Utah, State Senate, District 19

Utah State Senate District 19
Current incumbent	Allen Christensen
Population	91,855
Race	89% White, 1% Black, 1% American Indian, 1% Asian, 0% Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, 6% Other, 2% Two or more races
Ethnicity	84% Not Hispanic, 16% Hispanic
Voting age	70% age 18 and over

Utah's nineteenth state senate district is represented by Republican Senator Allen Christensen.

As of the 2010 census, a total of 91,855 civilians reside within Utah's nineteenth state senate district. Utah's state senators represent an average of 95,306 residents. After the 2000 Census, each member represented 77,006 residents.

About the office

Members of the Utah State Senate serve four-year terms and are not subject to term limits. Half of the Senators are up for re-election every two years. Utah legislators assume office the first or second day of session (January).

Qualifications

To be eligible to serve in the Utah State Senate, a candidate must be:

A U.S. citizen at the time of filing
25 years old at the filing deadline time
A three-year resident of Utah at the filing deadline time
A resident for 6 months of the senate district from which elected at the filing deadline time
No person holding any public office of profit or trust under authority of the United States, or of this State, can be a member of the state senate, provided, that appointments in the State Militia, and the offices of notary public, justice of the peace, United States commissioner, and postmaster of the fourth class, shall not, within the meaning of this section, be considered offices of profit or trust.
A qualified voter. A qualified voter is someone who is:

* A U.S. citizen

* A resident of Utah for at least 30 days prior to the next election

* At least 18 years old by the next election

* His or her principal place of residence is in a specific voting precinct in Utah.

Salaries

State legislators
Salary	Per diem
$273/day	Up to $100 plus tax/calendar day for lodging allotment; Up to $42/date meal reimbursement. Tied to in-state lodging and meal reimbursement rates.

Vacancies

If there is a vacancy in the senate, the Governor is responsible for selecting a replacement. A liaison for the political party that last held the seat must recommend a successor to the Governor. The vacancy must be filled immediately. The person who is selected to the vacant seat serves for the remainder of the unfilled term.

If the vacancy happens after the nomination deadline in a election year, a new candidate must file papers in order to be on the ballot. This is only if the vacancy happens after September 1st and the unfilled term is set to expire at the end of the election. Nominating papers must be filed within 21 days after the vacancy happened.

Elections

2020

Elections for the office of Utah State Senate will take place in 2020. The general election will be held on November 3, 2020. A primary is scheduled for June 30, 2020. The filing deadline is March 19, 2020.

2016

Elections for the Utah State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on June 28, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 17, 2016.

Incumbent Allen Christensen defeated Deana Froerer in the Utah State Senate District 19 general election.

Utah State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2016

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Allen Christensen Incumbent	56.17%	20,994
	Democratic	Deana Froerer	43.83%	16,381
Total Votes			37,375
Source: Utah Secretary of State

Deana Froerer ran unopposed in the Utah State Senate District 19 Democratic primary.

Utah State Senate District 19, Democratic Primary, 2016

Party	Candidate
	Democratic	Deana Froerer (unopposed)

Incumbent Allen Christensen ran unopposed in the Utah State Senate District 19 Republican primary.

Utah State Senate District 19, Republican Primary, 2016

Party	Candidate
	Republican	Allen Christensen Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

Elections for the office of Utah State Senate consisted of a primary election on June 26, 2012, and a general election on November 6, 2012. Republican incumbent Allen Christensen defeated Democrat Peter Conover Clemens and Libertarian Courtney White in the general election. Christensen defeated Dan Deuel in the Republican convention. Clemens was unopposed in the Democratic primary election.

Utah State Senate, District 19, General Election, 2012

Party	Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Allen Christensen Incumbent	60.7%	19,941
	Democratic	Peter Conover Clemens	33.8%	11,096
	Libertarian	Courtney White	5.5%	1,798
Total Votes			32,835

Campaign contributions

From 2004 to 2016, candidates for Utah State Senate District 19 raised a total of $492,547. Candidates who raised money in contributions earned $28,973 on average. All figures come from Follow the Money.

Campaign contributions, Utah State Senate District 19

Year	Amount	Candidates	Average
2016	$124,118	2	$62,059
2012	$77,944	4	$19,486
2010	$7,200	1	$7,200
2008	$67,663	2	$33,832
2006	$3,600	1	$3,600
2004	$141,984	5	$28,397
2000	$70,038	2	$35,019
Total	$492,547	17	$28,973