1st Utah Senate District
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1st Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County and includes Utah House Districts 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 31 and 33. The current State Senator representing the 1st district is Fred Fife. Fife was elected to the Utah Senate in 2004 and is up for re-election in 2008.
Contents |
[edit] History
- Further information: Box Elder County, Utah and Salt Lake County, Utah
Senate district one was created in 1896 when Utah was admitted as a state. Abraham Zundel of Willard was elected to serve as the first Senator for District 1 in a special election held on November 5, 1895 but wasn't subsequently re-elected in the 1896 election. The district has undergone several major changes as a result of re-districting, originally representing Box Elder and Tooele counties instead of present day Salt Lake County.
Terry Williams, a Democrat from Salt Lake City, served in the Utah State Senate from 1983 to 1986 thus becoming the first African American to serve in the State Senate. Williams was originally elected to the Utah State House of Representatives and served from 1981 to 1982 but was preceded by Reverand Robert Harris of Ogden in 1976 as the first African American to serve in the State Legislature.
Karen Shepherd, a Democrat, served as State Senator for District 1 from 1991 to 1992. She was subsequently elected to represent Utah's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House when Wayne Owens chose to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Robert Steiner, a Democrat, replaced her as State Senator. Shepherd represented the 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 1995.
Fred J. Fife of Salt Lake City was elected to represent District 1 in 2004.
[edit] Previous Utah State Senators (District 1)
- Further information: List of Utah State Legislatures
| Name | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| James M. Evans | Republican | 2003-2004 |
| Paula F. Julander | Democrat | 1999-2002 |
| Robert C. Steiner | Democrat | 1993-1999 |
| Karen Shepherd | Democrat | 1991-1992 |
| Frances Farley | Democrat | 1987-1990 |
| Terry Lee Williams | Democrat | 1983-1986 |
| Frances Farley | Democrat | 1977-1982 |
| W. Hughes Brockbank | Republican | 1967-1976 |
| David R. Waldron | Democratic | 1965 |
| Kleon Kerr | Republican | 1957-1963 |
| Clifton G.M. Kerr | Republican | 1953-1955 |
| J. Harold Reese | Democrat | 1949-1951 |
| J. Welton Ward | Democrat | 1945-1947 |
| Abel S. Rich | Democrat | 1941-1943 |
| Will R. Holmes | Democrat | 1937-1939 |
| Albert E. Holmgren | Republican | 1933-1935 |
| Tracy R. Welling | 1929-1931 | |
| John W. Peters | 1921-1927 | |
| Archibald Bevan | 1917-1919 | |
| Willard S. Hansen | 1913-1915 | |
| William C. Horsley | 1909-1911 | |
| Peter Clegg | 1905-1907 | |
| H.S. Larsen | 1901-1903 | |
| William G. Nebeker | 1897-1899 | |
| Abraham Zundel | 1896 |
[edit] Election results
[edit] 2004 general election
| Utah State Senate election, 2004 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Fred J. Fife | 7,981 | 48.9 | ||
| Republican | James Evans | 7,553 | 46.2 | ||
| Constitution | Elaine Jenkins | 463 | 2.8 | ||
| Personal Choice | Daniel D. McGuire | 338 | 2.1 | ||
[edit] Current candidates
Note: See footnote for candidate listing guidelines.[1]
| District | Party | Incumbent | Status | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Change from 2006 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Democratic | Fred J. Fife (Salt Lake County) | Running | Democratic | Fred J. Fife | |||||
| Democratic | Luz Robles | |||||||||
| Republican | Carlton Christensen | |||||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Candidates are listed alphabetically by party and name to avoid partisanship towards a single party and/or candidate.
[edit] External links
| Preceded by James M. Evans |
Fred J. Fife 2005 - Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
|
|||||
