Equality Utah s 2018 Voter Guide was developed to help voters better understand where candidates running for office stand on LGBTQ issues here in Utah. The scores in this guide were generated from data collected through a digital survey. The survey consisted of twelve total questions, 7 of which were directly related to our policy priorities. Candidates were only graded on the questions that relate to our policy work and received either zero points, one point or a half point where appropriate. (You can see a list of survey questions on the next page). The survey was sent to all of the candidates running for the following offices: U.S. House U.S. Senate Utah State House Utah State Senate Utah State Board of Education Salt Lake County District Attorney The 2018 Voter Guide is a project of the Equality Utah Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization. This guide is intended for educational purposes only. Appearing in this guide does not constitute an endorsement from the Equality Utah PAC, a 527 organization.
Equality Utah s 2018 Voter Guide was developed to help voters better understand where candidates running for office stand on LGBTQ issues here in Utah. Survey Questions The following questions were answered on a 1-5 scale from very unlikely to very likely: 1. It s currently legal in Utah to deny service to an LGBTQ person in a place that provides service to the general public. Some examples include: restaurants, hotels, health care establishments, retail spaces. If approached with this legislation, or an opportunity to affect change on this legislation/policy. How likely are you to champion the passage of legislation that would extend public accommodations protections for sexual orientation and gender identity? 2. Transgender people are often denied benefits by their insurance companies for mental health or transitional related care such as hormones. If approached with this legislation, or an opportunity to affect change on this legislation/policy. How likely are you to champion the passage of legislation that will extend health insurance benefits to transgender employees and/or their family members? 3. Conversion therapy is the effort to change someone s sexual orientation from gay to straight. If approached with this legislation, or an opportunity to affect change on this legislation/policy. How likely are you to champion the passage of legislation that would prohibit conversion therapy for minors? 4. How likely are you to support LGBTQ specific trainings within your local law enforcement and other government agencies? 5. Over the past twenty years, Utah s hate crimes law has yet to convict a single offender. If approached with this legislation, or an opportunity to affect change on this legislation/policy. How likely are you to support our efforts to strengthen our existing laws by including categories of race, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation and gender identity? 6. If approached with this legislation, or an opportunity to affect change on this legislation/policy. How likely are you to champion policy initiatives that would require government facilities to have single-occupancy gender neutral restrooms? 7. Do you agree with the following statement? I support a Transgender Utahn s right to access restrooms that match their gender identity.
US HOUSE Adam Davis US House 1 davisforutah@gmail.com Lee Castillo US House 1 info@utahisforeverybody.com SCORE: 97% Shireen Ghorbani US House 2 shireen@shireen2018.com James Courage Singer US House 3 campaign@jamessinger.org
US SENATE Jenny Wilson ali@wilsonforsenate.com Craig Bowden admin@bowden4senate.com SCORE: 64% Caleb Reeve calebdreeve@gmail.com SCORE: 54% SL COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY Sim Gill Salt Lake County District Attorney campaign@votesim.com
Joshua Hardy Utah State House 1 jgh191@yahoo.com SCORE: 93% Marilyn Mecham Utah State House 3 marilyn@hot-shot.com SCORE: 86% Dan Johnson Utah State House 4 danjohnsonhouse4@gmail.com SCORE: 82% Josh Brundage Utah State House 4 joshbrundage4utah@gmail.com
Deana Froerer Utah State House 8 deana@froerer4house.com SCORE: 96% Kathie Darby Utah State House 9 kjdarby@hotmail.com Cheryl Nunn Utah State House 16 cheryl.nunn@gmail.com Dawn Nunn Utah State House 17 dawnasuenunn@gmail.com
Adam Alba Utah State House 18 Adam.alba@gmail.com SCORE: 96% Joe Speciale Utah State House 19 jmspeciale@gmail.com SCORE: 71% Amber Christiansen Beltran Utah State House 22 amberbeltran22@gmail.com SCORE: 75% Sandra Hollins Utah State House 23 shollins@le.utah.gov
Jen Dailey-Provost Utah State House 24 jdailey1725@gmail.com Scott Rosenbush Utah State House 24 scott@rosenbush4utah.org SCORE: 82% Joel Briscoe Utah State House 25 joelfor25@gmail.com Angela Romero Utah State House 26 angela.romero37@gmail.com
Brian King Utah State House 28 brian@briansking.com SCORE: 93% Kerry Wayne Utah State House 29 kerry.wayne@comcast.net SCORE: 96% Mike Winder Utah State House 30 mike@mikewinder.com SCORE: 93% Robert Burch Utah State House 30 robert@burchforutah.com
Arnold Jones Utah State House 32 electarnoldjones@gmail.com SCORE: 86% Karen Kwan Utah State House 34 kkwan@le.utah.gov Mark Wheatley Utah State House 35 markwheatley@le.utah.gov Patrice Arent Utah State House 36
Carol Spackman Moss Utah State House 37 Carolspackmoss@gmail.com David N Sundwall Utah State House 37 david.sundwall@utah.edu SCORE: 61% Edgar Harwood Utah State House 38 edgar@harwoodforhouse.com Stephen Peck Utah State House 39 stephenlpeck@yahoo.com
Stephanie Pitcher Utah State House 40 stephanie@electstephanie.com Wendy Garvin Utah State House 41 wgarvin@wendamus.com Amy L Martz Utah State House 42 amylmartz@gmail.com SCORE: 96% Diane Lewis Utah State House 43 votedianelewis@gmail.com SCORE: 96%
Shawn Curtis Utah State House 43 amaduli@gmail.com SCORE: 57% Andrew Stoddard Utah State House 44 Marie Poulson Utah State House 46 marie.poulson@gmail.com Lee Anne Walker Utah State House 46 LAWalkerslc@gmail.com SCORE: 82%
Anthony Sudweeks Utah State House 49 anthony.sudweeks@gmail.com SCORE: 82% Michele Weeks Utah State House 51 mweeksutah@gmail.com Dan McClellan Utah State House 52 dan.mcclellan@gmail.com SCORE: 96% Meaghan Miller Utah State House 54 meaghan@votemiller54.com SCORE: 89%
Christina Higgins Utah State House 55 christinasquirehiggins@gmail.com Lynn Zaritsky Utah State House 58 lynnzaritsky58@gmail.com SCORE: 96% Eric Chase Utah State House 61 vote.eric.chase@gmail.com Matt Styles Utah State House 61 mstyleshk@gmail.com
Merle Travis Wall Utah State House 68 Merlewall4utah@gmail.com Tim Glenn Utah State House 69 timothy.aaron.glenn@gmail.com SCORE: 82% Robert Greenberg Utah State House 70 bobgmoab@gmail.com SCORE: 96% Chuck Goode Utah State House 71 chuckgoode@gmail.com SCORE: 86%
Daniel Holloway Utah State House 74 holloway4utah74@gmail.com SCORE: 43% UTAH STATE SENATE Derek Kitchen Utah State Senate 2 derek.kitchen@gmail.com Chase Winder Utah State Senate 2 winder4senate@gmail.com SCORE: 71% Gene Davis Utah State Senate 3 gdavis@le.utah.gov
UTAH STATE SENATE Alan Monsen Utah State Senate 4 alan@alanmonsen.com SCORE: 78% Jani Iwamoto Utah State Senate 4 Iwamoto.jani@gmail.com Karen Mayne Utah State Senate 5 karenmayne@gmail.com Kathleen Riebe Utah State Senate 8 mskriebe@gmail.com
UTAH STATE SENATE Alexander Castagno Utah State Senate 9 Votecastagno@gmail.com Christian Burridge Utah State Senate 11 christian.burridge@gmail.com Abrian B. Velarde Utah State Senate 12 abrian4senate@gmail.com Clare Collard Utah State Senate 12 electclarecollard@gmail.com SCORE: 93%
UTAH STATE SENATE Daniel Thatcher Utah State Senate 12 Danielwthatcher@gmail.com SCORE: 83% Mike Keil Utah State Senate 17 mike4utahsenate@gmail.com Kevin L Bryan Utah State Senate 18 info_servo@yahoo.com SCORE: 64% Jake Pernod Utah State Senate 21 Jpenrod@jake4utsenate.com SCORE: 71%
UTAH STATE SENATE Cathy Callow-Heusser Utah State Senate 26 ccallowheusser@gmail.com SCORE: 86% Mark Chambers Utah State Senate 28 mark@undertheeaves.com UTAH STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION Craig K. Pitts Utah State Board of Education 2 craigpitts@reagan.com SCORE: 89% Thomas E Nedreberg Utah State Board of Education 3 thomas.nedreberg@gmail.com
SALT LAKE COUNTY COUNCIL Arlyn Bradshaw Salt Lake County Council 1 arbradshaw@gmail.com Lisa Gehrke Salt Lake County Council 3 lisa@votegehrke.com Ann Granato Salt Lake County Council 4 anngra70@gmail.com Jim Bradley Salt Lake County Council At-Large ejamesbradley@comcast.net