Utah House of Representatives

The General Election is November 4, 2008. All candidates have been given the opportunity to post their responses to our questions. Districts without a challenger are listed and the incumbents are listed.

The League of Women Voters has made every effort to present accurately the responses submitted by each candidate.

Questions:

  1. If elected, what two things do you hope to accomplish as a member of the House of Representatives for the people of Utah?
  2. How would you address the following issues? (Please answer each question in 200 words or less.)
    - Adequate funding for education, including funding for disadvantaged populations such as non-English-speakers and prison inmates
    - Energy resource development and clean air
    - Water development and conservation
    - Better communication between elected officials and their constituents
  3. If the State had a revenue surplus of $100 million, how would you allocate the money? (Response should include $______________ for ________________________________.)

Candidates for:

District 1

District 39

District 2

  • Tom Edwards (C)
  • Ben C. Ferry (R)

District 40

District 3

  • Jack R. Draxler (R)
  • Tanya T. Taylor (D)

District 41

District 4

District 42

District 5

District 43

District 6

District 44

District 7

  • Rob Reynolds (D)
  • Ryan Wilcox (R)

District 45

District 8

District 46

District 9

District 47

District 10

District 48

District 11

District 49

  • Charles A Bonsall (L)
  • Wayne Crawford (C)
  • Greg J. Curtis (R)
  • F. Jay Seegmiller (D)

District 12

District 50

  • Russell G. Hatch (C)
  • Merlynn T. Newbold (R)
  • Patty Rich (D)

District 13

District 51

District 14

District 52

District 15

District 53

District 16

District 54

  • Neil G. Anderton (D)
  • Kraig Powell (R)
  • Douglas K Thompson (C)

District 17

  • David A Armstrong (C)
  • Julie Fisher (R)
  • Pat Herrera (D)

District 55

  • Wayne Y. Hoskisson (D)
  • John G. Mathis (R)
  • Daniel Ray (C)
  • Ronald S Regehr (L)

District 18

District 56

  • Michael J Barron (C)
  • Kenneth W. Sumsion (R)

District 19

District 57

District 20

District 58

District 21

District 59

District 22

  • Sue Duckworth (D)
  • Thomas M. Mangum (C)

District 60

District 23

District 61

District 24

District 62

District 25

  • Garrett Clark (R)
  • Christine A. Johnson (D)
  • Clark Miles (C)

District 63

District 26

District 64

District 27

  • John Dougall (R)
  • Gwyn C. Franson (D)

District 65

  • Douglas A Baxter (D)
  • Francis D. Gibson (R)

District 28

District 66

District 29

  • Phil Conder (R)
  • Janice Fisher (D)
  • Grant R. Pearson (C)

District 67

  • Patrick Painter (R)
  • Feleni Siufanua (C)

District 30

  • Jackie Biskupski (D)
  • Melody Chapman (C)
  • Kay M. Garske (R)

District 68

  • Ed Phillips (D)
  • Susan Kaye Sorensen (C)
  • Brad Winn (R)

District 31

  • Lisa Morrise (R)
  • Michael D. Nichols (C)
  • Larry Wiley (D)

District 69

District 32

  • Ron Bigelow (R)
  • Mike Lee (D)
  • Jennifer Schmith (C)

District 70

  • Bevan Bastian (C)
  • Kay L McIff (R)

District 33

District 71

District 34

District 72

District 35

District 73

District 36

District 74

District 37

District 75

  • Don L. Ipson (R)

District 38

  • Charles Henderson (D)
  • Eric Hutchings (R)
  

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