Morgan Philpot
Morgan Philpot is a former state representative for District 45 and is running for Utah Senate, District 14 in the November 2016 Election, Utah.
Morgan Philpot was elected to the Utah House of Representatives in 2000 and 2002, and also served as the vice-chair to the Utah Republican Party.
As a representative he notably sponsored the Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship bill, the Prohibition of Public Funding for Abortion and the Designation of Constitution & Bill of Rights Day in Utah.
He advocates constitutionalist principles on his campaign website and has been retained as legal counsel for Ammon Bundy in relation to his land-use protest in Oregon. He is said to be "intimately familiar with the land use issues central to the Malheur protest".[1]
External Resources
- Official Campaign Website
- Morgan Philpot - Facebook
- Morgan Philpot - Wikipedia
- Katie England, "Morgan Philpot announces run for Utah State Senate seat", Daily Herald, 14 Jan 2016
- Paul Rolly, "Rolly: There goes the Christmas bonus for Morgan Philpot", Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Nov 2011
References
- ↑ Maxine Bernstein, "Ammon Bundy retains new lawyer, former Utah State Rep. J. Morgan Philpot from Molalla", The Oregonian, 26 May 2016