Utah State Senate | |
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Utah State Legislature | |
Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | None |
History | |
New session started | January 17, 2023 |
Leadership | |
President | |
Majority Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 29 |
Political groups | Majority Minority |
Length of term | 4 years |
Authority | Article VI, Utah Constitution |
Salary | $130/day + per diem |
Elections | |
Last election | November 8, 2022 (14 seats) |
Next election | November 5, 2024 (15 seats) |
Redistricting | Legislative control |
Meeting place | |
State Senate Chamber Utah State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah | |
Website | |
Utah State Senate |
The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. [1] The Utah Senate is composed of 29 elected members, each representing one senate district. Each senate district is composed of approximately 95,000 people. [2] Members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms without term limits. The Senate convenes at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.
The last elections were held in 2022.
Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |||
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Republican | Democratic | Libertarian | Vacant | ||
End of the 59th legislature | 21 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Beginning of the 60th Legislature | 24 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
End 60th | 23 | 1 | |||
61st Legislature | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
62nd Legislature | 24 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
63rd Legislature | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
64th Legislature | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Beginning of the 65th Legislature | 23 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Latest voting share | 79% | 21% |
Position | Name | Party | District |
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President of the Senate | J. Stuart Adams | Republican | 7 |
Majority Leader | Evan Vickers | Republican | 28 |
Majority Whip | Ann Millner | Republican | 5 |
Assistant Majority Whip | Kirk Cullimore | Republican | 19 |
Minority Leader | Luz Escamilla | Democratic | 10 |
Minority Whip | Kathleen Riebe | Democratic | 15 |
Assistant Minority Whip | Jen Plumb | Democratic | 9 |
District | Name | Party | First elected | Counties represented |
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1 | Scott Sandall | Rep | 2018 | Box Elder, Cache, Tooele |
2 | Chris H. Wilson | Rep | 2020 | Cache, Rich |
3 | John Johnson | Rep | 2020 | Morgan, Summit, Weber |
4 | Cal Musselman | Rep | 2024 | Davis, Weber |
5 | Ann Millner | Rep | 2014 | Davis, Morgan, Weber |
6 | Jerry Stevenson | Rep | 2010↑ | Davis |
7 | J. Stuart Adams | Rep | 2009↑ | Davis |
8 | Todd Weiler | Rep | 2012↑ | Davis, Salt Lake |
9 | Jen Plumb | Dem | 2022 | Salt Lake |
10 | Luz Escamilla | Dem | 2008 | Salt Lake |
11 | Daniel Thatcher | Rep | 2010 | Salt Lake, Tooele |
12 | Karen Kwan | Dem | 2023↑ | Salt Lake |
13 | Nate Blouin | Dem | 2022 | Salt Lake |
14 | Stephanie Pitcher | Dem | 2022 | Salt Lake |
15 | Kathleen Riebe | Dem | 2018 | Salt Lake |
16 | Wayne Harper | Rep | 2012 | Salt Lake |
17 | Lincoln Fillmore | Rep | 2016↑ | Salt Lake |
18 | Daniel McCay | Rep | 2018 | Salt Lake, Utah |
19 | Kirk Cullimore Jr. | Rep | 2018 | Salt Lake |
20 | Ronald Winterton | Rep | 2018 | Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch |
21 | Brady Brammer | Rep | 2025↑ | Utah |
22 | Heidi Balderree | Rep | 2023↑ | Salt Lake, Utah |
23 | Keith Grover | Rep | 2018↑ | Utah |
24 | Kevin Stratton | Rep | 2024 | Utah, Wasatch |
25 | Mike McKell | Rep | 2020 | Utah |
26 | David Hinkins | Rep | 2008 | Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah, Wasatch |
27 | Derrin Owens | Rep | 2020 | Beaver, Garfield, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Utah, Wayne |
28 | Evan Vickers | Rep | 2012 | Beaver, Iron, Washington |
29 | Don Ipson | Rep | 2016↑ | Washington |
↑: Senator was originally appointed
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