Utah

• Constitution - Utah State Legislature

Issues

• Ag Gag
• Air Quality
• Common Core
• Food Freedom Act
• SB 54 of 2014

State Election

November 2017 Election, Utah
Next covered election: November 2018, Utah
Previous covered election: November 2016, Utah

This election is scheduled for the 7th of November 2017.
There is a Primary scheduled for August 15, 2017.

Candidates

3rd Congressional District

Jason Chaffetz has announced his retirement. Creating the need to elect a new representative for the 3rd Congressional District.

Name	Notes
Jason Christensen	Independent American Party
Joe Buchman	Libertarian
Sean Whalen	Unaffiliated
Russell Paul Roesler	Write-In. Very little information available.
Candidates to Not Vote for
John Curtis	Republican. Used signature gathering to bypass party convention.
Kathie Allen	Democrat
Jim Bennett	United Utah Party
Brendan Phillips	Write-In. Green Party
Eliminated Candidates
Aaron Heineman	Independent American Party
Christopher Niles Herrod	Our primary pick. Republican
Tanner Ainge	Republican. Used signature gathering to bypass party convention.
Stewart O. Peay	Republican
Carl Adam Ingwell	Democrat
Deidre M. Henderson	Republican
Margaret Dayton	Republican
Brad Daw	Republican
Damian Kidd	Republican
Keith Kuder	Republican
Debbie Aldrich	Republican
Shayne Horton Row	Republican
Paul David Fife	Republican
Benjamin J Frank	Democratic
Brigham Rhead Cottam	Republican
Mike Leavitt	Republican

Municipal Elections

• Payson

External Resources

• "ASK" - GOP Website for Promoting their Candidates
• Katie England, "Special election planned to replace Jason Chaffetz; Utah County legislators announce candidacies", Daily Herald, 19 May 2017

Resources

• The Senate Site:Unofficial voice of the Utah Senate
• utcourts.gov
• judges.utah.gov
• The Robing Room

Counties

• Utah