Kraig Powell

Powell was born in Tacoma, Washington. He earned his BA in English from Willamette University, his MA and PhD in government from the University of Virginia, and his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}. He worked as an intern for the U.S. Senate Labor Committee, a Senior Law Clerk at the Illinois Supreme Court, a briefing Attorney, Texas Court of Appeals, and a city attorney in Midway, Utah. He now lives in Heber, Utah, with his wife Kim and their four children.{{cite web |url= http://www.housepowell.com// |title= Kraig Powell |publisher= Kraig Powell |location= Heber City, UT |accessdate= April 10, 2014}}

Kraig was first elected on November 4, 2008.

• 2008 - When District 54 Republican Representative Gordon E. Snow left the Legislature and left the seat open, Powell was one of two from among three candidates selected by the Republican convention for the June 24, 2008, Republican primary, which Powell won with 2,052 votes (51.6%){{cite web |url= http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/Primary/2008Pri.pdf |title= Official Results 2008 Primary Election |publisher= Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |accessdate= February 4, 2014}} and won the three-way November 4, 2008, General election with 9,353 votes (67.4%) against Democratic nominee Neil Anderton and Constitution candidate Douglas Thompson,{{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 4, 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 }} who had run for the seat in 2004.
• 2010 - Powell was unopposed for both the June 22, 2010, Republican primary{{cite web |url= http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/Primary/2010%20Primary%20Canvass%20Reports.xls |title= 2010 Primary Election Results |publisher= Lieutenant Governor of Utah |location= Salt Lake City, Utah |accessdate= February 4, 2014 |archive-date= March 4, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140304164609/http://elections.utah.gov/Media/Default/Documents/Election_Results/Primary/2010%20Primary%20Canvass%20Reports.xls |url-status= dead }} and the November 2, 2010, General election, winning with 9,540 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 4, 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 }}
• 2012 - Powell was unopposed in the primary elections on June 26, 2012, and won the general election on November 6, 2012, with 9,252 votes (59.3%) defeating democratic nominee Chris Robinson.
• 2014 - Powell defeated Wylder Smith in the Republican convention and won the general election on November 4, 2014, with 6,262 votes (61.8%) defeating Democratic nominee Glenn J. Wright.

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During the 2016 legislative session, he served on the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Retirement and Independent Entities Appropriations Subcommittee, House Political Subdivisions Committee, the House Retirement and Independent Entities Committee, and the House Education Committee.{{cite web|url = http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=POWELK|title = Kraig Powell|publisher = Utah State Legislature|location = Salt Lake City, Utah|accessdate = April 10, 2016}}

Powell also floor sponsored two bills: [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0005.html SB0005S01 Retirement and Independent Entities Base Budget], [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0019.html SB0019 Phased Retirement], [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0020.html SB0020 Retirement Systems Audit Recommendations Amendments], [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0024.html SB0024 Utah Housing Corporation Sunset Extension], [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0029.html SB0029 Retirement Systems Amendments], [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0037.html SB0037 Human Resource Management Rate Committee], [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0208.html SB0208 Retirement Amendments], and [http://le.utah.gov/~2016/bills/static/SB0210.html SB0210S04 Unmanned Vehicle Revisions].

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• [http://le.utah.gov/house2/detail.jsp?i=POWELK Official page] at the Utah State Legislature
• {{CongLinks | congbio = | votesmart = 103698 | fec = | congress = }}
• [http://ballotpedia.org/Kraig_Powell Kraig Powell] at Ballotpedia
• [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=9493 Kraig Powell] at the National Institute on Money in State Politics
• All information for Representative Powell's bills in 2014 can be found here: [http://le.utah.gov/asp/billsintro/RepResults.asp?Listbox3=POWELK]

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Category:1966 births

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