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Utah onAir

This Utah onAir Hub brings together information, experts, organizations, policy makers, and the Utah public to facilitate greater engagement in federal, state, and local politics and more civil, positive discussions and collaborations on important issues and governance.

This Hub is one of the 50 state onAir hubs being launched later this year. The state hubs can  be found at the national US onAir Hub. The US Democracy network of onAir hubs is supported by the nonpartisan, nonprofit Democracy onAir.

Find out more about Who Represents Me in Utah.

Learn. Discuss. Make a Difference in Utah’s democracy. 
Your voice matters on Utah onAir.

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Spencer Cox – UT

Current: Governor since 2021
Affiliation: Republican
 

History: A moderate member of the Republican Party, Spencer Cox served as the eighth lieutenant governor of Utah from 2013 to 2021.  In Fairview, Utah, where Cox lives and was raised, he was elected to the city council in 2004 and then as mayor in 2005. In 2008, he was elected as a Sanpete County county commissioner. He was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 2012. In October 2013, Governor Gary Herbert appointed Cox to replace Greg Bell as lieutenant governor.

Cox was accepted by Harvard Law School, but chose to enroll at Washington and Lee University School of Law, from which he graduated with a Juris Doctor in 2001. Cox was a law clerk for judge Ted Stewart of the United States District Court for the District of Utah. After his clerkship, Cox joined Fabian and Clendenin, a Salt Lake City law firm. He returned to rural Utah and became a vice president of Centracom.

Featured Video: Utah Governor Spencer Cox “working hard” to get young people vaccinated

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UT Legislature

The Utah State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. It is a bicameral body, comprising the Utah House of Representatives, with 75 state representatives, and the Utah Senate, with 29 state senators. There are no term limits for either chamber.

The Legislature convenes at the Utah State Capitol in the state capital of Salt Lake City. In 2020, voters approved an amendment to the state constitution that changed the legislative start date from a constitutionally mandated fourth Monday of January to a date set by state law (thereby making it easier to change the start date if necessary). Current state law requires the start date of the Utah State Legislature to be the first Tuesday after the third Monday in January  for an annual 45-day session.

Source: Wikipedia

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Mike Lee – UT

Current: US Senator since 2011
Affiliation: Republican

Leadership: Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining (Committee on Energy and Natural Resources) and Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights – (Committee on the Judiciary)

History: Mike Lee is the sone of Rex E. Lee, who was solicitor general under President Ronald Reagan. Lee’s older brother Thomas Rex Lee is a former justice of the Utah Supreme Court.

Lee began his career as a clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah before clerking for Samuel Alito, who was then a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.  Lee then entered private practice at the Washington, D.C., office of the law firm Sidley Austin, specializing in appellate and Supreme Court litigation.

From 2002 to 2005, Lee was an assistant United States attorney for the District of Utah. He joined the administration of Utah governor Jon M. Huntsman Jr., serving as the general counsel in the governor’s office from 2005 to 2006. Lee again clerked for Alito after he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Quotes:  The mission of my office is to drive the message of constitutionally limited government, while being accessible, responsive, and connected to the citizens of Utah. I will work to restore the federal government to its constitutionally limited scope by supporting a balanced budget amendment, term limits, earmark reform, entitlement reform, peace through military strength, and measures designed to promote energy independence.

Featured Video:Mike Lee To Biden Nominee: Your Comments Are ‘An Insult’ To The Civil Rights Movement

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Mitt Romney – UT

Current: US Senator since 2019
Affiliation: Republican

Leadership: Ranking Member, Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Policy  (Committee on Foreign Relations)
Next Election: Not running

History: Active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) throughout his adult life, Romney served as bishop of his ward and later as a stake president for an area covering Boston and many of its suburbs. As Bain’s chief executive officer (CEO), he helped lead the company out of a financial crisis. In 1984, he co-founded and led the spin-off company Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm that became one of the largest of its kind in the nation.

Mitt Romney served as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007 and was the Republican Party’s nominee for president of the United States in the 2012 election, losing to Barack Obama. 

Quotes:  “Talk is cheap, but action is essential if we are to overcome the challenges facing our families, our state, and our nation. My record of getting things done in the private sector, community, and government is evidence that I can and will do what needs to be done for the people of Utah.” Mitt Romney

Featured Video: Mitt Romney delivers remarks on Capitol breach

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Utah Votes in 2024

Federal & state elections on the ballot: US Senator, 4 US House members, and State Senate and House members

Ballot measures:

Utah Elections & Voting, part of the Lieutenant Governor’s office, oversees all Utah elections.

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Utah Collaborators

The US onAir Network will be working with volunteers from Utah universities, colleges, and nonprofit organizations to oversee the curation and moderation of posts, aircasts (online discussions), and in person events for the Utah onAir Hub …  related to federal, state, and local elections and government.

Our first outreach will be to University of Utah partly because of its proximity to the state capital. We have identified many of University of Utah’s civic engagement, academic, internship and research programs related to making democracy and civic responsibility a focus of higher learning on their campus … for students, faculty, staff, and local community. This post, over time, will have similar information on other collaborating organizations in the state.

Contact ben.murphy@onair.cc for more information on how to involve your organization.

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About Utah

Utah is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Colorado to the east, Wyoming to the northeast, Idaho to the north, Arizona to the south and Nevada to the west. It also touches a corner of New Mexico in the southeast. Of the fifty U.S. states, Utah is the 13th-largest by area; with a population over three million, it is the 30th-most-populous and 11th-least-densely populated. Urban development is mostly concentrated in two areas: the Wasatch Front in the north-central part of the state, which is home to roughly two-thirds of the population and includes the capital city, Salt Lake City; and Washington County in the south, with more than 170,000 residents.[9] Most of the western half of Utah lies in the Great Basin.

Utah has a highly diversified economy, with major sectors including transportation, education, information technology and research, government services, mining; it is also a major tourist destination for outdoor recreation. In 2013, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Utah had the second-fastest-growing population of any state.  St. George was the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the United States from 2000 to 2005. Utah also has the 14th-highest median average income and the least income inequality of any U.S. state. A 2012 Gallup national survey found Utah overall to be the “best state to live in the future” based on 13 forward-looking measurements including various economic, lifestyle, and health-related outlook metrics.

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