1st Utah Senate District

1st Utah Senate District

[
Utah Senate District.]

The 1st Utah Senate District is located in Salt Lake County and includes Utah House Districts 20, 22, 23, 26, 29, 31 and 33. The current State Senator representing the 1st district is Fred Fife. Fife was elected to the Utah Senate in 2004. Fife was defeated by Luz Robles at the Salt Lake County Democratic Convention on April 26, 2008. Luz Robles will face-off against Salt Lake City Councilman Carlton Christensen, who is the Republican nominee, in the General Election on Tuesday, November 4, 2008.

History

Senate district one was created in 1896 when Utah was admitted as a state. Abraham Zundel of Willard was elected to serve as the first Senator for District 1 in a special election held on November 5, 1895 but wasn't subsequently re-elected in the 1896 election. The district has undergone several major changes as a result of re-districting, originally representing Box Elder and Tooele counties instead of present day Salt Lake County.

W. Hughes Brockbank, a Republican, was elected President of the National Legislative Conference in 1969 becoming the first Utahan to hold this office. [cite news |title=Obituary: W. Hughes Brockbank |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20030831/ai_n11410044 |publisher=Deseret News |date=August 31, 2003 |accessdate=2008-08-07 ]

Terry Williams, a Democrat from Salt Lake City, served in the Utah State Senate from 1983 to 1986 thus becoming the first African American to serve in the State Senate. Williams was originally elected to the Utah State House of Representatives and served from 1981 to 1982 but was preceded by Reverend Robert Harris of Ogden in 1976 as the first African American to serve in the State Legislature.

Williams unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in 1986. Craig Oliver, a real estate salesman, defeated Terry Williams in a tight primary election. [cite news |title=Black Legislator Loses Tight Utah Primary |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5071FFB3C5A0C728EDDA10894DE484D81 |publisher=The New York Times |date=August 21, 1986 |accessdate=2008-08-07 ] Williams garnered 14,385 votes, or 49.55% to Oliver's 14,646 votes, or 50.45% for a vote difference of 261. [cite web |url=http://elections.utah.gov/Results/Election%20Results%20Primary%201986.pdf |title=Elections Results Primary 1986 |publisher=Utah Elections Office |accessdate=2008-08-07 ] Oliver faced off against Republican incumbent Jake Garn.

Frances Farley, a Democrat, served as Senator for District 1 from 1976 to 1982 being the first woman to be elected to the Utah Senate in 20 years. Farley unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 1982 and 1984 before again mounting a successful run for State Senate in District 1 in 1986. Farley was an advocate for women's rights and according to the Deseret News,

" [Farley] staged a news conference blasting the University Club for not allowing her into its sports grill. The protest launched a movement that eventually led decades-old male-only private clubs to open memberships to women." [cite news |title=Sen. Frances Farley |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20040121/ai_n11434739 |publisher=Deseret News |date=January 21, 2004 |accessdate=2008-08-07 ]
Farley retired from the Utah Senate in 1990.

Karen Shepherd, a Democrat, served as State Senator for District 1 from 1991 to 1992. She was subsequently elected to represent Utah's 2nd congressional district in the U.S. House when Wayne Owens chose to run unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate. Robert Steiner, a Democrat, replaced her as State Senator. Steiner, was a former part owner of the Salt Lake Tribune and heir of the [http://www.alsco.com/ Steiner American Linen Corporation] . Steiner retired from the Senate in 1999. [cite news |title=Huntsman sells private home in Federal Heights |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20051027/ai_n15810316 |publisher=Deseret News |date=October 27, 2005 |accessdate=2008-08-20 ]

Steiner purchased Jon Huntsman, Jr's. home when he became Governor of Utah. [cite news |title=Huntsman sells private home in Federal Heights |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4188/is_20051027/ai_n15810316 |publisher=Deseret News |date=October 27, 2005 |accessdate=2008-08-20 ]

Shepherd represented the 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 1995. Shepherd was the first female Senator to represent Utah in Congress since Reva Beck Bosone (1949-1953) who was the first female Congresswomen to represent Utah in the U.S. House. There has been no female U.S. Senator from Utah.

Fred J. Fife of Salt Lake City was elected to represent District 1 in 2004.

Previous Utah State Senators (District 1)

Note: Information about legislators obtained from [http://www.le.state.ut.us Utah State Legislature] website.

Election results

2004 general election

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Fred J. Fife
votes = 7,981
percentage = 48.9
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = James Evans
votes = 7,553
percentage = 46.2
change =
Election box candidate with party link
party = Constitution Party (US)
candidate = Elaine Jenkins
votes = 463
percentage = 2.8
change =
Election box candidate
party = Personal Choice
candidate = Daniel D. McGuire
votes = 338
percentage = 2.1
change =

Current candidates

Note: See footnote for candidate listing guidelines. [Candidates are listed alphabetically by party and name to avoid partisanship towards a single party and/or candidate.]

Election box inline begin
type = District
change = from 2006
Election box inline incumbent
race = 1
party= Democratic Party (US)
incumbent = Fred J. Fife (Salt Lake County)
status = Running
candidates = 2
Election box inline candidate with party link
party= Democratic Party (US)
candidate = [http://www.roblesforsenate.com Luz Robles]
votes =
percentage =
change =
Election box inline candidate with party link
party= Republican Party (US)
candidate = [http://www.votecarlton.org Carlton Christensen]
votes =
percentage =
change =

ee also

* Fred J. Fife
* Utah Democratic Party
* Utah Republican Party
* Utah Senate

References

External links

* [http://www.le.state.ut.us/Documents/censusrpt/Profile.htm Utah Senate District Profiles]
* [http://www.utahsenate.org/perl/spage/distbio2007.pl?dist01 Official Biography of Fred J. Fife]


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