Ryan Jensen

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Ryan Jensen

Democratic Party

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Last convention

April 25, 2020

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Salt Lake City, Utah

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Entrepreneur

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Ryan Jensen (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Utah House of Representatives to represent District 47. He lost in the Democratic convention on April 25, 2020.

Jensen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Ryan Jensen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He attended Snow College and Dixie State University. His professional experience includes being an entrepreneur.

Elections

2020

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 47

Incumbent Steve Christiansen defeated Scott Bell in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 47 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Christiansen (R)	57.5	9,285
		Scott Bell (D)	42.5	6,867

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,152
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 47

Incumbent Steve Christiansen defeated Nathan Brown in the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 47 on June 30, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Steve Christiansen	58.1	2,998
	Submit photo	Nathan Brown	41.9	2,164

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,162
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 47

Scott Bell defeated Ryan Jensen in the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 47 on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Scott Bell (D)
		Ryan Jensen (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 47

Incumbent Steve Christiansen and Nathan Brown defeated Stacy Michael Norton in the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 47 on April 25, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Steve Christiansen (R)
✔	Submit photo	Nathan Brown (R)
	Submit photo	Stacy Michael Norton (R)

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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Ryan Jensen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Jensen'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 Ryan Jensen. I have been a healthcare advocate since 2015. I have been Chair of the Salt Lake County and Utah State Democratic Healthcare Caucuses. I am a small business owner and assistant coach at Herriman High School for the Jordan School District. I am Married to Trisha Brenneman and have one son named Riggs.

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?

• Bettering affordibility, accessibilty and outcomes for healthcare
• Affordable Housing
• Infastructure

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Healthcare

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

My father is someone I look up to. He had been a state employee his whole life. He provided for our family even when the deck was stacked against him.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Listening to constiuents, communication with constituents, and hardwork

What qualities do you possess that you believe would make you a successful officeholder?

honesty, integrity, teamwork and ethics

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

Represent those that elected them

What legacy would you like to leave?

Bettering healthcare for everyone

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

I remeber 911 very vividly. I was a junior in High School watching things live in history class.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

I refereed all sports for West Jordan City. I held this position as a young man in my teens for a year.

Every state besides Nebraska has two legislative chambers. What do you consider the most important differences between the legislative chambers in your state?

House is very important to their specific residents and smaller areas as they are elected for 2 years. Senate is very important by representing larger portions of the state and are the upper chamber. They are elected every 4 years.

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

yes

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

Bettering Healthcare for affordibility, accessibility and outcomes, infastructure and growth.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and the state legislature?

Communication, honesty, integrity, etihics and compromsing

Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.

yes, we are much more productiveand efficient when we work together!

If you are not a current legislator, are there certain committees that you would want to be a part of?

Health and Human Services, Business and labor, and social.

If you are a current legislator, what appealed to you about your current committees?

Policy!

If you are not currently a member of your party’s leadership in the legislature, would you be interested in joining the leadership? If so, in what role?

Whatever leadership things would be a good fit for the caucus

Is there a particular legislator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Brian King, Jennifer Dailey Provost, Suzanne Harrison, Andrew Stoddard and Katie Porter.

Are you interested in running for a different political office (for example, the U.S. Congress or governor) in the future?

maybe who knows.

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