David Clark | |
State House: | Utah |
District: | 74th |
Term Start: | January 1, 2001 |
Term End: | November 2011 |
Predecessor: | Dennis Iverson |
Office2: | Speaker of the Utah House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | November 2008 |
Term End2: | November 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Greg Curtis |
Successor2: | Becky Lockhart |
Birth Date: | July 3, 1953 |
Spouse: | Nan |
Children: | 4 |
Residence: | Santa Clara, UT |
Party: | Republican Party |
Occupation: | Banker |
David Clark (born July 3, 1953) is an American politician and banker from Utah. A Republican, he was a member of the Utah State House, representing the state's 74th house district in Santa Clara. He was elected by his colleagues in November 2006 to serve as Majority Leader in the Utah House. In November 2008 he was elected Speaker of the House and served two terms in that capacity.[1]
David Clark was born in Provo, Utah. He graduated from Brigham Young University, where he played football for coach LaVell Edwards. He also attended National Commercial Lenders Graduate School and Pacific Coast School of Banking. In 1976, he became President of Regional Banking of Zions Bank.
In 2000, Clark decided to run for the Utah House of Representatives. He defeated incumbent Republican State Representative Dennis Iverson in the primary 51%-49%.[2] He won the general election unopposed. He won re-election 2002 (74%), 2004 (92%), 2006 (72%), 2008 (72%), and 2010 (78%).[3]
Clark is best known for his work on health care issues, helping to create Utah’s Health Insurance Exchange (signed into law by Governor Utah’s Health Insurance Exchange and chairing the Health Reform Task Force while serving as speaker.
In November 2011, he decided to resign his seat to run for the congress in Utah's 2nd congressional district. The seat is being vacated by incumbent Democrat Jim Matheson, who is running in Utah's newly-drawn 4th congressional district.[6] He officially launched his bid on January 13, 2012.[7]
Clark and his wife Nan have four children and live in Santa Clara. He is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.