Brian Doughty is a former member of the

Utah House of Representatives The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district cont ...

, representing the 30th District in

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. He was selected on July 16, 2011, by local Democratic delegates to replace state representative

Jackie Biskupski Jackie Biskupski (born January 11, 1966) is an American Democratic politician, who served as the 35th Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. Upon taking office, Biskupski became Salt Lake City's 35th mayor, the city's first openly gay mayor, and the s ...

, who had resigned when she moved out of the district. He was sworn in on July 20, 2011. In the

redistricting Redistricting in the United States is the process of drawing electoral district boundaries. For the United States House of Representatives, and state legislatures, redistricting occurs after each ten-year census. The U.S. Constitution in Art ...

process that followed the 2010 census, Doughty's home was placed in the 26th district, along with that of House Minority Leader

David Litvack David E. Litvack (born April 25, 1972) is a former Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, who represented the state's 26th house district in central Salt Lake City and part of West Valley City, from 2000 through 2012. He ...

. A contested Democratic primary between the two incumbents seemed to be on the cards until, in March 2012, Litvack announced that he would retire rather than seek re-election. Doughty lost his bid for re-election in the new district at the Salt Lake County Convention. Doughty is openly gay and previously served on the board of Equality Utah.

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Utah House of Representatives – Brian Doughty
official UT House profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Doughty, Brian 1971 births American gay politicians LGBTQ state legislators in Utah Living people Democratic Party members of the Utah House of Representatives Politicians from Salt Lake City 21st-century American LGBTQ people 21st-century members of the Utah Legislature