Dallas Joseph Guymon

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Dallas Joseph Guymon

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Southern Utah University, 2020

Personal

Birthplace

Salt Lake City, Utah

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Dallas Joseph Guymon (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Utah House of Representatives to represent District 71. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Guymon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Dallas Joseph Guymon was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. Guymon earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Utah University in 2020.

Elections

2022

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 71

Incumbent Rex Shipp defeated Dallas Joseph Guymon and Piper Manesse in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 71 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rex Shipp (R)	76.6	7,444
		Dallas Joseph Guymon (D)	16.5	1,606
		Piper Manesse (United Utah Party)	6.9	667

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,717
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Dallas Joseph Guymon advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 71.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Rex Shipp advanced from the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 71.

United Utah Party primary election

The United Utah Party primary election was canceled. Piper Manesse advanced from the United Utah Party primary for Utah House of Representatives District 71.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 71

Dallas Joseph Guymon advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 71 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Dallas Joseph Guymon (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 71

Incumbent Rex Shipp advanced from the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 71 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Rex Shipp (R)

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United Utah Party convention

United Utah Party convention for Utah House of Representatives District 71

Piper Manesse advanced from the United Utah Party convention for Utah House of Representatives District 71 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Piper Manesse (United Utah Party)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Dallas Joseph Guymon completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Guymon's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Dallas Joseph Guymon, and you can define me in three words: student, husband, citizen.

I am a student. Both in the classroom and in life. I enrolled at Southern Utah University in 2018 and I was able to complete my undergraduate in psychology in 2020. I am still currently enrolled, and I am now working on my graduate degree. I love SUU. I have had the wonderful opportunity to meet amazing mentors, professors, and friends. Because I am a student, I understand the needs of students, and this is one reason why I am compelled to run.

I am a husband. I met my wife here in Cedar City, UT. I have a strong devotion towards her, and I want to ensure that Utah will continue to be a great place for her and our future family.

I am a citizen. I am a proud Utahn and American. I love my country and my state. I want to serve and ensure that our country and state becomes an even more perfect union.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• People over politics.
• I support a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits.
• Everyone deserves their rights protected.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

-Congressional Term Limits. Career politicians have become too commonplace. Our leaders gain power and never let it up. This is contrary to the spirit of our democracy. I believe it is time that we place congressional term limits on both a federal and state level. I promise to support and advocate for a United States Constitutional amendment and for an amendment to our state government's constitution that will place term limits on our congressional representatives.

-Affordable and Attainable Housing. I will work with local governments to rework zoning laws to be more favorable towards residential housing. Additionally, I am favor of subsidies, or government loans to low-income families that are seeking to purchase homes. I also support legislation that would prioritize selling homes and housing properties to families first before allowing major corporations or developers. Home ownership is the only real tenable way for families to develop generational wealth. I support any policy that will ensure that people have access to property.

-Education. Utah is ranked near the national bottom for money spent per student. We need to invest more into our student’s education and futures. This will only be accomplished if we increase funding, but also clean up some of the unnecessary bureaucracy in schools. Less administrators more teachers. Along these lines, I would encourage supporting and providing raises for exceptional teachers to keep them in the classroom.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Water conservation.

Affordable and attainable housing.

Women's reproductive rights.

What process do you favor for redistricting?

Independent commission.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

Democracy requires compromise and tolerance. I will work to ensure that the government works for everyone.

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March 8 submission

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

My name is Dallas Joseph Guymon, and you can define me in three words: student, husband, citizen.

I am a student. Both in the classroom and in life. I enrolled at Southern Utah University in 2018 and I was able to complete my undergraduate in psychology in 2020. I am still currently enrolled, and I am now working on my graduate degree. I love SUU. I have had the wonderful opportunity to meet amazing mentors, professors, and friends. Because I am a student, I understand the needs of students, and this is one reason why I am compelled to run.

I am a husband. I met my wife here in Cedar City, UT. I have a strong devotion towards her, and I want to ensure that Utah will continue to be a great place for her and our future family.

I am a citizen. I am a proud Utahn and American. I love my country and my state. I want to serve and ensure that our country and state becomes an even more perfect union.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• People over politics
• Local issues require local solutions
• Let's bring Southern Utah solutions to Salt Lake. Not Salt Lake problems to Southern Utah.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

I am passionate about the economy, education, water conservation, civil rights, and health care.

The economy impacts everyone. I want to work to ensure that we increase jobs, attainable housing, and increase wages. Let's build a thriving economy that everyone can participate and benefit in.

Education is our future. I want our children to receive the best education possible. I want our taxpayer dollars to be used wisely and ensure that more of that money is reaching the classroom and helping our students. I also want teachers to have better pay, better benefits, and an increase in autonomy in the classroom. Parents should be actively involved in the education of their children. Utah should become a leading state in educational policy.

Water, water, water. Water is becoming scarce and water conservation is becoming more paramount. We need to invest more into our natural water supplies. We need to continue to build more water treatment plants. We also need to renegotiate water rights and ensure that we have the most amount of water for the public good.

Civil rights for all Utahns. More people are moving to our great state, and thus, Utah is becoming more diverse. We need to ensure that all rights of all Utahns are protected no matter their ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or religion.

Health care needs to be attainable. We continue to push for more affordable prescription, insulin and transparency within our hospitals.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

I believe we should enact term limits on all public offices.

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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

Matt Gwynn (R)

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

Gay Lynn Bennion (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

Tyler Clancy (R)

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)

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