Utah State Senate

Utah Senate
Utah Senate
Type
Type	Upper house
Leadership
President of the Senate	Michael G. Waddoups (R) ; since November 7, 2008
Majority Leader	Sheldon Killpack (R) ; since November 7, 2008
Minority Leader	Patricia W. Jones (D) ; since November 7, 2008
Structure
Seats	29
Political groups	Democratic Party; Republican Party
Elections
Last election	November 4, 2008
Meeting place
	Senate Chamber, ; Utah State Capitol, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.
Website
	http://www.utahsenate.org/perl/spage/index.pl

The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The Senate is composed of 29 elected members representing an equal amount of constituent senatorial districts. Each senatorial district is composed of approximately 91,000 people. Members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms without term limits.

The Senate convenes at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.

Composition of the Senate

The current party composition of the Utah Senate is:

Affiliation		Members
Template:American politics/party colours/Republican\|	Republican Party	21
Template:American politics/party colours/Democratic\|	Democratic Party	8
Total		29
Majority		15

Current leadership

Officers

President of the Senate: John L. Valentine (R-14)

Majority leadership

Majority Leader: Curt Bramble (R-16)
Majority Whip: Scott Jenkins (R-23)
Assistant Majority Whip: Greg Bell (R-21)
Senate Rules Committee Chair: John W. Hickman (R-29)

Minority leadership

Minority Leader: Pat Jones (D-4)
Minority Whip: Gene Davis (D-3)
Assistant Minority Whip: Ed Mayne (D-5)
Minority Caucus Manager:

Current members

District	Name	Party	Counties
1	Fred J. Fife	Democratic	Salt Lake
2	Scott McCoy	Democratic	Salt Lake
3	Gene Davis	Democratic	Salt Lake
4	Patricia W. Jones	Democratic	Salt Lake
5	Karen Mayne	Democratic	Salt Lake
6	Michael G. Waddoups	Republican	Salt Lake
7	Ross I. Romero	Democratic	Salt Lake
8	Karen Morgan	Democrat	Salt Lake
9	Wayne L. Niederhauser	Republican	Salt Lake
10	Chris Buttars	Republican	Salt Lake
11	Howard A. Stephenson	Republican	Salt Lake, Utah
12	Brent H. Goodfellow	Democratic	Salt Lake, Tooele
13	Mark B. Madsen	Republican	Tooele, Utah
14	John L. Valentine	Republican	Utah
15	Margaret Dayton	Republican	Utah
16	Curt Bramble	Republican	Utah
17	Peter C. Knudson	Republican	Box Elder, Cache, Tooele
18	John J. Greiner	Republican	Davis, Weber
19	Allen M. Christensen	Republican	Morgan, Summit, Weber
20	Scott K. Jenkins	Republican	Weber
21	Sheldon Killpack	Republican	Davis
22	Greg S. Bell	Republican	Davis
23	Dan R. Eastman	Republican	Davis
24	Darin G. Peterson	Republican	Juab, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, Wayne
25	Lyle W. Hillyard	Republican	Cache, Rich
26	Kevin T. VanTassell	Republican	Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch
27	D. Hinkins	Republican	Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah
28	Dennis E. Stowell	Republican	Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, Washington
29	John Hickman	Republican	Washington

Miscellaneous facts

Rajan Zed, prominent Hindu chaplain, recited the first Hindu opening prayer of Utah Senate on February 13, 2008.

External links

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