Brian Shiozawa

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Brian Shiozawa
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Utah State Senate District 8
Contact

Personal website

Brian E. Shiozawa is a former Republican member of the Utah State Senate, representing District 8 from January 1, 2013, to December 11, 2017. He resigned in order to serve as the regional director of intergovernmental and external affairs for Region 8 of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.[1]

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Utah committee assignments, 2017
• Health and Human Services
• Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Shiozawa served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Shiozawa served on the following committees:

Campaign themes

2012

Shiozawa's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]

Healthcare

  • Excerpt: "We can significantly lower health care costs through medical liability reforms and still maintain high quality care and fair compensation for injury. We need innovations in health care policy and delivery. For more information about my thoughts regarding healthcare reform, visit my blog. "

Public Education

  • Excerpt: "We need good, responsive programs and curricula to stay competitive and give our children the best start for careers and higher education. We need a good partnership between parents and schools."

Public Safety

  • Excerpt: "We need safe, drug free, harassment free schools. We need drug free and distraction free streets and highways. We should not be fearful to drive, nor live in our homes or walk in our neighborhoods. We need strong support for our police, fire and emergency medical services."

Support for Small Business

  • Excerpt: "These are the core of our economy and our stability: help our employers prosper to keep hiring and retaining their work forces and keep unemployment down. We need fair regulations and lower taxes to keep our business strong."

Honesty and Ethics

  • Excerpt: "Elect hardworking, honest and responsible local and state leaders who will work for their communities. We need clear rules for ethical government leadership."

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

2016

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 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 Brian Shiozawa defeated Ash Anderson in the Utah State Senate District 8 general election.[3]

Utah State Senate, District 8 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Brian Shiozawa Incumbent 57.24% 23,533
     Democratic Ash Anderson 42.76% 17,577
Total Votes 41,110
Source: Utah Secretary of State


Ash Anderson ran unopposed in the Utah State Senate District 8 Democratic primary.[4][5]

Utah State Senate District 8, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Ash Anderson  (unopposed)


Incumbent Brian Shiozawa ran unopposed in the Utah State Senate District 8 Republican primary.[4][5]

Utah State Senate District 8, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Brian Shiozawa Incumbent (unopposed)


2012

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2012

Shiozawa won election in the 2012 election for Utah State Senate District 8. Shiozawa defeated Raymond J. Poole and Jaren Davis in the Republican convention and defeated Josie Valdez (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[6]

Utah State Senate, District 8, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Shiozawa 56.8% 22,156
     Democratic Josie Valdez 43.2% 16,864
Total Votes 39,020

Campaign finance summary

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Brian Shiozawa campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016Utah State Senate, District 8Won $183,665 N/A**
2012Utah State Senate, District 8Won $108,586 N/A**
Grand total$292,251 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2017

In 2017, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 23 through March 9. There was also a special session on September 20.

Legislators are scored based on their votes on economic issues.
Legislators are scored based on the organization's mission of "promoting the principles of limited government, constitution, representative government, participatory republic, free market economy, family, and separation of powers."
Legislators are scored based on their votes in relation to the organization's "mission to defend individual liberty, private property and free enterprise."
Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored based on their votes on tax related legislation.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2016


2015


2014


2013


The Libertas Institute Index

See also: Libertas Institute Legislative Index (2013)

The Libertas Institute is a libertarian-leaning think tank located in Utah.[10] Each year the organization releases a Legislative Index for Utah State Representatives and Senators.

2013

Brian Shiozawa received an index rating of 19%.

See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Moderate Utah GOP Sen. Brian Shiozawa resigns to take federal health post; Dem Kathie Allen says she’ll run for his seat," December 11, 2017
  2. ↑ "voteshiozawa," Official Campaign Website
  3. ↑ Utah Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed November 29, 2016
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Utah.gov, "2016 Candidate Filings," accessed March 23, 2016
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Utah.gov, "2016 Primary Election Results," accessed August 20, 2016
  6. ↑ Utah 2012 candidate filings
  7. ↑ GrassRoots, "2015 Legislative Report," accessed May 30, 2017
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Utah Legislative Ratings, "UTAH HOUSE Scorecard - Compiled 2015 Conservative Liberal Index," May 19, 2015
  9. ↑ GrassRoots, "2015 Legislative Report," accessed May 30, 2017
  10. ↑ Libertas Institute: "Legislator Indexes," accessed January 21, 2014
Political offices
Preceded by
Karen Morgan (D) 		Utah Senate District 8
2013-2017 		Succeeded by
Brian Zehnder (R)


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