David Lifferth

David E. Lifferth^[2] is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 2 since January 1, 2013. Lifferth was the mayor of Eagle Mountain in 2005, and then a city councilman.

Early life and career

Lifferth earned his BS in business and information technology from Brigham Young University.^[3] Lifferth lives in Eagle Mountain, Utah and works as a business analyst for Family Search.^[4]

Political career

• 2012 With District 2 incumbent Republican Representative Lee Perry redistricted to District 29, Lifferth was unopposed for both the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary and the November 6, 2012 General election, winning with 10,924 votes.^[5]

Prior to serving in the Utah House of Representatives, Lifferth was the mayor of Eagle Mountain in 2005. He later became a city councilman and ran for his state-level office in 2012.

During the 2013 and 2014 legislative sessions, Representative Lifferth served on the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Education Committee, and the House Transportation Committee. During the interim, Lifferth served on the Education Interim Committee as well as the Transportation Interim Committee.^[3]

Representative Lifferth received national attention in April 2014 when he tweeted that the NAACP is racist because "any group that tries to advance specific people based of [sic] their race is by definition racist." He later apologized by saying, "My joke was in poor taste and insensitive to others. I have learned a lot in the past few days. The NCAAP [sic] is not a racist organization. My logic was flawed."^[6]

2014 sponsored legislation

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Lifferth also floor sponsored SB0234 Cory B. Wride Memorial Highway.

References

External links

• Official page at the Utah State Legislature
• Campaign site
• Profile at Project Vote Smart
• David Lifferth at Ballotpedia
• David E. Lifferth at the National Institute on Money in State Politics