Utah State Senate
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The last elections were held in 2024.
Composition of the Senate
| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)
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| Republican | Democratic | Forward | Libertarian | Vacant | ||
| End of the 59th legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Beginning of the 60th Legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| End 60th | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|23 | 1 | ||||
| 61st Legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 62nd Legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 63rd Legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 64th Legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 65th Legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Begin 66th Legislature | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| March 7, 2025[3] | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading"|22 | 1 | ||||
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Leadership, 66th session
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| Position | Name | Party | District |
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| President of the Senate | J. Stuart Adams | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 7 |
| Majority Leader | Kirk Cullimore Jr. | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 19 |
| Majority Whip | Chris H. Wilson | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 2 |
| Assistant Majority Whip | Mike McKell | style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican | 25 |
| Minority Leader | Luz Escamilla | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 10 |
| Minority Whip | Karen Kwan | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 12 |
| Assistant Minority Whip | Jen Plumb | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic | 9 |
Members of the 66th Senate
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↑: Senator was originally appointed
Legislative website
Utah Senate staff, under direction of Senate Presidents Waddoups and Niederhauser worked with the House of Representatives, the LFA, and other staff to develop what many have called the best legislative website in the nation. In 2014, le.utah.gov won the NCSL Online Democracy Award.[4] The Utah Legislature had previously won this award in 2005.[5]
Past composition of the Senate
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See also
- Utah House of Representatives
- List of Utah State Legislatures
- Utah Democratic Party
- Utah Republican Party
Notes
References
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External links
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- Project Vote Smart - State Senate of Utah
- Utah Republican Party
- Utah Democratic Party
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