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Derek Kitchen

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Derek Kitchen
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Prior offices
Utah State Senate District 2
Predecessor: Jim Dabakis

Elections and appointments
Last election

June 28, 2022

Contact

Derek Kitchen (Democratic Party) was a member of the Utah State Senate, representing District 2. He assumed office on January 1, 2019. He left office on January 1, 2023.

Kitchen (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Utah State Senate to represent District 9. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 28, 2022.

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

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at: editor@ballotpedia.org.

2021-2022

Kitchen was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Kitchen was assigned to 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

2022

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Utah State Senate District 9

Jennifer Plumb defeated Vance Hansen in the general election for Utah State Senate District 9 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jennifer Plumb
Jennifer Plumb (D)
 
99.4
 
32,817
Vance Hansen (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.6
 
213

Total votes: 33,030
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 9

Jennifer Plumb defeated incumbent Derek Kitchen in the Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 9 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jennifer Plumb
Jennifer Plumb
 
50.4
 
4,383
Image of Derek Kitchen
Derek Kitchen Candidate Connection
 
49.6
 
4,322

Total votes: 8,705
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 9

Jennifer Plumb and incumbent Derek Kitchen advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah State Senate District 9 on April 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jennifer Plumb
Jennifer Plumb (D)
 
59.8
 
70
Image of Derek Kitchen
Derek Kitchen (D) Candidate Connection
 
40.2
 
47

Total votes: 117
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2018

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Utah State Senate District 2

Derek Kitchen defeated Chase Winder in the general election for Utah State Senate District 2 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Derek Kitchen
Derek Kitchen (D)
 
76.7
 
32,930
Chase Winder (R)
 
23.3
 
10,030
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 42,961
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 2

Derek Kitchen defeated Jennifer Plumb in the Democratic primary for Utah State Senate District 2 on June 26, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Derek Kitchen
Derek Kitchen
 
52.6
 
5,493
Image of Jennifer Plumb
Jennifer Plumb
 
47.4
 
4,943

Total votes: 10,436
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

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

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Senator Derek Lloyd Kitchen has represented Salt Lake City in the Utah Senate since 2018, is the only queer person elected to Utah’s state government, and is the only millennial in the Utah Senate. Senator Kitchen serves on Judiciary & Criminal Justice, Education, and Workforce Services subcommittees.

In 2018, Kitchen announced his bid for Utah State Senate. On November 6, 2018, Kitchen won the 2018 election for Utah Senate District 2 and was elected to serve in the 2019-20 Utah Senate Minority Leadership as Senate Caucus Manager.

Before being elected to his role in the Senate, Senator Kitchen was a member of the Salt Lake City Council representing District 4 where he concurrently served as the Chair of the Salt Lake City Redevelopment Authority.

  • Representation matters. Senator Kitchen is the only millennial in the Senate and the only member of the LGBTQ+ community in the entire Utah legislature.
  • Holding power accountable. Utah has a republican supermajority in both the State House & State Senate. Senator Kitchen is a leader that defends the people that live in Utah’s largest city. Fight for balance/transparency. Fight for the people who live and work in Salt Lake City
  • Senator Kitchen knows what it's like to work in a restaurant. He knows what it's like to have student debt. He knows what it's like to try rent in slc. He doesn't give up on people, and when he sees an injustice he stands up and says something even if it won’t make him popular.
Housing is the number one issue that Senator Kitchen has worked on. He is also focused on environmental issues relating to air-quality and water conservation, including saving the Great Salt Lake. And finally, Senator Kitchen believes in transparency and accountability in government. He is a leader in the democratic minority party and is not afraid to stand up to corruption and challenge the status quo.

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2022

In 2022, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 18 to March 4.

Legislators are scored on their stances on conservative fiscal policy.
Legislators are scored based on the organization's mission of "promoting the principles of limited government, constitution, representative government, participatory republic, free market economy, family, and separation of powers."
Legislators are scored based on their votes in relation to the organization's "mission to defend individual liberty, private property and free enterprise."
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to arts and the humanities.
Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to education.
Legislators are scored based on their votes on tax related legislation.


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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Jim Dabakis (D)
Utah State Senate District 2
2019-2023
Succeeded by
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