valdez lost to Republican Brian Shiozawa 56.8% to 43.2%. During the 2016 general session, he served on the Business, Economic Development, and Labor Appropriations Subcommittee, the Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee and the House Judiciary Committee. In the 2022 general session, Wheatley serv ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Brian King (politician)
Brian Smith King (born August 19, 1959) is an American politician who has served as the chair of the Utah Democratic Party since 2025. He served as a Democratic member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 23rd district. Before redistricting following the 2020 census, he represented the 28th district since January 1, 2009. In April 2024, he became the Democratic nominee for the 2024 Utah gubernatorial election, gubernatorial election against Republican Party (United States), Republican incumbent Spencer Cox. Education King earned a Bachelor of Science degree in economics from the University of Utah and a Juris Doctor from the S.J. Quinney College of Law. Career King works as a self-employed lawyer, providing legal services in the field of ERISA and Mental Health Parity Act, MHPAEA litigation. He has spoken prominently on the positive benefits of residential treatment centers in addressing mental health problem in youth. Utah Legislature In 2008, when Representative ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Phil Lyman
Phillip Kay Lyman is an American politician from Utah. A resident of Blanding, he previously represented the 69th district in the Utah House of Representatives as a Republican. During the 2022 legislative session, Lyman served on the Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee; House Government Operations Committee; House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee; and Legislative Water Development Commission. Lyman challenged incumbent Governor Spencer Cox in the 2024 Utah gubernatorial election and lost in the Republican primary election. He subsequently promoted his own write-in campaign for governor in a campaign ad for Democratic nominee Brian King. Life and professional career By profession, Lyman is a Certified Public Accountant and has been active in the business community in Blanding and the surrounding region. He earned a B.S. in Accounting from Brigham Young University as well as a M.S. in Accounting from ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Steven Lund
Steven J. Lund (born October 30, 1953) is an American businessman, lawyer, and religious leader who has been the 23rd Young Men General President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) since April 2020. Lund worked as an attorney before co-founding and later becoming CEO of Utah-based Nu Skin Enterprises, a multilevel marketing company that develops and sells personal care products and dietary supplements. Lund served as a full-time LDS Church missionary in the Netherlands Amsterdam Mission. He attended Brigham Young University, where he obtained both a degree in communications and a juris doctor degree from the J. Reuben Clark Law School. He served in the U.S. Army and was assigned to Frankfurt, Germany where he met his future wife. In 2012, Lund was a major donor to presidential candidate Mitt Romney and was connected to Eli Publishing Inc., a political action committee. LDS Church service Lund has served in the LDS Church as president of the Geo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Marsha Judkins
Marsha Judkins is an American politician who served in the Utah House of Representatives, representing District 61. During the 2022 General Session, she served on the Social Services Appropriations Committee, House Health and Human Services Committee, and the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee. Early life and career Marsha and her husband Randy reside in Provo. Marsha Judkins graduated from Bingham High School in South Jordan. She went on to earn a B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Mathematics from Brigham Young University. Eventually, Judkins returned to BYU and earned a Masters in Public Administration. After graduating, she worked as a Children’s Librarian at the Provo City Library, and then began teaching math at a private college in Salt Lake City. She currently teaches part-time in the Developmental Math Department at UVU. Political career and elections In 2012, Marsha was elected to the Provo City School Board and served for one term. In Jun ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Keven Stratton
Keven J. Stratton is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah Senate representing District 24. He previously represented District 58 in the Utah House of Representatives. Stratton was appointed in April 28, 2012, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Stephen Sandstrom. Between 2013 and 2023 he represented district 48. He lives in Orem. Early life and education Stratton earned his BS in finance from Brigham Young University and his JD from its J. Reuben Clark Law School. He has eight children, has served as scoutmaster, and has owned and operated small businesses in Utah County. He is a real estate, business, and estate-planning attorney. He is also a land developer and was owner and operator of Cascade Golf Course before its sale and redevelopment in 2013. Political career Stratton was appointed on January 1, 2013. During the 2016 Legislative Session, he served on the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, the House ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Susan Pulsipher
Susan Pulsipher is an American politician who served in the Utah House of Representatives, representing District 45. Early life and career Pulsipher lives in South Jordan. She has a B.S. in education and an M.Ed. in Education Leadership with a Policy emphasis from Brigham Young University. She served on the Board of Education of the Jordan School District Jordan School District is a school district in the southwestern portion of Salt Lake County, Utah, United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in No ... from 2011 through 2017. Political career Pulsipher was elected to the Utah House in 2016, defeating Democrat Patty Rich. She was reelected in 2018, defeating Democratic opponent Megan Wiesen. References Living people Women state legislators in Utah Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Spendlove
Robert Spendlove is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 42. He lives with his wife in Sandy, Utah. Early life and education Spendlove received an M.P.A. from the University of Utah. Political career Spendlove previously served as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Federal Relations for Governor Gary Herbert. He also served as the Washington, DC representative for the Utah Governor's Office, acting as a liaison between the State of Utah and a variety of multi-state and federal organizations, including the National Governors Association (NGA), Republican Governors Association (RGA), and the Western Governors Association (WGA), as well as Congress, federal agencies, and the White House. He has served previously as the Chair of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisers, Chair of the Utah Population Estimates Committee, and as the President of the Wasatch Front Economic Forum. During the 2016 legislative ses ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |