Jim Bird
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Jim Bird
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|state_house = Utah
|district = 42nd
|term_start = 2007
|term_end = 2015
|predecessor = Peggy Wallace
|successor = Kim Coleman
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|birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah
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|nationality = American
|party = Republican
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|residence = West Jordan, Utah
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Jim Bird is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives for District 42 from 2007 to 2015.{{cite web|title=Jim Bird's Biography|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/66321|accessdate=February 6, 2014|publisher=Project Vote Smart}}
Background
Bird was born January 16 in Salt Lake City, Utah. He works in the financial and insurance industry. Bird lives in West Jordan, Utah with his wife Tamra and three children.{{cite web |url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/66321/jim-bird#.U0iDGPldV30 |title= Vote Smart Jim Bird |accessdate= April 11, 2014}} During the 2014 General Session Bird served on the House Business and Labor Committee as well as the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee.{{cite web|title=Jim Bird|url=http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=BIRDJ|accessdate=April 11, 2014|publisher=Utah House of Representatives}}
=Elections=
- 2012 Bird was challenged but selected by the Republican convention for the November 6, 2012 General election with 10,600 votes.{{cite web |url= http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/2012%20Canvass/2012%20General%20Canvass%20Report.xls |title= 2012 General Canvass Report |publisher= Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |accessdate= February 6, 2014 |archive-date= March 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164434/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/2012%20Canvass/2012%20General%20Canvass%20Report.xls |url-status= dead }}
- 2006 Bird challenged District 42 incumbent Republican Representative Peggy Wallace in the 2006 Republican Primary, winning by 25 votes with 1,004 votes (50.6%){{cite web |url= http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/Primary/2006Pri.pdf |title= Official Results 2006 Primary |publisher= Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |accessdate= February 6, 2014 |archive-date= March 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164615/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/Primary/2006Pri.pdf |url-status= dead }} and won the November 7, 2006 General election with 4,458 votes (58.7%) against Democratic nominee Norman Springer.{{cite web |url= http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/2006Gen.pdf |title= 2006 General Election Results |publisher= Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |page= 14 |accessdate= February 6, 2014 |archive-date= March 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164614/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/2006Gen.pdf |url-status= dead }}
- 2008 Bird had three challengers including former Representative Wallace; the Republican convention selected Bird for the November 4, 2008 General election, which Bird won with 9,686 votes (66.1%) against Democratic nominee Nathan Gedge.{{cite web |url= http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/2008Gen.xls |title= 2008 General Election Results |publisher= Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |accessdate= February 6, 2014 |archive-date= March 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164610/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/2008Gen.xls |url-status= dead }}
- 2010 Bird was challenged but selected by the Republican convention and was unopposed for the November 2, 2010 General election, winning with 8,035 votes.{{cite web |url= http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/2010Gen.xls |title= 2010 General Election Results |publisher= Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |accessdate= February 6, 2014 |archive-date= March 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164608/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/General/2010Gen.xls |url-status= dead }}
References
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External links
- [http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=BIRDJ Official page] at the Utah State Legislature
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131231170941/http://jim2win.com/ Campaign site]
- {{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 66321 | fec = | congress = }}
- [http://ballotpedia.org/Jim_Bird Jim Bird] at Ballotpedia
- [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=8510 Jim Bird] at OpenSecrets
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Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Republican Party members of the Utah House of Representatives
Category:Politicians from Salt Lake City
Category:People from West Jordan, Utah
Category:21st-century members of the Utah Legislature
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