56th Utah State Legislature explained

The 56th Utah State Legislature was elected Tuesday, November 2, 2004 and convened on Monday, January 17, 2005.

Dates of sessions

• 2005 General Session: January 17, 2005 - March 2, 2005
• 2005 First Special Session: April 19–20, 2005
• 2005 Second Special Session: November 9, 2005
• 2006 General Session: January 16, 2006 - March 1, 2006
• 2006 Third Special Session: May 24, 2006
• 2006 Fourth Special Session: September 19, 2006

Leadership

Utah Senate

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

Majority (Republican) Leadership

• Majority Leader: Peter C. Knudson (R-17)
• Majority Whip: Dan R. Eastman (R-23)
• Assistant Majority Whip: Beverly Evans (R-26)

Minority (Democratic) Leadership

• Minority Leader: Mike Dmitrich (D-27)
• Minority Whip: Gene Davis (D-3)
• Assistant Minority Whip: Karen Hale (D-7)
• Minority Caucus Manager: Ed Mayne (D-5)

Utah House of Representatives

• Speaker of the House: Greg Curtis (R-49)

Majority (Republican) Leadership

• Majority Leader: Jeff Alexander (R-62)
• Majority Whip: Stephen H. Urquhart (R-75)
• Assistant Majority Whip: Ben C. Ferry (R-2)

Minority (Democratic) Leadership

• Minority Leader: Ralph Becker (D-24)
• Minority Whip: Brad King (D-69)
• Assistant Minority Whip: Patricia Jones (D-40)
• Minority Caucus Manager: Rosalind McGee (D-28)

Utah Senate

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	21
	Democratic Party	10
Total		31
Government Majority		11

Members

Name	Party	District	Counties
		Democrat		Salt Lake, Tooele
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Republican		Davis
		Republican		Utah
		Republican		Salt Lake
		Republican		Morgan, Summit, Weber
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Democrat		Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah
		Republican		Davis
		Republican		Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Democrat		Salt Lake, Tooele
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Republican		Beaver, Garfield, Iron, Kane, Millard, Washington
		Republican		Utah
		Republican		Washington
		Republican		Cache, Rich
		Republican		Weber
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Republican		Davis
		Republican		Box Elder, Cache, Tooele
		Republican		Tooele, Utah
		Republican		Salt Lake
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Democrat		Salt Lake
		Republican		Juab, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, Wayne
		Republican		Salt Lake, Utah
		Republican		Davis, Weber
		Republican		Utah
		Republican		Salt Lake
		Republican		Salt Lake

Utah House of Representatives

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Republican Party	56
	Democratic Party	19
Total		75
Government Majority		35

Members

Name	Party	District
Douglas C. Aagard		Republican	15
Adams, J. Stuart		Republican	16
Alexander, Jeff		Republican	62
		Republican	19
Barrus, Roger E.		Republican	18
Becker, Ralph		Democrat	24
		Republican	32
		Democrat	30
Bourdeaux, Duane E.		Democrat	23
Bowman, DeMar Bud		Republican	72
Buttars, Craig W.		Republican	3
Buxton, D. Gregg		Republican	12
Christensen, LaVar		Republican	48
Clark, David		Republican	74
Clark, Stephen D.		Republican	63
Cosgrove, Tim M.		Democrat	44
Cox, David N.		Republican	56
Curtis, Greg J.		Republican	49
Daw, Bradley M.		Republican	60
Dayton, Margaret		Republican	61
Dee, Brad L.		Republican	11
Donnelson, Glenn A.		Republican	7
Dougall, John		Republican	27
Duckworth, Carl W.		Democrat	22
Dunnigan, James A.		Republican	39
Ferrin, James A.		Republican	58
Ferry, Ben C.		Republican	2
Fisher, Janice M.		Democrat	29
Fisher, Julie		Republican	17
Fowlke, Lorie D.		Republican	59
Frank, Craig A.		Republican	57
Gibson, Kerry W.		Republican	6
Goodfellow, Brent H.		Democrat	29
Gowans, James R.		Democrat	21
Hansen, Neil A.		Democrat	9
Hardy, Ann W.		Republican	20
Harper, Wayne A.		Republican	43
Hendrickson, Neal B.		Democrat	33
Hogue, David L.		Republican	52
Holdaway, Kory M.		Republican	34
Hughes, Gregory H.		Republican	51
Hunsaker, Fred R.		Republican	4
Hutchings, Eric K.		Republican	38
Johnson, Bradley T.		Republican	70
Jones, Patricia W.		Democrat	40
King, Brad		Democrat	69
Kiser, Todd E.		Republican	41
Last, Bradley G.		Republican	71
Lawrence, M. Susan		Republican	36
Litvack, David		Democrat	26
Lockhart, Rebecca D.		Republican	64
Mascaro, Steven R.		Republican	47
Mathis, John G.		Republican	55
McCartney, Ty		Democrat	31
		Democrat	28
Menlove, Ronda Rudd		Republican	1
Morgan, Karen W.		Democrat	46
Morley, Michael T.		Republican	66
		Democrat	37
Murray, Joseph G.		Republican	8
Newbold, Merlynn T.		Republican	50
Noel, Michael E.		Republican	73
Oda, Curtis		Republican	14
Painter, Patrick		Republican	67
Ray, Paul		Republican	13
Romero, Ross I.		Democrat	25
		Democrat	10
Snow, Gordon E.		Republican	54
Tilton, Aaron		Republican	65
Ure, David		Republican	53
Stephen H. Urquhart		Republican	75
Mark W. Walker		Republican	45
Wallace, Peggy		Republican	42
Mark A. Wheatley		Democrat	35
Wheeler, Richard W.		Republican	68
Wiley, Larry B.		Democrat	31
Wyatt, Scott L.		Republican	5

Employees/Staff

• Legislative Research Library and Information Center
• Office of Legislative Printing
• Office of the Legislative Auditor General
• Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst
• Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel

See also

• Utah State Legislature
• 2008 Election Results
• Office of the Governor
• List of Utah State Legislatures