Evan Vickers
2013 - Present
2027
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Evan Vickers (Republican Party) is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing District 28. He assumed office on January 1, 2013. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Vickers (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Utah State Senate to represent District 28. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Vickers began serving as state Senate majority leader in 2019.
Vickers served in the Utah House of Representatives, representing District 72 from 2009 to 2013 and as a member of the Cedar City Council from 1987 to 1999.
Biography
Vickers earned his B.S. in Pharmacy from the University of Utah in 1977. His professional experience includes working as a Pharmacy Manager for Albertson's Incorporated from 1985 to 1996 and President/Owner of Bulloch's Drug Store since 1996.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Vickers was assigned to the following committees:
- Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
- Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
2021-2022
Vickers was assigned to the following committees:
- Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee
- Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- Legislative Management Committee
2019-2020
Vickers was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Health and Human Services Committee
- Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee
- Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Utah committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Health and Human Services |
| • Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment |
| • Rules |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Vickers served on the following committees:
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| • Health and Human Services, Chair |
| • Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Vickers served on the following committees:
| Utah committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Health and Human Services, Chair |
| • Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Vickers served on the following committees:
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| • Government Operations |
| • Health and Human Services, Vice chair |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Vickers served on the following committees:
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| • Health and Human Services |
Sponsored legislation
The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.
Elections
2022
See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Utah State Senate District 28
Incumbent Evan Vickers defeated Barry Evan Short and Patricia Bradford in the general election for Utah State Senate District 28 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Evan Vickers (R) | 80.9 | 30,147 |
 | Barry Evan Short (L) | 10.1 | 3,766 | |
 | Patricia Bradford (United Utah Party)  | 9.0 | 3,354 | |
| Total votes: 37,267 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 28
Incumbent Evan Vickers defeated Patrick Larson in the Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 28 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Evan Vickers | 70.2 | 13,507 |
 | Patrick Larson | 29.8 | 5,724 | |
| Total votes: 19,231 | |||
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Libertarian primary election
The Libertarian primary election was canceled. Barry Evan Short advanced from the Libertarian primary for Utah State Senate District 28.
United Utah Party primary election
The United Utah Party primary election was canceled. Patricia Bradford advanced from the United Utah Party primary for Utah State Senate District 28.
Republican convention
Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 28
Incumbent Evan Vickers and Patrick Larson defeated Russell Sias in the Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 28 on April 23, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Evan Vickers (R) | 57.3 | 71 |
| ✔ | | Patrick Larson (R) | 42.7 | 53 |
| Russell Sias (R) | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Total votes: 124 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Utah State Senate District 28
Barry Evan Short advanced from the Libertarian convention for Utah State Senate District 28 on April 9, 2022.
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| ✔ | | Barry Evan Short (L) |
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United Utah Party convention
United Utah Party convention for Utah State Senate District 28
Patricia Bradford advanced from the United Utah Party convention for Utah State Senate District 28 on April 23, 2022.
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| ✔ | | Patricia Bradford (United Utah Party) |
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Note: The Republican convention advanced to two rounds of voting. In each round, candidates were eliminated or withdrew. After each round, delegates voted again until a winner was declared. The Republican convention results above show only the vote totals from the final round of voting.[1]
2018
- See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Utah State Senate District 28
Incumbent Evan Vickers defeated Mark Chambers in the general election for Utah State Senate District 28 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Evan Vickers (R) | 79.1 | 28,236 |
| Mark Chambers (D) | 20.9 | 7,442 | |
| Total votes: 35,678 | |||
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2014
- See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Utah State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 20, 2014. Incumbent Evan Vickers defeated Casey Anderson in the Republican primary. Vickers was unopposed in the general election.[2][3]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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 Evan J. Vickers Incumbent |
67% | 5,390 |
| Casey O. Anderson | 33% | 2,656 |
| Total Votes | 8,046 | |
2012
- See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2012
Vickers won election in the 2012 election for Utah State Senate District 28. Vickers defeated incumbent Casey Anderson in the June 26 Republican primary and defeated Geoffrey Chesnut (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[4][5]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Evan Vickers |
82.6% | 28,073 | |
| Democratic | Geoffrey Chesnut | 17.4% | 5,894 | |
| Total Votes | 33,967 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Evan J. Vickers |
63.7% | 6,549 |
| Casey O. Anderson Incumbent | 36.3% | 3,730 |
| Total Votes | 10,279 | |
2010
On November 2, 2010, Vickers won re-election to the Utah House of Representatives, District 72.[6]
| Utah House of Representatives, District 72 General Election (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Evan J. Vickers (R)
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7,356 | |||
| Barry Short (L) | 1,450 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Vickers won election to the Utah House of Representatives, District 72 defeating opponents Lawrence Daniel (D) and Ryan Bundy (C).[7]
Vickers raised $13,901 for his campaign while Daniel raised $0 and Bundy raised $0.[8]
| Utah State House of Representatives, District 72 (2008) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Evan Vickers (R)
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10,238 | |||
| Lawrence Daniel (D) | 2,140 | |||
| Ryan Bundy (C) | 1,309 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2014
Vickers' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[9]
Fighting for Local Control
- Excerpt: "I have, and always will, opposed any federally created standard or curriculum being thrust upon our children in any manner, especially in the classroom. I will not stand for the federal government attempting to take away the authority that is constitutionally vested in our duly elected local and state school boards. "
Effective Leadership
- Excerpt: "In the six years I have been in the legislature I have sponsored 71 bills. But it’s not just about sponsoring legislation it’s about passing it! I have passed 89% of the bills I have sponsored on important issues like public lands, water, wildland fire, small business, workers compensation insurance, tax issues, election law, insurance and County Sheriff issues."
Economic Vitality and Lower Taxes
- Excerpt: "The only way we can solve the long term funding issues in our state is to grow the economic activity and increase jobs. More taxes will never be the answer."
Energy Issues
- Excerpt: "I am a firm believer that those who use the lands as a resource are the best stewards; whether it be the ranchers and farmers, the sportsmen, the energy producers, etc. These people appreciate the fact that they can’t just use up the resource and throw it away. They have to preserve the lands in order to use it over and over again for our benefit."
Involving You in the Process
- Excerpt: "As your legislator, I have made it my top priority to be open and accessible to you. My constituents and our area are the only special interests I have, and I am committed to earning your continued trust through hard work, honesty and transparency."
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2023
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In 2023, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 17 to March 3.
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2022
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In 2022, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 18 to March 4.
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2021
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In 2021, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 19 to March 5.
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2020
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In 2020, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 27 to March 12.
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2019
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In 2019, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 28 through March 14.
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2018
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In 2018, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 22 through March 8.
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2017
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In 2017, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 23 through March 9. There was also a special session on September 20.
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2016
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In 2016, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 25 through March 10.
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2015
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In 2015, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 26 through March 12.
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2014
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In 2014, the 60th Utah State Legislature, second year, was in session from January 27 to March 14.
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2013
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In 2013, the 60th Utah State Legislature, first year, was in session from January 28 to March 14.
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The Libertas Institute Index
The Libertas Institute is a libertarian-leaning think tank located in Utah.[13] Each year the organization releases a Legislative Index for Utah State Representatives and Senators.
2010
Evan Vickers received an index rating of 63%.
2011
Evan Vickers received an index rating of 50%.
2012
Evan Vickers received an index rating of 53%.
2013
Evan Vickers received an index rating of 29%.
The Sutherland Institute Scorecard
The Sutherland Institute, "a conservative public policy think tank" in Utah, releases its Scorecard for Utah State Representatives and Senators once a year. The Score Card gives each legislator a score based on how they voted in the prior legislative term on specific issues which the Sutherland Institute thought were pro-conservative policies.[14]
2012
Evan Vickers received a score of 92 percent in the 2012 scorecard.[15]
Noteworthy events
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Vickers announced on September 23, 2021, that he tested positive for COVID-19. He said he was fully vaccinated at the time he contracted the virus.[16]
See also
2022 Elections
External links
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Candidate Utah State Senate District 28 |
Officeholder Utah State Senate District 28 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Utah Republican Party, "2022 Nominating Convention, April 23, 2022, Convention Results," accessed July 17, 2023
- ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2014 Candidate Filings," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Utah Election Preliminary Results," accessed July 9, 2014
- ↑ Utah 2012 candidate filings
- ↑ Utah.Gov, "2012 Primary Election Results," accessed July 24, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ Utah House of Representatives election results
- ↑ 2008 Election Results, Utah House of Representatives
- ↑ 2008 Utah Election Fundraising, Candidates
- ↑ evanvickers.com, "Issues," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ GrassRoots, "2015 Legislative Report," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Utah Legislative Ratings, "UTAH HOUSE Scorecard - Compiled 2015 Conservative Liberal Index," May 19, 2015
- ↑ GrassRoots, "2015 Legislative Report," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ Libertas Institute: "Legislator Indexes," accessed January 21, 2014
- ↑ Sutherland Institute, "2012 Legislative Session," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Sutherland Institute, "2012 Sutherland Institute Legislative Scorecard," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ KSL, "Sen. Vickers recovering from breakthrough COVID infection with complications that left him hospitalized," September 27, 2021
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Utah State Senate District 28 2013-Present |
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| Preceded by - |
Utah House of Representatives District 72 2009-2013 |
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| Preceded by - |
Cedar City Council 1987-1999 |
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