Charlie Tautuaa

Charlie Tautuaa (Republican Party) is running for election to the Utah House of Representatives to represent District 52. He is running in the Republican convention on April 18, 2026.

Biography

Charlie Tautuaa served in the U.S. Army. His career experience includes working in law enforcement, in the medical field as a caregiver, and as a business owner.^[1]

Elections

2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 23, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 52

Nicole Melling (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 52 on June 23, 2026.

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Republican primary

Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 52

Charlie Tautuaa (R) is running in the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 52 on June 23, 2026.

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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 52

Nicole Melling (D) is running in the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 52 on April 2, 2026.

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 52

Incumbent Cory Maloy (R) and Charlie Tautuaa (R) are running in the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 52 on April 18, 2026.

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2024

General election

General election for Governor of Utah

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Utah on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Spencer Cox (R)	52.7	781,431
		Brian King (D)	28.4	420,514
		Phil Lyman (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	13.5	200,551
		J. Robert Latham (L)	2.8	41,164
	Submit photo	Tommy Williams (Independent American Party)	1.9	27,480
		Tom Tomeny (Unaffiliated)	0.4	5,792
	Submit photo	Charlie Tautuaa (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.0	525
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	4,464

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,481,921
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Richard Lyman (Unaffiliated)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Utah

Incumbent Spencer Cox defeated Phil Lyman in the Republican primary for Governor of Utah on June 25, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Spencer Cox	54.4	232,164
	Phil Lyman	45.6	194,639

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 426,803
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Independent American Party primary election

The Independent American Party primary election was canceled. Tommy Williams advanced from the Independent American Party primary for Governor of Utah.

Libertarian primary election

The Libertarian primary election was canceled. J. Robert Latham advanced from the Libertarian primary for Governor of Utah.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Governor of Utah

Brian King advanced from the Democratic convention for Governor of Utah on April 27, 2024.

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✔		Brian King (D)

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Republican convention

Republican Convention for Governor of Utah

Select round:

The following candidates advanced in the ranked-choice voting election: Phil Lyman in round 2 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2 Source 3	Total votes: 3,759
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Independent American Party convention

Independent American Party convention for Governor of Utah

Tommy Williams advanced from the Independent American Party convention for Governor of Utah on April 27, 2024.

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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Governor of Utah

J. Robert Latham advanced from the Libertarian convention for Governor of Utah on April 20, 2024.

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✔		J. Robert Latham (L)

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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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Campaign website

Tautuaa’s campaign website stated the following:

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Career Politician

What I would do differently?

Mandatory Retirement: Any employee of the state who holds public office (elected to by the people) at the time they reach their age of retirement; that individual WILL be required to find a successor and retire from office within three months from reaching retirement age.

Term Limits Required: Any public office that is elected too by the people (other than the Sheriff's Department and or Constables), may not serve more than two consecutive terms within eight years. Officials who seek re-election to public office and have served two consecutive terms; must be absent from public service for two terms before they are eligible for re-election. This will allow the community to be more involved in seeking candidates for upcoming elections, and for the public official to step down and observe the impact of their decisions while holding office.

D.E.I.

What I would do differently?

Diversity, Equity Inclusion is an ideology and or belief that one is set up to be treated differently by employers and or superiors. While workplace bullying and or hazing is unacceptable, it will be left up to owners and or business chief operators to cultivate a workplace environment that caters to the needs of their business mission and vision.

While the State will recognize diversity within its ranks, it WILL NOT show favoritism or privileged treatment. It will, however; ensure that workplace equal opportunity laws are well observed and held to a standard. The laws WILL NOT bend the requirements for public sectors to cater to their employees. Employees are expected to add to the success of the business and be compensated for their labors performed. Individuals are not to require businesses to cater to individual beliefs, ideologies, and or preferences if it is against company policy, company culture, and or management expectations. As Utah is an AT WILL employment state, if an employee feels that their employment does not meet their standards; that individual is protected by law to seek employment elsewhere where employment is much fitting to personal preference.

Election Integrity

What I would do differently?

Signature Collection (SB 54): Private companies shall not be hired to collect signatures for a candidate. The candidate must know the collector in a personal or professional setting to ensure accountability. All signature collectors and signatures collected must be foremost registered citizens of the United States, and secondly citizens of the state of Utah (Drivers License Required). This will ensure that noncitizens may not vote for a candidate in the general election. To protect the privacy of each signer, their signature must be accompanied by their Drivers License information and their Social Security number, to verify against the DMV database and to prevent fictitious data.
Ballot Counters: A team of 7 individuals voted for by the people of a county, to oversee the counting, and will act as ballot jury and or delegates. These individuals will be selected the year before the election as the designated COUNTY ballot Custodians. This team must include; the Sherriff or his/her appointee, a registered republican voter, a registered democratic voter, a county employee, a practicing attorney, and two others.

Ballot Certification: The dateline for mail-in ballots will be 2 weeks from the announcement of the result. This will provide an ample amount of time to certify the count at least twice by each county and report to the lieutenant governor's office for declaration.

In-person Voting: Those voting in person, will be required to provide their social security number and driver's license at the electronic booth as a form of verification to vote. If the booth does not recognize your driver's license number and social security number as valid after running it against government databases, it will not allow you to vote and you will have to talk to a state representative regarding why it will not recognize you as a citizen of the United States and a resident of the state of Utah.
Voters Day: The first and second day of the month of election (Primaries & General), will be dubbed VOTERS DAY. While it will not be deemed a State holiday; it will be declared the days of voting. Citizens who are registered to vote and are unable to vote due to busy schedules or employment may choose one of the two days to observe as a holiday and utilize that day to vote in person. That individual will then be given a unique identifier ticket, to verify to employers or educators that the individual acted upon his/her civic duty, to vote and therefore be pardoned from absences.

Housing Crisis

What I would do differently?

Mortgage Loan Interest - Mortgage loan payments plague our state at a rate that many may find difficult to keep up with. Understanding that the economy affects the cost of living and services; the law will require financial institutions within our state to provide mortgage loans, and that monthly mortgage payment remains the same throughout the lifetime of the loan. The balance and or worth of the loan may fluctuate with the changing economy, to increase or decrease the balance, but the fixed monthly payment will allow the debtor to keep up with timely payments without the risk of losing their homes.
Homeless Individuals - The state will invoke a statewide ban on the encouragement of panhandling. Individuals in need may only be given information on where to seek help. A state homeless community will be established to house the homeless with all resources available to get them out of the situation they are in. Whether the cause of homelessness is the loss of a job, drug use, or family domestic dispute; the homeless community coordinator will have the resources and individuals to guide the homeless out of the situation they are in.
Residential Property Ownership - No commercial entity nor out-of-state entity or individual, may own residential property in the state of Utah. All residential properties must be registered to a Utah resident.
Home Owner Association - In regards to Residential Property Ownership, any H.O.A companies managing residential properties in Utah; must be owned and operated by a Utah Resident (this is not the Registered Agent, the owner must be a Utah Resident). All H.O.A. fees will act as a security deposit and must be returned to the tenant at the end of each fiscal year if not used. All H.O.A. companies must provide monthly, an itemized list to each tenant, of how the fees were used for their community benefit.
Property Tax - Similar to mortgage loan requirements of restricted fluctuation, residential property tax may only increase by a decimal percentage (based on the population of that city) every 10 years. A growing city, may not impose a tax increase if the city has increased at a minimum of 10% in its population within those 10 years. This property tax also applies to taxes imposed by school districts.

LGBTQ+

To many; a politician's views and standing on this issue, is a deal breaker to winning their votes.

Religiously
While claims can be made that deity frowns upon the scriptural referred "un-natural" behavior; God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And while He passed judgment on Sodom and Gomorrah, He has not passed His judgment on those in this community, and neither should we. We can do well to not act or think in such a way, even to the extent of influencing our immediate friends and family to refrain from acts that are contrary to our PERSONAL & RELIGIOUS beliefs in regards to LGBTQ; but neither government nor religion or any powers under heaven, has granted us any authority to suppress or remove the right, the faith or freedom of another human being.
Politically
The responsibilities of the Government are not to favor one party or another, but to ensure the freedom of all citizens to exist without fear, without repression, and surrender. It is not the duty of the Government nor its Governor and officers to fight nor make it easy for selected groups to fight their spiritual wars, that is the duties and responsibilities of families and religions. The role of the government in spiritual welfare is to make sure that the laws, rights, and freedom of all persons; do not get violated.
What I would do differently?
1. All government facilities and staff, when acting in their capacity as a public official; shall refrain from the act, from the implication, the teaching off, and from judgments that denote the favoring of one party or belief over another. This includes but is not limited to religious practice, sexuality, sexual identity, party affiliations, and the expression of pride that is not that of state and country. 2. Many of the attacks on this community, are due to the act of a few parties within. The Trans & Furry & Pronoun communities and those strongly focused on the Identities of an individual. These communities ought to be a separate party from the current LGBTQ+

Taxes

What I would do differently?
Taxes imposed on minors - Minors employed in the workforce are not required to pay income tax. Any employer who imposes taxes on a minor will be found in violation of child labor laws. Any employer who employs more than 5 minors with intent to evade tax obligations; WILL be found in violation of child labor laws.
Taxes on Social Security Benefits - Individuals who have reached retirement age per state laws, shall be exempt from taxes on their Social Security benefits.
Golden Age Tax - Senior Citizens who have reached the age of 85, whether retired or not; shall be exempt from property and income tax obligations in Utah.
School District Tax - School District's authority to impose tax for the benefit of the "school system", shall be reduced or revoked entirely. Funding needed by the school districts shall be taken from the municipalities within the district and or residents with children attending public schools imposed upon them at the registration of the student. Families and Individuals who do not have children attending public schools, who are home-schooling, and who are attending schools not funded by the government, shall not be required to pay tax to the school district.^[2]

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—Charlie Tautuaa’s campaign website (2024)^[3]

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Footnotes

↑ Tautuaa 4 Utah, "About," accessed October 18, 2024
↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
↑ Charlie Tautuaa’s campaign website, “Home,” accessed October 18, 2024

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Current members of the Utah House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Mike Schultz

Majority Leader:Casey Snider

Minority Leader:Angela Romero

Representatives

District 1

Thomas Peterson (R)

District 2

Mike Petersen (R)

District 3

Jason Thompson (R)

District 4

Tiara Auxier (R)

District 5

Casey Snider (R)

District 6

Vacant

District 7

Ryan Wilcox (R)

District 8

Jason Kyle (R)

District 9

Jake Sawyer (R)

District 10

Jill Koford (R)

District 11

Katy Hall (R)

District 12

Mike Schultz (R)

District 13

Karen Peterson (R)

District 14

Karianne Lisonbee (R)

District 15

Ariel Defay (R)

District 16

Trevor Lee (R)

District 17

Stewart Barlow (R)

District 18

Paul Cutler (R)

District 19

Raymond Ward (R)

District 20

Melissa Ballard (R)

District 21

Sandra Hollins (D)

District 22

Jen Dailey-Provost (D)

District 23

Hoang Nguyen (D)

District 24

Grant Miller (D)

District 25

Angela Romero (D)

District 26

Matt MacPherson (R)

District 27

Anthony Loubet (R)

District 28

Nicholeen Peck (R)

District 29

Bridger Bolinder (R)

District 30

Jake Fitisemanu (D)

District 31

Verona Mauga (D)

District 32

Sahara Hayes (D)

District 33

Doug Owens (D)

District 34

Carol Moss (D)

District 35

Rosalba Dominguez (D)

District 36

Jim Dunnigan (R)

District 37

Ashlee Matthews (D)

District 38

Cheryl Acton (R)

District 39

Ken Ivory (R)

District 40

Andrew Stoddard (D)

District 41

John Arthur (D)

District 42

Clint Okerlund (R)

District 43

Steven Eliason (R)

District 44

Jordan Teuscher (R)

District 45

Tracy Miller (R)

District 46

Cal Roberts (R)

District 47

Mark Strong (R)

District 48

Doug Fiefia (R)

District 49

Candice Pierucci (R)

District 50

Stephanie Gricius (R)

District 51

Leah Hansen (R)

District 52

Cory Maloy (R)

District 53

Kay Christofferson (R)

District 54

Kristen Chevrier (R)

District 55

Jon Hawkins (R)

District 56

Val Peterson (R)

District 57

Nelson Abbott (R)

District 58

David Shallenberger (R)

District 59

Mike Kohler (R)

District 60

Vacant

District 61

Lisa Shepherd (R)

District 62

Norman Thurston (R)

District 63

Stephen Whyte (R)

District 64

Jefferson Burton (R)

District 65

Doug Welton (R)

District 66

Troy Shelley (R)

District 67

Christine Watkins (R)

District 68

Scott Chew (R)

District 69

Logan Monson (R)

District 70

Carl Albrecht (R)

District 71

Rex Shipp (R)

District 72

Joseph Elison (R)

District 73

Colin Jack (R)

District 74

Neil Walter (R)

District 75

Walt Brooks (R)

Republican Party (59)

Democratic Party (14)

Vacancies (2)

[1] Tautuaa 4 Utah, "About," accessed October 18, 2024

[quotedisclaimer-2] Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

[3] Charlie Tautuaa’s campaign website, “Home,” accessed October 18, 2024

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Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
Phil Lyman	67.5	2,495	832	Advanced (2)
Spencer Cox	32.5	1,199	114	2
Carson Jorgensen	0.0	0	-970	1
Scott Robbins	0.0	0	-21	1
Sylvia Miera Fisk	0.0	0	-20	1

Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
Phil Lyman	44.2	1,663	0	Advanced (2)
Spencer Cox	28.9	1,085	0	2
Carson Jorgensen	25.8	970	0	1
Scott Robbins	0.6	21	0	1
Sylvia Miera Fisk	0.5	20	0	1

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Charlie Tautuaa

Biography

Elections

2026

General election

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 52

Republican primary

Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 52

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 52

Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 52

Endorsements

2024

General election

General election for Governor of Utah

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Utah

Independent American Party primary election

Libertarian primary election

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Governor of Utah

Republican convention

Republican Convention for Governor of Utah

Independent American Party convention

Independent American Party convention for Governor of Utah

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for Governor of Utah

Endorsements

Campaign themes

2026

Ballotpedia survey responses

2024

Campaign website

Campaign finance summary

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