Utah House of Representatives

Utah House of Representatives
Utah State Legislature
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	None
New session started	January 24, 2011
Leadership
Speaker of the House	Becky Lockhart, (R) since January 24, 2011
Majority Leader	Brad L. Dee, (R) since January 24, 2011
Minority Leader	David Litvack, (D) since January 26, 2009
Structure
Members	75
Political groups	Republican Party (58) Democratic Party (17)
Length of term	2 years
Authority	Article VI, Utah Constitution
Salary	$117/day + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 2, 2010 (75 seats)
Next election	November 6, 2012 (75 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber Utah State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah
Website
Utah House of Representatives

The Utah House of Representatives is the lower house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The House is composed of 75 representatives elected from single member constituent districts. Each district contains an average population of 35,000 people. Members of the House are elected to two-year terms without term limits.

The House convenes at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.

Composition of the House of Representatives

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Republican	Democratic		Vacant
End of previous legislature	53	22	75	0
Begin	58	17	75	0
December 19, 2011	57		74	1
January 4, 2012	56		73	2
Latest voting share	76.7%	23.3%

Leadership, 2011-2012 session

Further information: 59th Utah State Legislature and List of Utah State Legislatures

Position	Name	Party	District
Speaker of the House	Becky Lockhart	Republican	74
Majority Leader	Brad Dee	Republican	16
Majority Whip	Gregory Hughes	Republican	11
Minority Leader	David Litvack	Democratic	26
Minority Whip	Jennifer Seelig	Democratic	21

Members of the 59th House of Representatives

Further information: 59th Utah State Legislature and List of Utah State Legislatures

District	Name	Party	Residence	Freshman
1	Ronda Menlove	Republican	Garland
2	Lee Perry	Republican	Perry	X
3	Jack Draxler	Republican	North Logan
4	David Butterfield	Republican	Logan	X
5	R. Curt Webb	Republican	Logan
6	Brad Galvez	Republican	West Haven	X
7	Ryan Wilcox	Republican	North Ogden
8	Gage Froerer	Republican	Huntsville
9	Jeremy Peterson	Republican	Ogden	X
10	Dixon Pitcher	Republican	Ogden	X
11	Brad Dee	Republican	Ogden
12	Richard Greenwood	Republican	Roy
13	Paul Ray	Republican	Clearfield
14	Curtis Oda	Republican	Clearfield
15	Brad Wilson	Republican	Kaysville	X
16	Steven Handy	Republican	Layton	X
17	Stewart Barlow	Republican	Fruit Heights
18	Roger Barrus	Republican	Centerville
19	Jim Nielson	Republican	Bountiful	X
20	Rebecca Edwards	Republican	Bountiful
21	Douglas Sagers	Republican	Tooele
22	Susan Duckworth	Democratic	Magna
23	Jennifer Seelig	Democratic	Salt Lake City
24	Rebecca Chavez-Houck	Democratic	Salt Lake City
25	Joel Briscoe	Democratic	Salt Lake City	X
26	David Litvack	Democratic	Salt Lake City
27	John Dougall	Republican	American Fork
28	Brian King	Democratic	Salt Lake City
29	Janice Fisher	Democratic	West Valley City
30	Brian Doughty	Democratic	Salt Lake City	X
31	Larry Wiley	Democratic	West Valley City
32	Fred Cox	Republican	West Valley City	X
33	Neal Henrickson	Democratic	West Valley City
34	Johnny Anderson	Republican	Taylorsville	X
35	Mark A. Wheatley	Democratic	Murray
36	Patrice Arent	Democratic	Salt Lake City	X
37	Carol Spackman Moss	Democratic	Salt Lake City
38	Eric Hutchings	Republican	Kearns
39	James Dunnigan	Republican	Taylorsville
40	Lynn Hemingway	Democratic	Salt Lake City
41	Todd Kiser	Republican	Sandy
42	Jim Bird	Republican	West Jordan
43	Wayne Harper	Republican	West Jordan
44	Tim Cosgrove	Democratic	Murray
45	Steve Eliason	Republican	Sandy	X
46	Marie Poulson	Democratic	Salt Lake City
47	Ken Ivory	Republican	West Jordan	X
48	LaVar Christensen	Republican	Draper	X
49	Derek Brown	Republican	Salt Lake City	X
50	Merlynn Newbold	Republican	South Jordan
51	Gregory Hughes	Republican	Draper
52	Vacant
53	Melvin Brown	Republican	Coalville
54	Kraig Powell	Republican	Heber
55	John Mathis	Republican	Vernal
56	Kenneth Sumsion	Republican	American Fork
57	Holly Richardson	Republican	Pleasant Grove	X
58	Stephen Sandstrom	Republican	Orem
59	Val Peterson	Republican	Orem
60	Bradley Daw	Republican	Orem
61	Keith Grover	Republican	Provo
62	Christopher Herrod	Republican	Provo
63	Dean Sanpei	Republican	Provo	X
64	Rebecca D. Lockhart	Republican	Provo
65	Francis Gibson	Republican	Springville
66	Michael Morley	Republican	Spanish Fork
67	Patrick Painter	Republican	Nephi
68	Bill Wright	Republican	Ephraim
69	Christine Watkins	Democratic	Price
70	Kay McIff	Republican	Richfield
71	Bradley Last	Republican	St. George
72	Evan Vickers	Republican	Cedar City
73	Michael Noel	Republican	Kanab
74	Vacant
75	Don Ipson	Republican	St. George

See also

• Utah State Senate
• List of Utah State Legislatures
• Elections in Utah
• Utah Republican Party
• Utah Democratic Party

External links

• Utah House of Representatives
• Utah Republican Party
• Utah Democratic Party
• Map of Utah House of Representative districts