2nd Utah Senate District
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The 2nd Utah Senate
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. The Senate is composed of 29 elected members representing an equal number of constituent senatorial districts. Each senatorial district is composed of approximately 91,000 people...

 District
is located in Salt Lake County, Utah
Salt Lake County, Utah
Salt Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It had a population of 1,029,655 at the 2010 census. Its county seat and largest city is Salt Lake City, the state capital. It occupies Salt Lake Valley, as well as parts of the surrounding mountains, the Oquirrh Mountains to the west...

 and includes Utah House Districts 23, 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, 33 and 35. The current State Senator representing the 2nd district is Ben McAdams
Ben McAdams
Ben McAdams is an American politician and attorney from Utah. A Democrat, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 2nd senate district in Salt Lake County including Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake City and a portion of West Valley....

. McAdams was appointed to the Utah Senate on December 19, 2009 to replace Scott D. McCoy.

Previous Utah State Senators (District 2)

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! Name !! Party !! Term
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| Scott D. McCoy >
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| Paula Julander 
Democrat >-
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| Alicia Suazo
Alicia Suazo
Alicia Suazo was a member of the Utah State Senate from 2001 to 2002.Suazo was born in Tooele, Utah. She received a bachelors degree from the University of Utah and worked as a teacher in the Salt Lake City school district...

 
Democrat >-
| Pete Suazo
Pete Suazo
Pete Suazo was the first Hispanic Utah State Senator.Suazo was born and raised in Salt Lake City. He graduated from the University of Utah. Suazo was first elected to the Utah State House of Representatives in 1992 and to the Utah State Senate in 1996. After his death his widow Alicia Suazo...

 
Democrat >-
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| Wilford Rex Black 
Democrat >-
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| Richard V. Evans 
Democrat >-
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| Reed Bullen
Reed Bullen
Reed Bullen was a Utah broadcaster, politician and a local leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....

 
Republican >-
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| Vern B. Muir 
Republican >-
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| Hyrum Gibbons 
Republican >-
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| James A. McMurrin 
Democrat >-
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| William H. Griffin 
Republican >-
| Clarence L. Funk 
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| Joseph E. Quinney 
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| James W. Funk 
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| Herschel Bullen
Herschel Bullen
Herschel Bullen was a businessman, politician and leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Logan, Utah....

 
Republican >-
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| Alonzo G. Barber 
Democrat >-
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| Joseph Howell
Joseph Howell
Joseph Howell was a U.S. Representative from Utah.Born in Brigham City, Utah Territory, Howell moved with his parents to Wellsville, Utah, in 1863....

 
Republican >-
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| Joseph Monson 
Democrat >-
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| Warrun Noble 
Democrat 1896

Recent Election Results

In December of 2009, Scott McCoy resigned from his position because he "simply cannot find the necessary time to be a successful attorney and give the time and energy to fully represent the residents of my district." This resulted in the appointment of Ben McAdams to represent the district. In 2010, Ben McAdams was elected to a four year term.

See also

  • Ben McAdams
    Ben McAdams
    Ben McAdams is an American politician and attorney from Utah. A Democrat, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 2nd senate district in Salt Lake County including Salt Lake City, South Salt Lake City and a portion of West Valley....

  • Scott D. McCoy
  • Utah Democratic Party
    Utah Democratic Party
    The Utah State Democratic Party works to elect Democrats to office in the state of Utah. The Utah Democratic Party, like other national, state, and county parties, maintains a party platform that lists general principles or issues of importance to members of the Utah Democratic Party and maintains...

  • Utah Republican Party
    Utah Republican Party
    The Utah State Republican Party works to nominate and support the election of Republican candidates in partisan races for public office in the state of Utah...

  • Utah Senate

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