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Utah State Senate

{{Short description|Upper house of the Utah State Legislature}}

{{Infobox legislature

| background_color = {{party color|Republican Party (US)}}

| name = Utah State Senate

| legislature = Utah State Legislature

| coa_pic = Seal of Utah (2011).svg

| session_room = Girl Scouts visit the Senate Chamber in the Utah State Capitol - Feb. 2011.jpg

| house_type = Upper house

| term_limits = None

| new_session = January 21, 2025

| leader1_type = President

| leader1 = J. Stuart Adams (R)

| election1 = January 28, 2019

| leader2_type = Majority Leader

| leader2 = Kirk Cullimore Jr. (R)

| election2 = January 21, 2025

| leader3_type = Minority Leader

| leader3 = Luz Escamilla (D)

| election3 = January 17, 2023

| authority = Article VI, Utah Constitution

| salary = $130/day + per diem

| term_length = 4 years

| members = 29

|structure1 = Utah Senate 2025.svg

| structure1_res = 250px

| political_groups1 =

Majority

Minority

Other

  • {{legend|#182742|Forward Party (1){{efn|Daniel Thatcher (SD-11) was a Republican until he left the party in 2025.{{Cite web |last=Gehrke |first=Robert |title= Sen. Dan Thatcher is leaving Utah’s Republican Party to ‘break the deadlock’ in politics |url= https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2025/03/07/state-sen-dan-thatcher-is-leaving/ |date=March 7, 2025 |access-date=March 7, 2025 |language=en-US}}}}}}

| last_election1 = November 5, 2024
(15 seats)

| next_election1 = November 3, 2026
(14 seats)

| redistricting = Legislative control

| meeting_place = State Senate Chamber
Utah State Capitol
Salt Lake City, Utah

| website = [http://senate.utah.gov 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.{{Cite web|title=Senate Roster {{!}} Utah Senate|url=https://senate.utah.gov/senate-roster/|access-date=2021-08-11|website=senate.utah.gov}} The Utah Senate is composed of 29 elected members, each representing one senate district. Each senate district is composed of approximately 95,000 people.{{cite web|last1=Mackun|first1=Paul|last2=Wilson|first2=Steven|title=U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. CENSUS BUREAU Population Distribution and Change: 2000 to 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-01.pdf|website=2010 Census Briefs|publisher=United States Census|access-date=16 February 2017}} 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 2024.

Composition of the Senate

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!rowspan=3|Affiliation

!colspan=4|Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

!rowspan=3|Total

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| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Forward Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|Libertarian Party (United States)}}" |

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Republican

!Democratic

!Forward

!Libertarian

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nowrap style="font-size:80%"|March 7, 2025Daniel Thatcher (District 11) switched parties from Republican to the Forward Party. [https://www.abc4.com/news/politics/sen-dan-thatcher-leaves-republican-party-for-utah-forward-party/]

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Latest voting share

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=Leadership, 66th session=

{{Further|List of Utah State Legislatures}}

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! Position !! Name !! Party !! District

President of the SenateJ. Stuart Adams{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican7
Majority LeaderKirk Cullimore Jr.{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican19
Majority WhipChris H. Wilson{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican2
Assistant Majority WhipMike McKell{{Party shading/Republican}} | Republican25
Minority LeaderLuz Escamilla{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic10
Minority WhipKaren Kwan{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic12
Assistant Minority WhipJen Plumb{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic9

=Members of the 66th Senate=

{{main|66th Utah State Legislature}}

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DistrictNamePartyFirst electedCounties
represented
1Scott Sandall{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2018Box Elder, Cache, Tooele
2Chris H. Wilson{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2020Cache, Rich
3John Johnson{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2020Morgan, Summit, Weber
4Cal Musselman{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2024Davis, Weber
5Ann Millner{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2014Davis, Morgan, Weber
6Jerry Stevenson{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2010↑Davis
7J. Stuart Adams{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2009↑Davis
8Todd Weiler{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2012↑Davis, Salt Lake
9Jen Plumb{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem2022Salt Lake
10Luz Escamilla{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem2008Salt Lake
11Daniel Thatcher{{Party shading/Forward}} | FWD2010Salt Lake, Tooele
12Karen Kwan{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem2023↑Salt Lake
13Nate Blouin{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem2022Salt Lake
14Stephanie Pitcher{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem2022Salt Lake
15Kathleen Riebe{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem2018Salt Lake
16Wayne Harper{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2012Salt Lake
17Lincoln Fillmore{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2016↑Salt Lake
18Daniel McCay{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2018Salt Lake, Utah
19Kirk Cullimore Jr.{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2018Salt Lake
20Ronald Winterton{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2018Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch
21Brady Brammer{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2025↑Utah
22Heidi Balderree{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2023↑Salt Lake, Utah
23Keith Grover{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2018↑Utah
24Keven Stratton{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2024Utah, Wasatch
25Mike McKell{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2020Utah
26David Hinkins{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2008Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah, Wasatch
27Derrin Owens{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2020Beaver, Garfield, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Utah, Wayne
28Evan Vickers{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2012Beaver, Iron, Washington
29Don Ipson{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep2016↑Washington

↑: Senator was originally appointed

Legislative website

Utah Senate staff, under direction of Senate Presidents Waddoups and Niederhauser worked with the House of Representatives, the [https://le.utah.gov/lfa/index.htm LFA], and other staff to develop what many have called the best legislative website in the nation. In 2014, [http://le.utah.gov le.utah.gov] won the NCSL Online Democracy Award.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncsl.org/press-room/2014-online-democracy-award.aspx|title=2014 Online Democracy Award|last=Legislatures|first=National Conference of State|website=www.ncsl.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-08}} The Utah Legislature had previously won this award in 2005.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ncsl.org/legislators-staff/legislative-staff/information-technology/online-democracy-award-winners.aspx|title=Online Democracy Award Winners|last=Legislatures|first=National Conference of State|website=www.ncsl.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-08}}

Past composition of the Senate

{{main|Political party strength in Utah}}

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

  • {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20010117062000/http://www.utahsenate.org/ Utah State Senate]}}
  • [http://www.vote-smart.org/official_state_legislator.php?type=office&state_id=UT&criteria=upper Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Utah]
  • [http://www.utahgop.org/ Utah Republican Party]
  • [http://utahdemocrats.org// Utah Democratic Party]

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