Utah Republican Party

Utah Republican Party
Senate leader Wayne Niederhauser
House leader Greg Hughes
Founded 1854
Headquarters 117 E. South Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Ideology Conservatism
Fiscal conservatism
Social conservatism
National affiliation Republican Party
Colors Red
Seats in the Upper House
25 / 29
Seats in the Lower House
63 / 75
Website
www.utgop.org

The Utah Republican Party works to nominate and support the election of Republican candidates in partisan races for public office in the state of Utah. Promote the principles of the State Party Platform and abide by the elections laws, constitution, and bylaws of the Party.

History

The state of Utah politics was reorganized after the 1890 Manifesto led by Wilford Woodruff. The 1890 Manifesto officially ended the traditionally Mormon practice of Polygamy. Many prominent polygamist Mormons were imprisoned, punished and harassed since the 1890 Manifesto prohibited plural marriage. This action granted the Utah Territory statehood in 1896 on the condition that polygamy was banned in the state constitution. The Republican Frank J. Cannon was the first delegate elected to congress by the state of Utah in 1894.

The state of Utah rapidly gained overwhelming support for the Republican Party. Although the Republican Party had played a major part in abolishing polygamy, the Republican U.S. Senator Reed Smoot rose to political power. Smoot led a political alliance of Mormons and non-Mormons that created a strong Republican party in many parts of the state.[1]

The Republican Party is currently dominant in Utah politics: no Democrat has won statewide office since 1996, when Jan Graham was elected attorney general;[2] and when Mia Love replaced Jim Matheson in congress in 2014, Utah's congressional delegation became all-Republican.[3][4]

Constitution

The Members of the Utah Republican Party are grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty. The members desire the perpetuation of the free government principles and the blessings of liberty. The Party is governed by the Utah State Constitution, Party By-lays, and Robert's Rules of Order Current Edition.[5]

Current elected officials

The Utah Republican Party controls all five statewide offices and holds a supermajority in the Utah House of Representatives and the Utah State Senate. Republicans also hold both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and all four of the state's U.S. House seats.

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

Statewide offices

State Legislature

State party organization

Office Office-holder
Chair James Evans
Vice Chair Phill Wright
Secretary Bryce Christensen
Treasurer Abram Young
Executive Director Bryan Smith

In off election years the Utah Republican Party holds organizing conventions where state delegate elect a chair, vice-chair, secretary and treasurer. The state party officers are elected for a term of two (2) years.

Central Committee

The State Central Committee has representatives from every county in Utah. Along with the automatic members, each county chair and vice-chair, counties are allocated representative based on the number of voting republicans in that county. These representatives are voted in by each county's central committee which in turn is made up of precinct chairs and vice chairs elected at neighborhood caucuses.

State Party Caucuses

Party Caucuses are held every two years in Utah.

County party organizations

Each of Utah's 29 counties has a party organization, which operates within that county and sends delegates to the State Central Committee.

County Party Website
Cache http://cachegop.com/
Davis http://www.davisgop.org/
Morgan http://www.morganutahgop.org/
Salt Lake http://www.slcogop.com
Sanpete http://www.sanpetecountyrepublicans.com
Summit http://www.summitcountygop.org
Utah http://ucrp.org
Weber http://www.wcrgop.org

See also

References

  1. ↑ Utah Republican Party. "Utah Republican Party". Utgop.org. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Money-burning Dems pamper neglected reds," The Salt Lake Tribune, June 12, 2006
  3. ↑ "Jim Matheson Dropout Shocks Mia Love's Campaign," US News and World Report, December 17, 2013
  4. ↑ "Republican Mia Love wins Utah House race," Associated Press, November 5, 2014
  5. ↑ Utah Republican Party. "Utah Republican Party". Utgop.org. Retrieved 13 December 2014.

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