59th Utah State Legislature
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The 59th Utah State Legislature
Utah State Legislature
The Utah State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. It is a bicameral body, comprising the Utah House of Representatives, with 75 Representatives, and the Utah Senate, with 29 State Senators...

was elected Tuesday, November 2, 2010 and convened on January 24, 2011

Leadership

Affiliation Party Total
Republican
Utah Republican Party
The Utah State Republican Party works to nominate and support the election of Republican candidates in partisan races for public office in the state of Utah...

Democratic
Utah Democratic Party
The Utah State Democratic Party works to elect Democrats to office in the state of Utah. The Utah Democratic Party, like other national, state, and county parties, maintains a party platform that lists general principles or issues of importance to members of the Utah Democratic Party and maintains...

Vacant
End of the 58th legislature 21 8 29 0
Beginning of the 59th Legislature 22 7 29 0
Latest voting share 75.8% 24.2%

Leadership, 2011-2012 session

Position Name Party District
President of the Senate
President of the Senate
The President of the Senate is a title often given to the presiding officer of a senate, and is the speaker of other assemblies.The senate president often ranks high in a jurisdiction's succession for its top executive office: for example, the President of the Senate of Nigeria is second in line...

 
Michael G. Waddoups
Michael G. Waddoups
Michael G. Waddoups is an American politician and property manager from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 6th senate district in Salt Lake County including Taylorsville.-Biography:...

 
Republican 6
Majority Leader
Majority leader
In U.S. politics, the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.In the federal Congress, the role differs slightly in the two houses. In the House of Representatives, which chooses its own presiding officer, the leader of the majority party is elected the Speaker of the...

 
Scott K. Jenkins
Scott K. Jenkins
Scott Jenkins is an American politician and Businessman from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 20th senate district in Weber County.Jenkins has an associates degree from Weber State University....

 
Republican 20
Majority Whip
Whip (politics)
A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...

 
Wayne L. Niederhauser
Wayne L. Niederhauser
Wayne Larry Niederhauser is an American politician and Certified Public Accountant from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 9th senate district in Salt Lake County including the cities of Sandy and Draper.Niederhauser has bachelors and masters...

 
Republican 9
Assistant Majority Whip Peter C. Knudson
Peter C. Knudson
Peter Charles Knudson is an American politician and Orthodontist from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 17th senate district in Box Elder, Cache and Tooele Counties including Brigham City....

 
Republican 17
Minority Leader
Minority leader
In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat, with their counterpart being of the opposite party. The position...

 
Ross I. Romero
Ross I. Romero
Ross I. Romero is an American politician and Attorney from Utah. A Democrat, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 7th senate district in Salt Lake County including the East Bench of Salt Lake City....

 
Democratic 7
Minority Whip
Whip (politics)
A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...

 
Karen Morgan
Karen Morgan
Karen W. Morgan is a Democratic member of the Utah Senate, representing the 8th District since 2009. She previously served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from District 46 from 1998 through 2008. In 2011 she founded the "Best Schools Coalition," which strives to make Utah's public...

 
Democratic 8
Assistant Minority Whip Patricia W. Jones
Patricia W. Jones
Patricia W. "Pat" Jones is an American politician from Utah. A Democrat, she is a member of the Utah State Senate. She has represented the state's 4th senate district in Salt Lake County since 2006. She previously served in the Utah House of Representatives from 2002 to 2006, representing District...

 
Democratic 4

House of Representatives

Position Name Party District
Speaker of the House
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is a title often given to the presiding officer of a deliberative assembly, especially a legislative body. The speaker's official role is to moderate debate, make rulings on procedure, announce the results of votes, and the like. The speaker decides who may speak and has the...

 
Becky Lockhart
Rebecca D. Lockhart
Rebecca D. "Becky" Lockhart is an American politician and Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing the 64th District in Provo, Utah. Lockhart is the current Speaker of the House in the Utah House of Representatives. She is Utah's first woman Speaker.- Biography...

 
Republican 74
Majority Leader
Majority leader
In U.S. politics, the majority floor leader is a partisan position in a legislative body.In the federal Congress, the role differs slightly in the two houses. In the House of Representatives, which chooses its own presiding officer, the leader of the majority party is elected the Speaker of the...

 
Brad Dee
Brad Dee
Bradley L. Dee is an American politician from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State House, representing the state's 11th house district in Ogden. He currently serves as the Utah House Majority Leader....

 
Republican 16
Majority Whip
Whip (politics)
A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...

 
Gregory Hughes  Republican 11
Minority Leader
Minority leader
In U.S. politics, the minority leader is the floor leader of the second largest caucus in a legislative body. Given the two-party nature of the U.S. system, the minority leader is almost inevitably either a Republican or a Democrat, with their counterpart being of the opposite party. The position...

 
David Litvack
David Litvack
David E. Litvack is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, representing the state's 26th house district in central Salt Lake City and part of West Valley City, since 2000...

 
Democratic 26
Minority Whip
Whip (politics)
A whip is an official in a political party whose primary purpose is to ensure party discipline in a legislature. Whips are a party's "enforcers", who typically offer inducements and threaten punishments for party members to ensure that they vote according to the official party policy...

 
Jennifer Seelig  Democratic 21

Senate Makeup

Affiliation Members
  Republican Party
Utah Republican Party
The Utah State Republican Party works to nominate and support the election of Republican candidates in partisan races for public office in the state of Utah...

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  Democratic Party
Utah Democratic Party
The Utah State Democratic Party works to elect Democrats to office in the state of Utah. The Utah Democratic Party, like other national, state, and county parties, maintains a party platform that lists general principles or issues of importance to members of the Utah Democratic Party and maintains...

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 Government Majority
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1st Utah Senate District
The 1st Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County and includes Utah House Districts 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 31 and 33.The current State Senator representing the 1st district is Luz Robles. Former Senator Fred Fife was elected to the Utah Senate in 2004. Fife was defeated by Robles at the Salt...

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Luz Robles
Luz Robles
Luz Robles is the Senator for the Utah State Senate's 1st District , defeating Republican Carlton Christensen for the seat November 4, 2008 after having beaten incumbent Sen. Fred Fife for the party nomination earlier that year.-Biography:...

 
Dem Salt Lake
Salt Lake County, Utah
Salt Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It had a population of 1,029,655 at the 2010 census. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. It occupies Salt Lake Valley, as well as parts of the surrounding mountains, the Oquirrh Mountains to the west...


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2nd Utah Senate District
The 2nd Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County, Utah and includes Utah House Districts 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 33 and 35. The current State Senator representing the 2nd district is Ben McAdams. McAdams was appointed to the Utah Senate on December 19, 2009 to replace Scott D...

 
Ben McAdams
Ben McAdams
Ben McAdams is an American politician and attorney from Utah. A Democrat, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 2nd senate district in Salt Lake County including Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake City and a portion of West Valley....

 
Dem Salt Lake
Salt Lake County, Utah
Salt Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It had a population of 1,029,655 at the 2010 census. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. It occupies Salt Lake Valley, as well as parts of the surrounding mountains, the Oquirrh Mountains to the west...


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3rd Utah Senate District
The 3rd Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County and includes Utah House Districts 31, 33, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44 and 47. The current State Senator representing the 3rd district is Gene Davis...

 
Gene Davis
Gene Davis (politician)
Gene Davis is a Democratic member of the Utah Senate, representing the 3rd District since 1999. He currently serves as the Minority Whip. Previously he was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 1987 to 1998....

 
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4th Utah Senate District
The 4th Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County and includes Utah House Districts 36, 37, 40, 44, 45, and 46. The current State Senator representing the 4th district is Pat Jones. Jones serves as the Minority Caucus Manager...

 
Patricia W. Jones
Patricia W. Jones
Patricia W. "Pat" Jones is an American politician from Utah. A Democrat, she is a member of the Utah State Senate. She has represented the state's 4th senate district in Salt Lake County since 2006. She previously served in the Utah House of Representatives from 2002 to 2006, representing District...

 
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5th Utah Senate District
The 5th Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County, Utah. The current State Senator representing the 5th district is Karen Mayne. Mayne was appointed to the Utah Senate on January 16, 2008 to fill a seat that was recently vacated when her husband Senator Ed Mayne died...

 
Karen Mayne
Karen Mayne
Karen Mayne is a Democratic member of the Utah Senate, representing the 5th District since her appointment in 2008.-External links:* official government website* profile*Follow the Money – Karen Mayne** campaign contributions...

 
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Michael G. Waddoups
Michael G. Waddoups
Michael G. Waddoups is an American politician and property manager from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 6th senate district in Salt Lake County including Taylorsville.-Biography:...

 
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Ross I. Romero
Ross I. Romero
Ross I. Romero is an American politician and Attorney from Utah. A Democrat, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 7th senate district in Salt Lake County including the East Bench of Salt Lake City....

 
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Karen Morgan
Karen Morgan
Karen W. Morgan is a Democratic member of the Utah Senate, representing the 8th District since 2009. She previously served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from District 46 from 1998 through 2008. In 2011 she founded the "Best Schools Coalition," which strives to make Utah's public...

 
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Wayne L. Niederhauser
Wayne L. Niederhauser
Wayne Larry Niederhauser is an American politician and Certified Public Accountant from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 9th senate district in Salt Lake County including the cities of Sandy and Draper.Niederhauser has bachelors and masters...

 
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10th Utah Senate District
The 10th Utah Senate District is located in West Jordan, Utah and includes Utah House Districts 41, 42, 47, and 50 and 52. The current State Senator representing the 10th district is D. Chris Buttars...

 
Chris Buttars
Chris Buttars
D. Chris Buttars is a former Republican member of the Utah State Senate representing the 10th Utah Senate District...

 
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Howard A. Stephenson
Howard A. Stephenson
Howard A. Stephenson is a Utah politician representing the State's 11th senate district in Salt Lake County including Draper. He was elected to the State Senate in 1992.-Early life:Stephenson received a B.S...

 
Rep Utah
Utah County, Utah
Utah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000, the population was 368,536 and by 2008 was estimated at 530,837. It was named for the Spanish name for the Ute Indians. The county seat and largest city is Provo...


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12th Utah Senate District
The 12th Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake and Tooele Counties, Utah, USA, and includes Utah House Districts 21, 22, 29, 32, 33, 38, and 42.The current State Senator representing the 12th district is Daniel W...

 
Daniel W. Thatcher  Rep Tooele
Tooele County, Utah
Tooele County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000, the population was 40,735 and by 2005 was estimated at 51,311. Its county seat and largest city is Tooele....


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Mark B. Madsen
Mark B. Madsen
Mark Benson Madsen is an American politician and Attorney from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 13th senate district in Utah, and Tooele Counties including the city of Lehi...

 
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John L. Valentine
John L. Valentine
John Valentine is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 14th Senate district since 1998. Prior to being appointed to the Utah Senate in 1998 he served in the Utah House of Representatives from 1988.-Background:...

 
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15th Utah Senate District
The 15th Utah Senate District is located in Utah County and includes Utah House Districts 58, 59, 60, 61, 62 and 64. The current State Senator representing the 15th district is Margaret Dayton...

 
Margaret Dayton
Margaret Dayton
Margaret Dayton is an American politician from Utah. A Republican, she is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 15th senate district in Provo and Orem since 2007...

 
Rep >-
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16th Utah Senate District
The 16th Utah Senate District is located in Provo, Utah and includes Utah House Districts 61, 62, 63, and 64. The current State Senator representing the 16th district is Curt Bramble. Bramble was elected to the Utah Senate in 2000 and is up for re-election in 2008...

 
Curt Bramble
Curt Bramble
Curtis Scott Bramble is a contentious American politician and Certified Public Accountant from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 16th senate district in Provo...

 
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Peter C. Knudson
Peter C. Knudson
Peter Charles Knudson is an American politician and Orthodontist from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 17th senate district in Box Elder, Cache and Tooele Counties including Brigham City....

 
Rep Box Elder
Box Elder County, Utah
Box Elder County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It lies on the north end of the Great Salt Lake, covering a large area north to the Idaho border and west to the Nevada border. Included in this area are large tracts of barren desert, contrasted by high, forested mountains. The...

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18th Utah Senate District
The 18th Utah Senate District is located in Davis and Weber Counties and includes Utah House Districts 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 16. The current State Senator representing the 18th district is Jon Greiner...

 
Jon J. Greiner
Jon J. Greiner
Jon Jay Greiner is an American politician and Police Chief from Utah. A Republican, he was a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 18th senate district in Davis, and Weber Counties including the city of Ogden....

 
Rep Davis
Davis County, Utah
Davis County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2010 the population was 306,479, a 28.2% increase over the 2000 figure of 238,994. It was named for Daniel C. Davis, captain in the Mormon Battalion. The county is part of the Ogden–Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area as...

, Weber
Weber County, Utah
Weber County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah, occupying a stretch of the Wasatch Front, part of the eastern shores of Great Salt Lake, and much of the rugged Wasatch Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the population was 196,533, an increase of 24.1% over its population in 1990. By...


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19th Utah Senate District
The 19th Utah Senate District is located in Morgan, Summit, and Weber Counties and includes Utah House Districts 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 53. The current State Senator representing the 19th district is Allen M. Christensen. Christensen was elected to the Utah Senate in 2004 and is up for re-election in...

 
Allen M. Christensen
Allen M. Christensen
Allen Christensen is an American politician from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 19th senate district in Morgan, Summit and Weber Counties.-Biography:...

 
Rep Morgan
Morgan County, Utah
Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2010 the population was 9,469. It was named for Jedediah Morgan Grant, father of Heber J. Grant, who served as president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

, Summit
Summit County, Utah
Summit County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah, occupying a rugged and mountainous area. In 2010 its population was 36,324. It is part of the Salt Lake City Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the Salt Lake City–Ogden–Clearfield Combined Statistical Area. The county is...

, Weber
Weber County, Utah
Weber County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah, occupying a stretch of the Wasatch Front, part of the eastern shores of Great Salt Lake, and much of the rugged Wasatch Mountains. As of the 2000 census, the population was 196,533, an increase of 24.1% over its population in 1990. By...


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20th Utah Senate District
The 20th Utah Senate District is located in Weber County and includes Utah House Districts 6, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12. The current State Senator representing the 20th district is Scott Jenkins...

 
Scott K. Jenkins
Scott K. Jenkins
Scott Jenkins is an American politician and Businessman from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 20th senate district in Weber County.Jenkins has an associates degree from Weber State University....

 
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21st Utah Senate District
The 21st Utah Senate District is located in Davis County and includes Utah House Districts 11, 13, 14, 15 and 16. The current State Senator representing the 21st district is Jerry Stevenson...

 
Jerry W. Stevenson  Rep >-
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22nd Utah Senate District
The 22nd Utah Senate District is located in Central Davis County and includes Utah House Districts 11, 15, 16, 17 and 18. The district includes Farmington, Kaysville, Fruit Heights, most of Layton and part of North Centerville...

 
Stuart Adams  Rep >-
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23rd Utah Senate District
The 23rd Utah Senate District is located in Davis County. The current State Senator representing the 23rd district is Dan Liljenquist. Liljenquist was elected in the 2008 election.-Previous Utah State Senators :...

 
Daniel Liljenquist  Rep >-
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24th Utah Senate District
The 24th Utah Senate District is located in Juab, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele and Wayne Counties and includes Utah House Districts 1, 21, 67, 68, 69, 70 and 73. The current State Senator representing the 24th district is Ralph Okerlund, a Republican from Monroe who replaced Darin Peterson....

 
Ralph Okerlund  Rep Juab
Juab County, Utah
Juab County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 8,238, and by 2005 had been estimated at 9,113. It was named from an Indian word meaning thirsty valley, or possibly only valley. Its county seat and largest city is Nephi.Juab County is part of the...

, Piute
Piute County, Utah
Piute County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. The population in 2000 was 1,435, and by 2005 had been estimated to decrease to 1,365. It was named for the Paiute tribe of Native Americans. The county seat is Junction and the largest city is Circleville.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Sanpete
Sanpete County, Utah
Sanpete County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. The population according to the 2010 U.S. Census was 27,822. It was possibly named for a Ute Indian chief named Sanpitch, which was corrupted to Sanpete. Its county seat is Manti and its largest city is Ephraim.-Geography:According to...

, Sevier
Sevier County, Utah
As of the census of 2000, there were 18,842 people, 6,081 households, and 4,907 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 7,016 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...

, Tooele, Wayne
Wayne County, Utah
Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It was formed from Piute County in 1892. The county gets its name from a man who served as delegate to the constitutional convention, in honor of his son who was dragged to death by a horse. As of 2000 the population was 2,509, and by...


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25th Utah Senate District
The 25th Utah Senate District is located in Cache and Rich Counties and includes Utah House Districts 2, 3, 4, 5 and 53. The current State Senator representing the 25th district is Lyle W. Hillyard...

 
Lyle W. Hillyard
Lyle W. Hillyard
Lyle W. Hillyard is a Utah politician and an attorney. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 25th senate district in Cache, and Rich Counties including the city of Logan.-Background:...

 
Rep Cache, Rich
Rich County, Utah
Rich County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. The southern half of Bear Lake and the Bear Lake Valley lie on the northern edge of the county. The Bear River Valley lies in most of the eastern portion of the county. The elevation of these valleys is close to , and the rest of the county...


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26th Utah Senate District
The 26th Utah Senate District is located in Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah and Wasatch Counties and includes Utah House Districts 25, 53, 54 and 55. The current State Senator representing the 26th district is Kevin T. VanTassell...

 
Kevin T. VanTassell
Kevin T. VanTassell
Kevin T. VanTassell is an American politician and former manager of Zion's Bank in Vernal, Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 26th senate district in Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah and Wasatch Counties.VanTassell attended Brigham Young...

 
Rep Daggett
Daggett County, Utah
Daggett County is a county located in the northeastern corner of the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 1,059 at the 2010 census. It was named for Ellsworth Daggett, the first surveyor-general of Utah. Its county seat and only municipality is Manila. There is one other small community, Dutch...

, Duchesne
Duchesne County, Utah
Duchesne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2010 the population was 18,607, a 29.5% increase over the 2000 figure of 14,371. Its county seat is Duchesne and the largest city is Roosevelt.-Geography:...

, Summit, Uintah
Uintah County, Utah
This page deals with the Utah County. For the Wyoming County, see Uinta County, Wyoming.Uintah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 25,224 and by 2009 was estimated at 31,536. It was named for the Ute Indians, the tribe that lives in the basin. Its...

, Wasatch
Wasatch County, Utah
Wasatch County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It was named for a Ute Indian word meaning mountain pass or low place in the high mountains. Its county seat and largest city is Heber City.The county is governed by a county council with an appointed county manager.Wasatch County is...


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27th Utah Senate District
The 27th Utah Senate District is located in Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan and Utah Counties and includes Utah House Districts 55, 65, 66, 67, 69 and 70. The current State Senator representing the 27th district is Mike Dmitrich...

 
David P. Hinkins  Rep Carbon
Carbon County, Utah
Carbon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for the major coal deposits in the area, the county seat and largest city, is Price. Carbon County is the second largest natural gas producer in Utah , with 94 billion cubic feet produced in 2008. As of 2010 the population was...

, Emery
Emery County, Utah
Emery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 10,860, and by 2009 had been estimated to decrease to 10,629. It was named for George W. Emery, governor of the Utah Territory in 1875...

, Grand
Grand County, Utah
Grand County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 8,485, and by 2005 had been estimated at 8,743. It was named for the Colorado River, which at the time of statehood was known as the Grand River. Its county seat and largest city is Moab.-Geography:According...

, San Juan
San Juan County, Utah
As of the current census of 2010, there were 14,746 people and 4,505 households. The racial and ethnic composition of the population was 50.4% Native American, 45.8% white, 0.3% Asian, 0.2% African American and 2.3% reporting two or more races...

, Utah
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28th Utah Senate District
The 28th Utah Senate District is located in Beaver County, Utah, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard and Washington Counties and includes Utah House Districts 68, 69, 71, 72 and 73. The current State Senator representing the 28th district is Dennis E. Stowell...

 
Dennis E. Stowell
Dennis E. Stowell
Dennis E. Stowell was an American politician and chemical engineer from Utah. A Republican, he was a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 28th senate district in Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, and Washington Counties.Stowell earned bachelors and masters degrees in...

 
Rep Beaver
Beaver County, Utah
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,629 people, 2,265 households, and 1,697 families residing in the county. The population density was 2.56 people per square mile . There were 2,908 housing units at an average density of 1.12 per square mile...

, Garfield
Garfield County, Utah
Garfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 4,735. It was named for James A. Garfield, President of the United States in 1881. Its county seat and largest city is Panguitch.-Geography:...

, Iron
Iron County, Utah
As of the census of 2000, there were 33,779 people, 10,627 households, and 8,076 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 13,618 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...

, Kane
Kane County, Utah
As of the census of 2000, there were 6,046 people, 2,237 households, and 1,628 families residing in the county. The population density was 2 people per square mile . There were 3,767 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile...

, Millard
Millard County, Utah
Millard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. In 2010, its population was 12,420. It was named for Millard Fillmore, thirteenth President of the United States. Its county seat is Fillmore and the largest city is Delta.-Geography:...

, Washington
Washington County, Utah
As of the census of 2000, there were 90,354 people, 29,939 households, and 23,442 families residing in the county. The population density was 37 people per square mile . There were 36,478 housing units at an average density of 15 per square mile...


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29th Utah Senate District
The 29th Utah Senate District is located in Washington County and includes Utah House Districts 71, 74, and 75. The current State Senator representing the 29th district is John W. Hickman...

 
Stephen H. Urquhart
Stephen H. Urquhart
Stephen Harold Urquhart is an American politician from Utah. A Republican, he has been a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the State's 29th Senate district in Washington County since 2009...

 
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House of Representatives Makeup

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Ronda Menlove  Republican Garland
Garland, Utah
Garland is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 2,400 at the 2010 census.-History:Garland was originally named Sunset and settled in 1890. The first settler was David E. Manning....

 
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Lee Perry  Republican Perry
Perry, Utah
Perry is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 4,512 at the 2010 census.- History :Perry was originally named Welsh Settlement, but the name was shortly afterward changed to Three Mile Creek. It was renamed after Gustavus Adolphus Perry and his family, who were among...

 
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Jack Draxler  Republican North Logan
North Logan, Utah
North Logan is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The population was 8,269 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho Metropolitan Statistical Area...

 
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David Butterfield  Republican Logan
Logan, Utah
-Layout of the City:Logan's city grid originates from its Main and Center Street block, with Main Street running north and south, and Center east and west. Each block north, east, south, or west of the origin accumulates in additions of 100 , though some streets have non-numeric names...

 
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R. Curt Webb  Republican Logan >-
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Brad Galvez  Republican West Haven
West Haven, Utah
West Haven is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 3,976 at the 2000 census. It was incorporated on July 1, 1991, combining the unincorporated communities of Kanesville and Wilson....

 
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Ryan Wilcox
Ryan Wilcox
Ryan D. Wilcox serves as a representative in the Utah House of Representatives for District 7.-Political Career:Wilcox has held assignments in Commerce and Workforce Services Appropriation Subcommittee; House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee; House Public Utilities and...

 
Republican North Ogden
North Ogden, Utah
North Ogden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 15,027 at the 2000 census. North Ogden is on SR-235, three miles north of Ogden. It is a suburb of that city and is part of the Ogden –Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:North Ogden was...

 
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Gage Froerer  Republican Huntsville
Huntsville, Utah
Huntsville is a town in Weber County, Utah, United States. The population was 649 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

 
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Jeremy Peterson
Jeremy Peterson
Jeremy "Jez" Peterson was a fictional character on the long-running Channel 4 British television soap opera Hollyoaks.He was played by actor Simon Cole between 2005-2006...

 
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Brad Dee
Brad Dee
Bradley L. Dee is an American politician from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State House, representing the state's 11th house district in Ogden. He currently serves as the Utah House Majority Leader....

 
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Richard Greenwood  Republican Roy
Roy, Utah
-Demographics:As of the census of 2010, there were 36,884 people, 10,689 households, and 8,604 families residing in the city. The population density was 4,853 people per square mile . There were 11,053 housing units at an average density of 1,455.3 per square mile...

 
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Paul Ray
Paul Ray
Paul Ray is a member of the Utah House of Representatives in the U.S.. He represents the 13th district which covers North West Davis County. Paul has served since 2001...

 
Republican Clearfield
Clearfield, Utah
Clearfield is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. The population was 25,974 at the 2000 census. The city grew drastically during the 1940s, with the formation of Hill Air Force Base, and in the 1950s with the nation-wide increase in suburb and "bedroom" community populations and has been...

 
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Brad Wilson  Republican Kaysville
Kaysville, Utah
Kaysville is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 20,351 at the 2000 census, and 25,820 as of the 2008 estimates.-History:...

 
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Steven Handy  Republican Layton
Layton, Utah
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Julie Fisher  Republican Fruit Heights
Fruit Heights, Utah
Fruit Heights is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. One of the suburbs of Farmington and Kaysville, its population was 4,701 at the 2000 census. In 2000, Fruit Heights was the 63rd-largest incorporated place in...

 
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Roger Barrus  Republican Centerville
Centerville, Utah
Centerville is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden-Clearfield Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 15,335 at the 2010 census...

 
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Jim Nielson  Republican Bountiful
Bountiful, Utah
Bountiful is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 42,552, a three percent increase over the 2000 figure of 41,301...

 
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Douglas Sagers  Republican Tooele
Tooele, Utah
Tooele is a city in Tooele County in the U.S. state of Utah. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 22,502 at the 2000 census, and 30,708 as of the 2009 estimates. It is the county seat of Tooele County...

 
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Susan Duckworth  Democratic Magna
Magna, Utah
Magna is a census-designated place and township in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population was 26,505 at the 2010 census, a moderate increase over the 2000 figure of 22,770...

 
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Jennifer Seelig  Democratic Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...

 
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Rebecca Chavez-Houck
Rebecca Chavez-Houck
Rebecca Chavez-Houck is a member of the Utah State House of Representatives.Chavez-Houck has a BA and an MPA both from the University of Utah. She was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by Ralph Becker becoming mayor of Salt Lake City in January 2008. Chavez-Houck was elected to a full term in...

 
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Joel Biscoe  Democratic Salt Lake City X
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David Litvack
David Litvack
David E. Litvack is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, representing the state's 26th house district in central Salt Lake City and part of West Valley City, since 2000...

 
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John Dougall  Republican American Fork
American Fork, Utah
American Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, at the foot of Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range, north of Utah Lake. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 26,263 at the 2010 census, nearly a 20% growth since the 2000 census...

 
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Janice Fisher  Democratic West Valley City
West Valley City, Utah
West Valley City is a city in Salt Lake County and a suburb of Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah. The population was 129,480 at the 2010 census,...

 
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Jackie Biskupski
Jackie Biskupski
Jackie Biskupski is a former member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing the 30th District in Salt Lake County from 1999 to 2011. She resigned in June 2011 when she moved out of the district.-Early life and career:...

 
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Larry Wiley
Larry Wiley
Larry B. Wiley is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, representing the 31st District since his appointment in January 2005. Wiley attended the University of Utah.-External links:* official UT House profile* profile...

 
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Johnny Anderson  Republican Taylorsville
Taylorsville, Utah
Taylorsville is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 57,439 at the 2000 census...

 
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Mark A. Wheatley  Democratic Murray
Murray, Utah
Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, it is the state's fourteenth largest city. According to the 2010 census, Murray has approximately 46,746 residents.Murray is close to Salt Lake City,...

 
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Patrice Arent  Democratic Salt Lake City X
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Carol Spackman Moss
Carol Spackman Moss
Carol Spackman Moss is a Democratic member of the Utah State House, representing the state's 37th house district in Holladay since 2000. She served as the Assistant Minority Whip in the Utah House from 2004 to 2010....

 
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Eric Hutchings  Republican Kearns
Kearns, Utah
Kearns is a township and census-designated place in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. Named after Utah's U.S. Senator Thomas Kearns, it had a population of 35,731 at the 2010 Census.This was a 6.2 percent increase over the 2000 figure of 33,659...

 
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James Dunnigan  Republican Taylorsville
Taylorsville, Utah
Taylorsville is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 57,439 at the 2000 census...

 
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Lynn Hemingway
Lynn Hemingway
Lynn N. Hemingway is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, representing the 40th District in Salt Lake, Utah since 2006.Hemingway studied at Westminster College and the University of Utah.-External links:...

 
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Todd Kiser  Republican Sandy
Sandy, Utah
Sandy is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. It is a suburb of Salt Lake City. The population was 87,461 at the 2010 census, making it the sixth-largest city in Utah....

 
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Jim Bird  Republican West Jordan
West Jordan, Utah
West Jordan is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. West Jordan is a rapidly growing suburb of Salt Lake City and has a mixed economy. According to the 2010 Census, the city had a population of 103,712, placing it as the fourth most populated in the state. The city occupies the...

 
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Wayne Harper  Republican West Jordan >-
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Tim Cosgrove
Tim Cosgrove
Timothy Michael Cosgrove is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives, representing the 44th District since 2005. Tim Cosgrove is a graduate of Weber State University with a Bachelors of Science degree in political science. Tim went on to earn his Masters of Arts in Political...

 
Democratic Murray
Murray, Utah
Murray is a city situated on the Wasatch Front in the core of Salt Lake Valley in the U.S. state of Utah. Named for territorial governor Eli Murray, it is the state's fourteenth largest city. According to the 2010 census, Murray has approximately 46,746 residents.Murray is close to Salt Lake City,...

 
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Marie Poulson  Democratic Salt Lake City >-
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LaVar Christensen
LaVar Christensen
LaVar Christensen is a American politician from Utah, serving as a state representative from the state's 48th district January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2006; January 1, 2011. Christensen was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Utah's 2nd congressional district...

 
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Derek Brown  Republican Salt Lake City X
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Merlynn Newbold  Republican South Jordan
South Jordan, Utah
South Jordan is a city in the U.S. state of Utah. The city lies in the Salt Lake Valley between the peaks of the Oquirrh Mountains and the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains and is part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area...

 
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Gregory Hughes  Republican Draper
Draper, Utah
Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah Counties in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Between 1990 and 2000 Draper was Utah's fastest-growing city over 5,000 people . Its population in 1990 was 7,143 and had grown to 25,220 by the 2000 census...

 
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Carl Wimmer
Carl Wimmer
Carl Daniel Wimmer is a member of the Utah House of Representatives and serves from Herriman, Utah, House District 52. He is a member of the Republican Party.-Early life, education, and law enforcement career:...

 
Republican Herriman
Herriman, Utah
Herriman is a city in southwestern Salt Lake County, Utah, United States. The population was 21,785 as of the 2010 census. Although Herriman was a town in 2000, it has since been classified as a fifth-class city by state law. The city has experienced rapid growth since incorporation in 1999, as its...

 
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Melvin Brown  Republican Coalville
Coalville, Utah
Coalville is a city in Summit County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Salt Lake City, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,382 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Summit County...

 
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Kraig Powell  Republican Heber
Heber, Utah
Heber City is a city in Wasatch County, Utah, United States. The population was 7,297 at the 2000 census. Heber City was founded by English emigrants who were members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the late 1850s, and is named after the Mormon apostle Heber C. Kimball. It is...

 
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John Mathis  Republican Vernal
Vernal, Utah
Vernal, Uintah County's largest city, is located in eastern Utah near the Colorado State Line, and 175 miles east of Salt Lake City. It is bordered on the north by the Uinta Mountains, one of the few mountains ranges in the world which lie in an east-west rather than the usual north to south...

 
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Kenneth Sumsion  Republican American Fork
American Fork, Utah
American Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, at the foot of Mount Timpanogos in the Wasatch Range, north of Utah Lake. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 26,263 at the 2010 census, nearly a 20% growth since the 2000 census...

 
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Holly Richardson  Republican Pleasant Grove X
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Stephen Sandstrom
Stephen Sandstrom
Stephen Eric Sandstrom is a member of the Utah House of Representatives. Born in Provo, Utah, Sandstrom is a Latter-day Saint. Sandstrom has a bachelor's degree in political science from Brigham Young University, but has largely worked in architecture. From 1993 to 2006 he served as a member of...

 
Republican Orem
Orem, Utah
Orem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and...

 
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Keith Grover  Republican Provo
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...

 
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Christopher Herrod
Christopher Herrod
Christopher N. Herrod is a real estate developer and Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives from Provo, representing the 62nd district.- Background :...

 
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Rebecca D. Lockhart
Rebecca D. Lockhart
Rebecca D. "Becky" Lockhart is an American politician and Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing the 64th District in Provo, Utah. Lockhart is the current Speaker of the House in the Utah House of Representatives. She is Utah's first woman Speaker.- Biography...

 
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Francis Gibson  Republican Springville
Springville, Utah
Springville is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 20,424 at the 2000 census, while the 2008 estimates placed it at 28,520. Just minutes south of Provo, Springville is a bedroom community for...

 
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Michael Morley  Republican Spanish Fork
Spanish Fork, Utah
Spanish Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 31,497 as of the 2008 census estimate.-History:Spanish Fork was settled by LDS pioneers in 1851...

 
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Patrick Painter  Republican Nephi
Nephi, Utah
Nephi is a city in Juab County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,733 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Juab County. It was settled by Mormon pioneers in 1851, and is the principal city in Juab Valley, an...

 
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Bill Wright  Republican Ephraim
Ephraim, Utah
Ephraim is a city in Sanpete County, Utah, United States. The population was 6,135 at the 2010 census, making it the largest city in Sanpete County. It is the location of Snow College and is located along U.S. Route 89.-History:Ephraim was founded in 1854...

 
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Christine Watkins  Democratic Price
Price, Utah
Price is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The city is home to the USU-College of Eastern Utah, as well as the large USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum affiliated with the college. Price is located within short distances from both Nine Mile Canyon and the Manti-La Sal National Forest...

 
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Kay McIff  Republican Richfield
Richfield, Utah
Richfield is a city in and the county seat of Sevier County, Utah, in the United States, and is the largest city in southern-central Utah. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 7,551. It lies in the Mormon Corridor, just off of Interstate 70 about 40 miles east of its junction with...

 
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Evan Vickers  Republican Cedar City
Cedar City, Utah
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,527 people, 6,486 households, and 4,682 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,021.8 people per square mile . There were 7,109 housing units at an average density of 353.9 per square mile...

 
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Michael Noel  Republican Kanab
Kanab, Utah
Kanab is a city in and the county seat of Kane County, Utah, United States. The area was first settled in 1864 and the town was founded in 1870 when ten Mormon families moved into the area. The population was 3,564 at the 2000 census...

 
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David Clark  Republican Santa Clara
Santa Clara, Utah
Santa Clara is a city in Washington County, Utah, United States. The population was 4,630 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.9 square miles , of which, 4.9 square miles of it is land and 0.04 square miles of it...

 
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