John Valentine (Utah)

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John Valentine
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Utah State Tax Commission
Tenure
Present officeholder
Prior offices
Utah State Senate District 14

Education

Bachelor's

Brigham Young University, 1973

Law

Brigham Young University, 1976

Personal
Profession
Attorney
Contact

John L. Valentine (b. April 26, 1949) is a former Republican member of the Utah State Senate, representing District 14 from 1999 to September 29, 2014. He resigned following his appointment to head of the Utah Tax Commission.[1]

Valentine was appointed to the Utah House of Representatives in 1988. He served in that position until 1999. He served as State House Assistant Majority Whip from 1997 to 1998. He is a former President of the Senate.

Biography

Valentine earned his B.S. in accounting and economics from Brigham Young University in 1973. He went on to receive his J.D. from J. Reuben Clark Law School of Brigham Young University in 1976.

Valentine is a certified mediator for Utah Dispute Resolution and is also a Utah State Bar Examiner. He has worked as an attorney for Howard, Lewis and Petersen from 1976 to the present. Valentine holds all of the following positions: Probates and Estates Instructor for Utah Valley State College, Incident Command Systems Lieutenant for Utah County Sheriff Search and Rescue, Instructor for National Association Search and Rescue, Emergency Medical Technician, Certified Public Accountant for California, Financial Planning Instructor and Adjunct Professor of Law for Brigham Young University.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Valentine served on the following committees:

Utah committee assignments, 2013
Business and Labor
Revenue and Taxation
Rules, Chair

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

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

Issues

Legislation

Valentine issued a call in August 2011 for increased restrictions on the state's fireworks law after receiving complaints from constituents. Under the current law, fireworks can be sold and lit off from June 26 to July 26. Valentine wants to revert back to the original law, which only allows fireworks to be lit off for three days prior to the 4th of July and three days after the 24th of July. He intends to introduce the new bill during the 2012 session.[2]

Elections

2012

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2012

Valentine won re-election in the 2012 election for Utah State Senate District 14. Valentine defeated Craig Frank in the Republican convention and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[3]

2008

See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Valentine won re-election to the 14th District Seat in the Utah State Senate. He ran unopposed.[4]

Valentine raised $209,978 for his campaign. [5]

Utah State Senate, District 14 (2008)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png John Valentine (R) 30,797 100%

Campaign finance summary


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John Valentine campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Utah State Senate, District 14Won $223,126 N/A**
2008Utah State Senate, District 14Won $209,978 N/A**
2004Utah State Senate, District 14Won $73,276 N/A**
2000Utah State Senate, District 14Won $27,651 N/A**
1998Utah House of Representatives, District 58Won $33,107 N/A**
1996Utah House of Representatives, District 58Won $11,100 N/A**
1990Utah House of Representatives, District 58Won $10,139 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2014

In 2014, the 60th Utah State Legislature, second year, was in session from January 27 to March 14.

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 reproductive health issues.
Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills picked by the Sutherland Institute that promote conservative policy.
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2013


2012


2011

The Libertas Institute Index

See also: Libertas Institute Legislative Index (2013)

The Libertas Institute is a libertarian-leaning think tank located in Utah.[6] Each year the organization releases a Legislative Index for Utah State Representatives and Senators.

2010

John Valentine received an index rating of 60%.

2011

John Valentine received an index rating of 42%.

2012

John Valentine received an index rating of 45%.

2013

John Valentine received an index rating of 38%.

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.[7]

2012

John Valentine received a score of 100% in the 2012 score card.[8]

Personal

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Valentine and his wife Karen have six children.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Utah Senate District 14
1999–September 29, 2014
Succeeded by
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