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David Hinkins
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Utah State Senate District 26
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2029

Years in position

2

Prior offices
Utah State Senate District 27

Compensation

Base salary

$293.55/legislative day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Profession
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David Hinkins (Republican Party) is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing District 26. He assumed office on January 1, 2023. His current term ends on January 1, 2029.

Hinkins (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Utah State Senate to represent District 26. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Hinkins attended Electrical Automation Tech at Utah Technical College at Provo. He is a businessman.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Hinkins was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Hinkins was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Hinkins was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

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

Utah committee assignments, 2017
Government Operations and Political Subdivisions
Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment
Rules

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Hinkins served on the following committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Hinkins served on the following committees:

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 State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Utah State Senate District 26

Incumbent David Hinkins defeated Corbin David Frost and Oran Stainbrook in the general election for Utah State Senate District 26 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Hinkins
David Hinkins (R)
 
69.9
 
37,182
Corbin David Frost (D)
 
24.3
 
12,932
Image of Oran Stainbrook
Oran Stainbrook (Unaffiliated) Candidate Connection
 
5.8
 
3,112

Total votes: 53,226
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Corbin David Frost advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 26.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent David Hinkins advanced from the Republican primary for Utah State Senate District 26.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 26

Corbin David Frost advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 26 on April 27, 2024.


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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 26

Incumbent David Hinkins advanced from the Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 26 on April 27, 2024.

Candidate
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David Hinkins (R)

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Endorsements

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2020

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Utah State Senate District 27

Incumbent David Hinkins won election in the general election for Utah State Senate District 27 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Hinkins
David Hinkins (R)
 
100.0
 
38,205

Total votes: 38,205
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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 27

Incumbent David Hinkins advanced from the Republican convention for Utah State Senate District 27 on April 25, 2020.

Candidate
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David Hinkins (R)

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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 David Hinkins defeated Heidi Redd in the Utah State Senate District 27 general election.[1]

Utah State Senate, District 27 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Hinkins Incumbent 69.26% 26,199
     Democratic Heidi Redd 30.74% 11,626
Total Votes 37,825
Source: Utah Secretary of State


Heidi Redd ran unopposed in the Utah State Senate District 27 Democratic primary.[2][3]

Utah State Senate District 27, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Heidi Redd  (unopposed)


Incumbent David Hinkins ran unopposed in the Utah State Senate District 27 Republican primary.[2][3]

Utah State Senate District 27, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png David Hinkins Incumbent (unopposed)


2012

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2012

Hinkins won re-election in the 2012 election for Utah State Senate District 27. Hinkins defeated Michael Stansfield and Stephen Whyte in the Republican convention and defeated Michael Binyon (D) in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[4]

Utah State Senate, District 27, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Hinkins Incumbent 72.2% 25,111
     Democratic Michael Binyon 27.8% 9,673
Total Votes 34,784

2008

On November 4, 2008, Hinkins won election to the 27th District Seat in the Utah State Senate, defeating opponents Brad King and Michael Martin.[5]

Hinkins raised $171,840 for his campaign, while King raised $67,442 and Martin raised $0. [6]

Utah State Senate, District 27 (2008)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png David Hinkins (R) 17,693 54.40%
Brad King (D) 13,917 42.80%
Michael Martin (C) 915 2.80%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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David Hinkins campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Utah State Senate District 26Won general$97,676 $-115,510
2020Utah State Senate District 27Won general$80,236 N/A**
2016Utah State Senate, District 27Won $101,198 N/A**
2012Utah State Senate, District 27Won $46,711 N/A**
2008Utah State Senate, District 27Won $171,840 N/A**
Grand total$497,661 $-115,510
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Utah

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2011

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.

2010

David Hinkins received an index rating of 69%.

2011

David Hinkins received an index rating of 45%.

2012

David Hinkins received an index rating of 45%.

2013

David Hinkins received an index rating of 47%.

The Sutherland Institute Scorecard

See also: Sutherland Institute Legislative Scorecard (2012)

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.[11]

2012

David Hinkins received a score of 92% in the 2012 score card.[12]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Utah State Senate District 26
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Utah State Senate District 27
2009-2023
Succeeded by
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