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Welcome to The Shtick Voter Guide (aka. The Election Shtick). Here, research is collected on many candidates and even, at times, original source material is made available. (Generally in the form of responses received from letters to candidates.) This research is undertaken to allow us to decide how to vote in upcoming elections. We make all of our material available to you so that you can easily get the benefit of our research and come to your own conclusions.

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November 2018 Election, Utah
Next covered election: November 2020, Utah
Previous covered election: November 2017, Utah

This election is scheduled for the 6th of November 2018.
There is a Primary scheduled for June 26, 2018.

Candidates

Senate District

Republican candidates in order of preference.

Name	Notes
Our Pick. Craig R. Bowden	Libertarian. In particular, a conservative libertarian.
Tim Aalders	Constitution. Constitutional Conservative.
Weaker Candidates
Reed C. McCandless	Independent American
Candidates to Not Vote for
Torrey Jenkins	Republican. Opted to utilize signature gathering method. Felon. Possibly unqualified to run.
Alicia Colvin	Republican. Self-proclaimed moderate. Somewhere on the spectrum between progressive and social libertarian. Opted to utilize signature gathering method.
Stoney Fonua	Republican. Incoherent platform.
Larry Livingston	Democrat
Mitchell Vice	Democrat
Jenny Wilson	Democrat
Mitt Romney	Republican. Endorsed Antifa, BLM, and some fairly bad politicians. Opted to utilize signature gathering method and has expressed anti-caucus sentiments to delegates.
Jeff Dransfield	Democrat
Eliminated Candidates
Mike Kennedy	Republican. Current member of Utah's House of Representatives
Samuel B. Parker	Republican
Larry Meyers	Republican. Constitutional Conservative
Tim Jimenez	Republican
Jeremy Lewis Friedbaum	Republican. Constitutional Conservative
Joshua C. Lee	Republican. Campaign virtually non-existent.
Abe Lincoln Brian Jenkins	Republican. Opted to utilize signature gathering method.
Loy Brunson	Republican. Constitutional conservative. Need more detail.

Congressional District 3

Name	Notes
Gregory C. Duerden	Our pick. Independent American. Ran for Lieutenant Governor of Utah in the November 2016 Election
Candidates to Not Vote for
John Curtis	Republican
James Courage Singer	Democrat
Melanie McCoard	United Utah
Kent Moon	Democrat
Eliminated Candidates
Christopher Niles Herrod	Our primary pick. Republican
Mike Leavitt	Republican
Steven Stromness	Republican
Henry Rudolph Kneitz III	Republican

Congressional District 4

Name	Notes
Mia B. Love	Our pick. Republican
Candidates to Not Vote for
Morgan Shepherd	Democrat
Ben McAdams	Democrat
Darlene McDonald	Democrat
Sheldon Kirkham	Democrat
Tom Taylor	Democrat

State House District 67

Name	Notes
Marc Roberts	Our pick. Republican. Excellent record.

Propositions

See: Official 2018 Election Information

Proposition	Title	Our Recommendation
Constitutional Amendment A	Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to modify the period of time that a person in the military needs to serve out of state under an order to federal active duty in order to qualify for a property tax exemption for the military person's residence, allowing the military person to qualify if the period of service is at least 200 days in a continuous 365-day period?
Constitutional Amendment B	Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to authorize the creation of a property tax exemption for real property, such as land or buildings, that the state or a local government entity leases from a private owner?	No
Constitutional Amendment C	Shall the Utah Constitution be amended to: authorize the Legislature to convene into a limited session if two-thirds of the Utah Senate and House members agree that convening is necessary because of a fiscal crisis, war, natural disaster, or emergency in the affairs of the state; require the Governor to reduce state expenditures or convene the Legislature into session if state expenses will exceed revenue for a fiscal year; and require a session of the Legislature, other than the 45-day annual general session, to be held at the state capitol, unless it is not feasible due to a specified condition?
Nonbinding Opinion Question #1	Potential Gas Tax Increase for Public Education and Local Roads	No
Proposition 2	Shall a law be enacted to: establish a state-controlled process that allows persons with certain illnesses to acquire and use medical cannabis and, in certain limited circumstances, to grow up to six cannabis plants for personal medical use; authorize the establishment of facilities that grow, process, test, or sell medical cannabis and require those facilities to be licensed by the state; and establish state controls on those licensed facilities, including: electronic systems that track cannabis inventory and purchases; and requirements and limitations on the packaging and advertising of cannabis and on the types of products allowed?	Yes
Proposition 3	Shall a law be enacted to: expand the state Medicaid health coverage program to include coverage, based on income, for previously ineligible low-income adults; maintain the following as they existed on January 1, 2017: eligibility standards, benefits, and patient costs for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP); and the payment rate for healthcare providers under Medicaid and CHIP; and use the tax increase described below to pay for Medicaid and CHIP?	No
Proposition 4	Shall a law be enacted to: create a seven-member commission to recommend redistricting plans to the Legislature that divide the state into Congressional, legislative, and state school board districts; provide for appointments to that commission: one by the Governor, three by legislative majority party leaders, and three by legislative minority party leaders; provide qualifications for commission members, including limitations on their political activity; require the Legislature to enact or reject a commission-recommended plan; and establish requirements for redistricting plans and authorize lawsuits to block implementation of a redistricting plan enacted by the Legislature that fails to conform to those requirements?

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