# 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 Utah Senate is composed of 29 elected members, each representing one senate district. Each senate district is composed of approximately 95,000 people. 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.
The last elections were held in 2024.

## Composition of the Senate

| Affiliation | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) | Total | |
| Affiliation | Republican | Forward | Democratic | Libertarian | Total | Vacant |
| End of the 59th legislature | 21 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Beginning of the 60th Legislature | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| End 60th | 23 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 0 |
| 61st Legislature | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 62nd Legislature | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 63rd Legislature | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 64th Legislature | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 65th Legislature | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Begin 66th Legislature | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| March 7, 2025 | 22 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 76% | 3% | 21% | | | |

### Leadership, 66th session

| 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

| 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, and other staff to develop what many have called the best legislative website in the nation. In 2014, le.utah.gov won the NCSL Online Democracy Award. The Utah Legislature had previously won this award in 2005.