Fresh faces and prominent exits are the biggest changes for the 2022 Legislature which begins on Tuesday.
. Christiansen’s hasty exit opened the door for Rep. Ken Ivory, R-West Jordan, to return to the seat he vacated in 2018.Even with the new faces, the 2022 Utah Legislature is not much different from last year.
The Utah House and Senate are still overwhelmingly Republican. The GOP still has a supermajority, controlling 58 of 75 seats in the House and 23 of 29 seats in the Senate. They’re predominantly men. Nearly 3/4ths of lawmakers are men. Women hold just 27 of 104 seats. Most of those women are Democrats. There’s just one woman Republican in the Senate and 10 in the House. The number of women grew by one from last year to this year with Rohner replacing Hall.Just seven of the 104 lawmakers are ethnic minorities. There’s one Black lawmaker ; four who are Latinos or part Latino ; and two Asian members . All are Democrats.
They’re overwhelmingly members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Latter-day Saints hold nearly 9 of every 10 seats on Capitol Hill . Most lawmakers come from urban areas. More than 80% of lawmakers live in urban parts, while just 17% hail from rural Utah.
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