Utah's 12th State Senate district

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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.

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The current State Senator representing the 12th district is Karen Kwan.

Previous Utah State Senators (District 12)

NamePartyTerm
Karen Kwan Democratic2023– present
Karen Mayne Democratic2023–2023
Daniel Thatcher Republican2011–2022
Brent H. Goodfellow Democratic2005–2010
Ron AllenDemocratic2003–2005
Millie Peterson Democrat1991–2002
William T. Barton Republican1979–1990
Carl E. PetterssonDemocrat1973–1978
Merrill JenkinsDemocrat1967–1972
Samuel J. TaylorRepublican1963–1965
Charles Steen Republican1959–1961
Donald T. AdamsDemocrat1951–1957
Mitchell Melich Republican1943–1949
Byron A. HowardDemocrat1939–1941
Wendall PetersonDemocrat1937
W.D. HammondDemocrat1935
Knox PattersonDemocrat1927–1933
Oscar W. McConkie Democrat1923–1925
William T. Lamph1919–1921
Don B. Colton 1915–1917
G.A. Iverson1911–1913
Alonzo Brinkerhoff1907–1909
Harden Bennion Democrat1899–1905
M.E. Johnson1897
Reuben G. Miller1896

Election results

2006 General Election

Utah State Senate election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Brent H. Goodfellow 7,85648.7
Republican Christy Achziger7,46646.3
Constitution Grant Pearson8055.0

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