Utah Constitutional Amendment 3 was an amendment to the Utah state constitution that sought to define marriage as a union exclusively between a man and woman. It passed in the November 2,2004,election,as did similar amendments in ten other states.
Derek Larkin Schmidt is an American lawyer and politician who served as the Kansas Attorney General from 2011 to 2023. A Republican,Schmidt was first elected to office serving in the Kansas Senate,where he represented the 15th district from 2001 to 2011,and served as Agriculture Committee chairman and Senate majority leader. Schmidt became the state attorney general in 2011,after he defeated incumbent Democrat Stephen Six.
Eric Stephen Schmitt is an American lawyer and politician serving as the junior United States senator from Missouri since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Schmitt served as the 43rd Missouri Attorney General from 2019 to 2023.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Utah since October 6,2014. On December 20,2013,the state began issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as a result of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah's ruling in the case of Kitchen v. Herbert,which found that barring same-sex couples from marrying violates the U.S. Constitution. The issuance of those licenses was halted during the period of January 6,2014 until October 6,2014,following the resolution of a lawsuit challenging the state's ban on same-sex marriage. On that day,following the U.S. Supreme Court's refusal to hear an appeal in a case that found Utah's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional,the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the state to recognize same-sex marriage.
John Swallow is an American lawyer and politician who served as Attorney General of Utah. Just prior to serving as attorney general,he served as Chief Deputy Attorney General overseeing all civil litigation for the state of Utah.
Warren Kenneth Paxton Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who has served as the attorney general of Texas since 2015. A member of the Republican Party,he previously served in the Texas Senate representing the eighth district and as a member of the Texas House of Representatives.
Derek Edwin Brown is an American politician who served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from his election in 2010,until his departure in 2014. He represented House District 49,which constitutes the Sandy and Cottonwood Heights areas. Brown left the legislature in January 2014,when he was selected by US Senator Mike Lee to be his deputy chief of staff.
Simarjit Singh Gill is an Indian-American attorney and politician,the District Attorney for Salt Lake County,Utah,first elected to the office in November 2010.
Timothy Charles Fox is an American lawyer and Republican politician who served as the attorney general of Montana from 2013 to 2021. Fox was a candidate for governor of Montana in the Republican primary of the 2020 election.
A general election was held in the U.S. State of Utah on November 4,2014. The state's four seats in the United States House of Representatives are up for election and there was a special election for Utah's attorney general. Primary elections were held on June 24,2014.
The 2016 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 8,2016,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Utah,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Leslie Carol Rutledge is an American attorney and politician who has served as the 21st lieutenant governor of Arkansas since 2023. A member of the Republican Party,she was previously the 56th attorney general of Arkansas from 2015 to 2023.
The 2020 Utah gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the governor of Utah,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Although incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert was eligible to run for re-election to a third full term,he initially announced shortly after being re-elected in 2016 that he would not run again,but indicated in January 2019 that he was open to the possibility of running again before ultimately deciding to retire and endorse his lieutenant governor,Spencer Cox. Utah has not had a Democratic governor since Scott M. Matheson left office in January 1985. This is the second longest active streak of one-party leadership,trailing only South Dakota,which has not had a Democratic governor since Harvey L. Wollman left office in 1979.
After previously stating that he would not run for re-election,Jason Chaffetz announced on May 19 that he was resigning his seat in the House,effective June 30. A special election was called to replace him with a filing period opening on May 19 and closing by June 30,an expected primary date of August 15,and an election day of November 7.
The United Utah Party (UUP) is a centrist political party in the United States. It was founded in 2017 and is active only in the state of Utah. The party identifies itself as politically moderate,and was created out of frustration with the Republican and Democratic parties.
Ashley Brooke Moody is an American attorney and politician serving as the Florida attorney general since January 2019. Moody previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney and a circuit court judge in Hillsborough County.
The 2024 United States Senate election in Utah will be held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Utah. Incumbent Republican Senator Mitt Romney was elected with 62.6% of the vote in 2018 and has declined to seek a second term. Utah is considered a safe red state by election analysts;no Democrat has served in the Senate from the state since Frank Moss left office in 1977. Primary elections will take place on June 25,2024.
Texas v. Pennsylvania,592 U.S. ___ (2020),was a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the administration of the 2020 presidential election in four other states,in which Joe Biden defeated incumbent Donald Trump.
The 2023 Utah's 2nd congressional district special election was held on November 21,2023 to choose a new member of the U.S. House of Representatives. The seat became vacant following Republican representative Chris Stewart's resignation on September 15,2023,due to his wife's ongoing health issues.
The 2024 Utah Attorney General election will be held on November 5,2024 to elect the attorney general of Utah. The election was held alongside various federal and state elections,including for governor. Incumbent Sean Reyes is eligible to run for re-election to a third term,but has instead decide to retire.
