Utah State Senate

The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah.^[2] The Utah Senate is composed of 29 elected members, each representing one senate district. Each senate district is composed of approximately 95,000 people.^[3] Members of the Senate are elected to four-year terms without term limits. The Senate convenes at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City.

Utah State Senate
Utah State Legislature
Type
Type	Upper house
Term limits	None
History
New session started	January 21, 2025
Leadership
President	J. Stuart Adams (R) since January 28, 2019
Majority Leader	Kirk Cullimore Jr. (R) since January 21, 2025
Minority Leader	Luz Escamilla (D) since January 17, 2023
Structure
Seats	29
Political groups	Majority   Republican (22) Minority   Democratic (6) Other   Forward Party (1)[a]
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article VI, Utah Constitution
Salary	$130/day + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 5, 2024 (15 seats)
Next election	November 3, 2026 (14 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative control
Meeting place
State Senate Chamber Utah State Capitol Salt Lake City, Utah
Website
Utah State Senate

The last elections were held in 2024.

Composition of the Senate

Affiliation	Party (Shading indicates majority caucus)				Total
	Republican	Democratic	Forward	Libertarian		Vacant
End of the 59th legislature	21	8	0	0	29	0
Beginning of the 60th Legislature	24	5	0	0	29	0
End 60th	23			1
61st Legislature	23	6	0	0	29	0
62nd Legislature	24	5	0	0	29	0
63rd Legislature	23	6	0	0	29	0
64th Legislature	23	6	0	0	29	0
65th Legislature	23	6	0	0	29	0
Begin 66th Legislature	23	6	0	0	29	0
March 7, 2025[4]	22		1
Latest voting share	75.9%	20.7%	3.4%

Leadership, 66th session

Further information: List of Utah State Legislatures

Position	Name	Party	District
President of the Senate	J. Stuart Adams	Republican	7
Majority Leader	Kirk Cullimore Jr.	Republican	19
Majority Whip	Chris H. Wilson	Republican	2
Assistant Majority Whip	Mike McKell	Republican	25
Minority Leader	Luz Escamilla	Democratic	10
Minority Whip	Karen Kwan	Democratic	12
Assistant Minority Whip	Jen Plumb	Democratic	9

Members of the 66th Senate

Main article: 66th Utah State Legislature

District	Name	Party	First elected	Counties represented
1	Scott Sandall	Rep	2018	Box Elder, Cache, Tooele
2	Chris H. Wilson	Rep	2020	Cache, Rich
3	John Johnson	Rep	2020	Morgan, Summit, Weber
4	Cal Musselman	Rep	2024	Davis, Weber
5	Ann Millner	Rep	2014	Davis, Morgan, Weber
6	Jerry Stevenson	Rep	2010↑	Davis
7	J. Stuart Adams	Rep	2009↑	Davis
8	Todd Weiler	Rep	2012↑	Davis, Salt Lake
9	Jen Plumb	Dem	2022	Salt Lake
10	Luz Escamilla	Dem	2008	Salt Lake
11	Daniel Thatcher	FWD	2010	Salt Lake, Tooele
12	Karen Kwan	Dem	2023↑	Salt Lake
13	Nate Blouin	Dem	2022	Salt Lake
14	Stephanie Pitcher	Dem	2022	Salt Lake
15	Kathleen Riebe	Dem	2018	Salt Lake
16	Wayne Harper	Rep	2012	Salt Lake
17	Lincoln Fillmore	Rep	2016↑	Salt Lake
18	Daniel McCay	Rep	2018	Salt Lake, Utah
19	Kirk Cullimore Jr.	Rep	2018	Salt Lake
20	Ronald Winterton	Rep	2018	Daggett, Duchesne, Summit, Uintah, Wasatch
21	Brady Brammer	Rep	2025↑	Utah
22	Heidi Balderree	Rep	2023↑	Salt Lake, Utah
23	Keith Grover	Rep	2018↑	Utah
24	Keven Stratton	Rep	2024	Utah, Wasatch
25	Mike McKell	Rep	2020	Utah
26	David Hinkins	Rep	2008	Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan, Utah, Wasatch
27	Derrin Owens	Rep	2020	Beaver, Garfield, Juab, Kane, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Utah, Wayne
28	Evan Vickers	Rep	2012	Beaver, Iron, Washington
29	Don Ipson	Rep	2016↑	Washington

↑: 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,^[5] and other staff to develop what many have called the best legislative website in the nation. In 2014, le.utah.gov^[6] won the NCSL Online Democracy Award.^[7] The Utah Legislature previously won this award in 2005.^[8]

Past composition of the Senate

Main article: Political party strength in Utah

See also

• Utah House of Representatives
• List of Utah State Legislatures
• Utah Democratic Party
• Utah Republican Party

Notes

1. Daniel Thatcher (SD-11) was a Republican until he left the party in 2025.^[1]