Carol Moss
2023 - Present
2027
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Carol Moss (Democratic Party) is a member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing District 34. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027.
Moss (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Utah House of Representatives to represent District 34. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Moss completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Carol Moss earned her educational administration certification from the University of Utah. She also received her B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Utah. Her career experience includes working as a high school teacher.[1] Moss has also served on the boards of YouthLinc, the Inclusion Center, SpyHop, Prevent Child Abuse Utah, Salt Lake County Commission on Youth, and Children of Ethiopia Education Fund. She is also a member of the Women's Democratic Club of Utah and the Utah Marriage Commission.[2]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Moss was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Moss was assigned to the following committees:
- Administrative Rules Review Committee
- House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- House Education Committee
2019-2020
Moss was assigned to the following committees:
- House Education Committee
- House Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
- Administrative Rules 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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• Economic Development and Workforce Services |
• Education |
• Rules |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Moss served on the following committees:
Utah committee assignments, 2015 |
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• Education |
• Rules |
• Transportation |
• Administrative Rules Review |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Moss served on the following committees:
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• Education |
• Retirement and Independent Entities |
• Transportation |
• Administrative Rules Review |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Moss served on the following committees:
Utah committee assignments, 2011 |
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• Administrative Rules Review |
• Education |
• Transportation |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Moss served on the following committees:
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• Education |
• Ethics |
• Revenue and Taxation |
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
2024
See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Utah House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Carol Moss defeated Karl Jurek and Dennis Roach in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 34 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Carol Moss (D) ![]() | 63.0 | 13,125 |
![]() | Karl Jurek (R) ![]() | 34.5 | 7,202 | |
![]() | Dennis Roach (United Utah Party) ![]() | 2.5 | 519 |
Total votes: 20,846 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Carol Moss advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 34.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Karl Jurek advanced from the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 34.
United Utah Party primary election
The United Utah Party primary election was canceled. Dennis Roach advanced from the United Utah Party primary for Utah House of Representatives District 34.
Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Carol Moss advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34 on March 30, 2024.
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34
Karl Jurek advanced from the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34 on April 13, 2024.
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✔ | ![]() | Karl Jurek (R) ![]() |
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United Utah Party convention
United Utah Party convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34
Dennis Roach advanced from the United Utah Party convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34 on March 23, 2024.
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✔ | ![]() | Dennis Roach (United Utah Party) ![]() |
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Utah House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Carol Moss defeated John Mcphie in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 34 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Carol Moss (D) | 67.1 | 11,473 |
John Mcphie (R) | 32.9 | 5,620 |
Total votes: 17,093 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Carol Moss advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 34.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. John Mcphie advanced from the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 34.
Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34
Incumbent Carol Moss defeated Jonathan Paz in the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34 on April 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Carol Moss (D) | 98.0 | 49 |
Jonathan Paz (D) | 2.0 | 1 |
Total votes: 50 | ||||
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34
John Mcphie advanced from the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 34 on April 9, 2022.
Candidate | ||
✔ | John Mcphie (R) |
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2020
See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Utah House of Representatives District 37
Incumbent Carol Moss defeated Maryann Christensen in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 37 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Carol Moss (D) ![]() | 61.1 | 13,037 |
![]() | Maryann Christensen (R) ![]() | 38.9 | 8,288 |
Total votes: 21,325 | ||||
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Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 37
Incumbent Carol Moss defeated Noman Khan in the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 37 on April 25, 2020.
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✔ | ![]() | Carol Moss (D) ![]() |
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 37
Maryann Christensen defeated John McPhie in the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 37 on April 25, 2020.
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✔ | ![]() | Maryann Christensen (R) ![]() |
John McPhie (R) |
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Endorsements
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2018
General election
General election for Utah House of Representatives District 37
Incumbent Carol Moss defeated David Sundwall in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 37 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Carol Moss (D) | 62.8 | 11,467 |
David Sundwall (R) | 37.2 | 6,786 |
Total votes: 18,253 | ||||
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2016
Elections for the Utah House of Representatives 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 Carol Moss defeated Kris Kimball in the Utah House of Representatives District 37 general election.[3]
Utah House of Representatives, District 37 General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
59.68% | 10,637 | |
Republican | Kris Kimball | 40.32% | 7,186 | |
Total Votes | 17,823 | |||
Source: Utah Secretary of State |
Incumbent Carol Moss ran unopposed in the Utah House of Representatives District 37 Democratic primary.[4][5]
Utah House of Representatives District 37, Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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Kris Kimball ran unopposed in the Utah House of Representatives District 37 Republican primary.[4][5]
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2014
Elections for the Utah House of Representatives 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 Carol Moss was unopposed in the Democratic convention. Ron Hilton was unopposed in the Republican convention. Moss defeated Hilton in the general election. Wallace McCormick was running as an Independent American candidate, but was removed from the ballot before the election.[6]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Democratic | ![]() |
60.3% | 6,791 | |
Republican | Ron Hilton | 39.7% | 4,470 | |
Total Votes | 11,261 |
2012
Moss won re-election in the 2012 election for Utah House of Representatives District 37. Moss was unopposed in the June 26 Democratic primary and defeated Anne-Marie Lampropoulos (R) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7]
2010
On November 2, 2010, Moss won re-election to the Utah House of Representatives, District 37.[8]
Utah House of Representatives, District 37 General Election (2010) | ||||
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6,947 | |||
Margrethe Peterson (R) | 4,438 |
2008
On November 4, 2008, Moss won re-election to the Utah House of Representatives, District 37 defeating opponent Linda Cooper (R).
Moss raised $37,238 for her campaign while Cooper raised $12,410.[9]
Utah State House of Representatives, District 37 (2008) | ||||
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9,467 | |||
Linda Cooper (R) | 5,543 |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Carol Moss completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Moss' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|I have a B.A. and M.A. in English from the University of Utah and a certification in Educational Administration.
I taught English at Olympus High School in Holladay for 33 years. My years at Olympus were wonderful years where I taught English, mostly Honors and AP, and was the student body officer advisor. I taught between 6000-7000 students who were great young people. Their parents were involved and engaged in their children’s education, the key to helping kids succeed.
When several legislators asked me to run for the legislature, I decided that I could continue my commitment to public education by being an advocate for students and teachers as a legislator. Being a teacher for so many years was great preparation for politics. I learned how to communicate with many different personalities and create relationships with students, parents, and administrators. Success in politics is all about relationships and I am good at that.
I call teaching “the gift that goes on giving” as I see my former students every day—they are my neighbors, my friends. I see them at church, at the store, in leadership positions in our community and state. More than anything, I see them being great parents and supporters of public schools.- My commitment to K-12 and higher education has been key to my legislative work. I have gotten funding for public and higher education, for class size reductions, and a teacher mentoring program. Among the many bills I have passed are bullying and hazing prevention, inclusion of instruction in Health classes on preventing sexual violence and assault, and funding for the International Baccalaureate program, for academically advanced students.
- The opioid overdose crisis a critical issue in 2013 when I learned two of my former students had died from an overdose. Their friends abandoned them, afraid they would be charged with possession of illegal drugs. In 2014 I passed the first Naloxone rescue bill, that made Naloxone (Narcan), available by prescription to friends or families of addicts. I also passed a Good Samaritan bill that allowed people to call for help and not be arrested. In subsequent years. I passed three more Naloxone bills so police could carry the drug and local health departments could distribute it. Now, almost a decade later, anyone can get Naloxone free from public libraries or Utah Naloxone. These laws have saved thousands of lives.
- I care deeply about environmental protection. I want future generations to have clean air and water, to be able to breathe without air polluted from vehicle emissions or dust from gravel pits, toxic dust from the Great Salt Lake drying up. The younger generation cares deeply about climate change and the resulting dangers that I have referenced above. We need to move toward more renewable forms of energy—geothermal, wind and solar farms, and others.
As a teacher of literature for over half of my life, I would recommend some of the literary classics I taught like “Crime and Punishment, “ “The Brothers Karamazov,” “Anna Karenina,” “Heart of Darkness,” “Things Fall Apart,” “Hamlet,” “Julius Caesar,” “Frederick Douglas, Narrative of a Slave,” “Huckleberry Finn,” “James,” by Percival Everett, “Their Eyes Were Watching God, “The Canterbury Tales,” “Fifth Business.”
I have served on many others, all of which have been interesting and helped me understand our state government better. A few of them are Revenue and Tax, Transportation, Higher Ed Appropriations, Executive Offices and Criminal Justice.
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2022
Carol Moss did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Carol Moss completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Moss' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|- As a former teacher of 33 years, I support education, because it is the pathway to success, improving our children's lives today, and creating business leaders, skilled employees, and informed citizens for tomrrow.
- I have long been a champion of improving our air quality. I know we have to do more: hold industry accountable, stop serial polluters, expand affordable mass transit, and encourage clean energy.
- I have been a leader in addressing the epidemic of overdose deaths from opioid-based painkillers and heroin. My efforts have saved hundreds of lives and helped individuals get treatment for the chronic, recurring brain disease of addiction.
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2014
Moss' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[10]
Education
- Excerpt: "Investing in Utah’s schools enriches our children’s lives today and creates business leaders, skilled employees, and informed citizens for tomorrow. Carol has a successful history of passing important education legislation. She consistently advocates for more public education funding that goes directly to the classroom."
Clean Air
- Excerpt: "To give our children a bright future, we need to find real solutions to Utah’s air quality problem. Carol understands clean air is not just important for our health but better for our economy as well. She is committed to expanding mass transit options, strict enforcement of clean air standards, and promoting anti-idling education and policies."
Quality of Life
- Excerpt: "Carol cares deeply about Utahns’ quality of life. As a member of the bipartisan Clean Air Caucus, she co-sponsored clean air legislation. To address the drug overdose epidemic, she passed a “Good Samaritan Law,” and a “Naloxone Rescue Law.” She has also passed legislation to prepare for the growing healthcare needs for seniors."
Public education
In 2011, Moss was one of a coalition of Democratic legislators working on legislation regarding Utah's public school system. Speaking about the legislation, she said, "We are the minority but I think we represent the majority in this regard in the public."[11]
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2024
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In 2024, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 16 to March 1.
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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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2012
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In 2012, the 59th Utah State Legislature, second year, was in session from January 23 to March 8.
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2011
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In 2011, the 59th Utah State Legislature, first year, was in session from January 24 to March 10.
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The Libertas Institute Index
The Libertas Institute is a libertarian-leaning think tank located in Utah.[15] Each year the organization releases a Legislative Index for Utah State Representatives and Senators.
2010
Carol Moss received an index rating of 14%.
2011
Carol Moss received an index rating of 13%.
2012
Carol Moss received an index rating of 24%.
2013
Carol Moss received an index rating of 14%.
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.[16]
2012
Carol Moss received a score of 31 percent in the 2012 scorecard.[17]
Personal
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Moss and her husband, Robert, have seven children.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Utah House of Representatives District 34 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ Utah House of Representatives, "Carol Moss," accessed March 7, 2023
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 21, 2020
- ↑ Utah Secretary of State, "2016 General Election," accessed November 29, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Utah.gov, "2016 Candidate Filings," accessed March 23, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Utah.gov, "2016 Primary Election Results," accessed August 20, 2016
- ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2014 Candidate Filings," accessed March 22, 2014
- ↑ Lieutenant Governor's Office, "Utah 2012 candidate filings," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Utah Election Results, "Utah House of Representatives election results," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 Utah Election Fundraising, Candidates," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Carol Moss for House, "Issues," accessed October 3, 2014
- ↑ Deseretnews.com, "Democrat leaders put forth plan for public education," September 14, 2011
- ↑ GrassRoots, "2015 Legislative Report," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 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
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Preceded by Karen Kwan (D) |
Utah House of Representatives District 34 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by - |
Utah House of Representatives District 37 2001-2023 |
Succeeded by Ashlee Matthews (D) |