Rex Edwin Lee was an American lawyer and academic who served as the 37th solicitor general of the United States from 1981 to 1985. He was responsible for bringing the solicitor general's office to the center of U.S. legal policymaking. During his tenure,Lee argued 59 cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Since Utah became a U.S. state in 1896,it has sent congressional delegations to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives. Each state elects two senators to serve for six years. Before the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913,senators were elected by the Utah State Legislature. Members of the House of Representatives are elected to two-year terms,one from each of Utah's four congressional districts. Before becoming a state,the Territory of Utah elected a non-voting delegate at-large to Congress from 1850 to 1896.
John L. Harmer was an American politician who served in the California State Senate as a Republican from 1966 to 1974. Harmer served as the Lieutenant Governor of California from 1974 to 1975. He was also the founder of the Lighted Candle Society and the author of several books. Harmer was also a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Edwin Bennion "Ted" Cannon was an American attorney who served as a member of the Utah State Senate from 1951 until 1954 as a member of the Republican Party.
Mark Leonard Shurtleff is an American attorney,former three-term Utah Attorney General,and founder of the Shurtleff Law Firm and the Shurtleff Group. He was a partner in the Washington,D.C. office of the law firm Troutman Sanders and served as a Salt Lake County Commissioner prior to being elected as Attorney General of the state of Utah.
Greg J. Curtis is an American lobbyist and attorney from Utah. A Republican,he is a former member of the Utah State House of Representatives.
Mark Benson Madsen is an American politician and attorney from Utah. A Libertarian,he is a former member of the Utah State Senate,where he represented the state's 13th senate district in Utah,and Tooele Counties including the city of Lehi. Madsen is the grandson of Ezra Taft Benson,Secretary of Agriculture under President Eisenhower.
Mark Archuleta Wheatley is a Democratic member of the Utah State House of Representatives,representing the 35th District since 2004. He lives in Murray,Utah,with his wife Josie.
Michael Shumway Lee is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Utah,a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party,Lee became Utah's senior senator in 2019 and dean of Utah's congressional delegation in 2021.
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.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Utah took place on November 6,2012,concurrently with the 2012 U.S. presidential election as well as other elections to the United States Senate and House of Representatives and as various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch won re-election to a seventh term against the Democratic candidate,former state Senator and IBM executive Scott Howell,in a rematch of the 2000 Senate election,with Hatch doing slightly better than in 2000.. This would be the last time Hatch was elected to the Senate before his retirement in 2018.
David Bruce Barlow is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Utah and a former United States attorney for the same district.
Bradley R. Wilson is an American real estate developer and Republican politician. Wilson is a former member of the Utah House of Representatives,representing District 15. He served as the House Speaker from 2019 to 2023. On April 13,2023,he formed an exploratory committee to run for the U.S. Senate in 2024.
Rebecca P. Edwards is politician and therapist who served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 2009 to 2018. Edwards was a candidate for the 2022 United States Senate election in Utah,challenging incumbent Senator Mike Lee in the Republican primary. On May 31,2023,Edwards announced her candidacy in the 2023 Utah 2nd congressional district special election to replace U.S. representative Chris Stewart. Edwards went on to narrowly lose the September 5th Republican primary to Celeste Maloy,a former staffer for Stewart.
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.
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 2024 United States Senate election in Utah was held on November 5,2024,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Utah. Republican congressman John Curtis won his first term in office,succeeding Republican incumbent Mitt Romney,who did not seek a second term.
The 2000 presidential campaign of Orrin Hatch,a U.S. senator from Utah,officially began on July 1,1999,with the establishment of an exploratory committee. Hatch had been a senator since 1977 and at the time of his announcement he was a high-ranking official on several Senate committees,most notably the chairman for the Senate Judiciary Committee. He had established himself as a conservative Republican who was known to work with liberal Democrats on major bipartisan bills,such as the 1997 Children's Health Insurance Program bill. From the beginning of his campaign,Hatch stressed his experience in federal government and attacked the perceived lack of experience of the Republican frontrunner,Texas governor George W. Bush. However,numerous commentators noted that Hatch's campaign was unlikely to succeed,due to his late entry into the race and Bush's dominant position in fundraising and opinion polling. Throughout his campaign,Hatch struggled to raise money and consistently polled in the single digits. In January 2000,he came in last place in the Iowa caucuses and announced on January 26 that he was ending his campaign,supporting eventual nominee Bush,who would go on to win the 2000 United States presidential election. Hatch remained in the Senate for several more years following his campaign and in 2015,as the most senior member of the Senate,he became the president pro tempore. In 2019,he decided to retire,ending his 42-year career as the most senior Republican senator ever before dying in 2022.
The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Utah were held on November 5,2024,to elect the four U.S. representatives from the State of Utah,one from each of the state's congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections. The primary elections were held on June 25,2024.
The 2024 Utah Attorney General election was 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 was eligible to run for re-election to a third term in office,but instead decided to retire. The Republican primary election took place on June 25,2024.
