Dana Layton
Dana L. Layton is a former Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing District 60 from 2013 to 2015.
Campaign themes
2014
Layton's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
Education
- Excerpt: "Choices about how to best educate our kids must begin with parents, community councils and with local school boards who are directly accountable to those parents."
Business, Jobs & the Economy
- Excerpt: "The best thing I can do as your representative is get government out of the way and let businesses create jobs."
Federal Encroachment/Maintaining State Sovereignty
- Excerpt: "It is essential that the Utah Legislature fight back, and I have done so. As the State has become more addicted to federal dollars, we have become more vulnerable to federal encroachment and interference, and that trend must be reversed. It will be a long battle fought on many fronts, but the votes I have cast and will continue to cast will be to restore the sovereignty we have lost."
Protection of Personal Freedoms and Privacy
- Excerpt: "Whether it be warrantless searches or our schools interrogating our kids about guns in our homes or other private issues, government at all levels must be reminded that the 4th Amendment means what it says, and that the government must have a very good reason to pry into our lives. The rights of all to due process must be paramount."
Criminal Justice System Reform
- Excerpt: "Whether a criminal is in jail or not should be determined by the rule of law and the safety of the community – not whether the jail happens to have room or not. Likewise, justice delayed is justice denied, for victims, the guilty, and yes, the innocent. And ALL of us must have confidence that we will not have our rights trampled by a system that is intended to protect those rights."
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Layton served on the following committees:
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| • Business and Labor |
| • Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice |
Elections
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. Archie Williams, III was unopposed in the Democratic convention. Incumbent Dana Layton was defeated by Bradley Daw in the Republican primary. Daw defeated Williams in the general election.[2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Bradley Daw |
85.2% | 5,553 | |
| Democratic | Archie A. Williams, III | 14.8% | 968 | |
| Total Votes | 6,521 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Bradley Daw |
54% | 1,584 |
| Dana Layton Incumbent | 46% | 1,347 |
| Total Votes | 2,931 | |
2012
Layton won election in the 2012 election for Utah House of Representatives District 60. She and incumbent Bradley Daw defeated Jacob A.J. Siebach in the Republican convention. Layton subsequently defeated Daw in the June 26 Republican primary and defeated Emmanuel Kepas (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[4][5][6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Dana Layton |
83.9% | 10,801 | |
| Democratic | Emmanuel Kepas | 16.1% | 2,075 | |
| Total Votes | 12,876 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Dana Layton |
54.9% | 2,528 |
| Bradley Daw Incumbent | 45.1% | 2,073 |
| Total Votes | 4,601 | |
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2020
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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.[10] Each year the organization releases a Legislative Index for Utah State Representatives and Senators.
2013
Dana Layton received an index rating of 55%.
Recent news
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See also
- Utah State Legislature
- Utah House of Representatives
- Utah House of Representatives Committees
- Utah Joint Committees
- Utah House of Representatives District 60
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Campaign contributions: 2012
Footnotes
- ↑ danalayton.com, "Issues," accessed June 11, 2014
- ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2014 Candidate Filings," accessed March 22, 2014
- ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "Utah Election Preliminary Results," accessed July 9, 2014
- ↑ Lieutenant Governor's Office, "Utah 2012 candidate filings," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ C-SPAN, "AP Elections Results Utah - Summary Vote Results," accessed June 27, 2012
- ↑ Utah.Gov, "2012 Primary Election Results," accessed July 24, 2012 (dead link)
- ↑ GrassRoots, "2015 Legislative Report," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 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
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Utah House of Representatives District 60 2013-2015 |
Succeeded by Bradley Daw (R) |
