Utah State Senate

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The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature.

Contents 1 Make-up of the Senate 2 Current leadership 2.1 Officers 2.2 Majority leadership 2.3 Minority leadership 3 Current members 4 Miscellaneous facts 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Make-up of the Senate

The current party composition of the Utah Senate is:

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	21
	Democratic Party	8
Total		29
Majority		15

[edit] Current leadership

Further information: 57th Utah State Legislature and List of Utah State Legislatures

[edit] Officers

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

[edit] Majority leadership

Further information: Utah Republican Party

• Majority Leader: Curt Bramble (R-16)
• Majority Whip: Dan R. Eastman (R-23)
• Assistant Majority Whip: Sheldon Killpack (R-21)
• Senate Rules Committee Chair: John W. Hickman (R-29)

[edit] Minority leadership

Further information: Utah Democratic Party

• Minority Leader: Mike Dmitrich (D-27)
• Minority Whip: Gene Davis (D-3)
• Assistant Minority Whip: Ed Mayne (D-5)
• Minority Caucus Manager: Pat Jones (D-4)

[edit] Current members

Further information: 57th Utah State Legislature and List of Utah State Legislatures

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	Carlene M. Walker	Republican	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	Mike Dmitrich	Democratic	Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah
28	Dennis E. Stowell	Republican	Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, Washington
29	John Hickman	Republican	Washington

[edit] Miscellaneous facts

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

[edit] See also

• Utah House of Representatives
• List of Utah State Legislatures
• Utah Republican Party
• Utah Democratic Party

[edit] External links

• Utah State Senate
• Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Utah
• Utah Republican Party
• Utah Democratic Party

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