State House District 53
What does this office do?
- Voting on how much you pay in state taxes
- Voting on how much money your local public schools get
- Voting on which roads and highways get built or repaired
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Forward
A Marine Corps infantry veteran and tech entrepreneur of 25 years who has raised seven children in Lehi. He wants to lower partisan conflict at the Capitol and strengthen checks and balances, including on voter initiatives and redistricting.
Records: Civil Rights 1 for
Republican · Incumbent
A Lehi civil engineer with an engineering degree from BYU who has served in the Utah House since 2013 and previously led heavy civil construction companies. He works on transportation funding, including I-15, and on keeping taxes low.
Records: Environment and Public Health 5 for, 2 against, Civil Rights 1 for, 4 against, Housing Affordability 4 for,
Democratic
A substitute teacher living in American Fork. He has also worked as an environmental technician testing soil and groundwater for contamination, and as a writer and editor of patent filings.
Sources: vote.utah.gov2