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Susan Pulsipher
Image of Susan Pulsipher
Prior offices
Utah House of Representatives District 50

Utah House of Representatives District 45
Successor: Tracy Miller
Predecessor: Steven Eliason

Education

Bachelor's

Brigham Young University, 1970

Graduate

Brigham Young University

Personal
Birthplace
Idaho
Profession
Homemaker
Contact

Susan Pulsipher (Republican Party) was a member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing District 45. She assumed office on January 1, 2023. She left office on January 1, 2025.

Pulsipher (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Utah House of Representatives to represent District 45. She won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Susan Pulsipher was born in Idaho. Pulsipher earned her B.S. in elementary education from Brigham Young University in 1970 and her M.Ed. in educational leadership with an emphasis in policy from Brigham Young University.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Pulsipher was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Pulsipher was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Pulsipher 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
Judiciary
Political Subdivisions

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 House of Representatives elections, 2024

Susan Pulsipher did not file to run for re-election.

2022

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Susan Pulsipher won election in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 45 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Susan Pulsipher
Susan Pulsipher (R)
 
100.0
 
12,787

Total votes: 12,787
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 45

Incumbent Susan Pulsipher defeated Rich Cunningham in the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 45 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Susan Pulsipher
Susan Pulsipher
 
63.3
 
3,818
Image of Rich Cunningham
Rich Cunningham
 
36.7
 
2,213

Total votes: 6,031
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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 45

Rich Cunningham and incumbent Susan Pulsipher advanced from the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 45 on April 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rich Cunningham
Rich Cunningham (R)
 
54.7
 
41
Image of Susan Pulsipher
Susan Pulsipher (R)
 
45.3
 
34

Total votes: 75
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2020

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 50

Incumbent Susan Pulsipher defeated Emily Hayes in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 50 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Susan Pulsipher
Susan Pulsipher (R) Candidate Connection
 
71.5
 
19,125
Emily Hayes (D) Candidate Connection
 
28.5
 
7,636

Total votes: 26,761
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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 50

Emily Hayes advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 50 on April 25, 2020.

Candidate
Emily Hayes (D) Candidate Connection

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 50

Incumbent Susan Pulsipher defeated Andrea Schulze in the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 50 on April 25, 2020.


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2018

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 50

Incumbent Susan Pulsipher defeated Megan Wiesen in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 50 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Susan Pulsipher
Susan Pulsipher (R)
 
69.6
 
14,312
Megan Wiesen (D)
 
30.4
 
6,264

Total votes: 20,576
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2016

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Utah House of Representatives 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 Rich Cunningham (R) did not seek re-election.

Susan Pulsipher defeated Patty Rich in the Utah House of Representatives District 50 general election.[2]

Utah House of Representatives, District 50 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Susan Pulsipher 75.21% 15,538
     Democratic Patty Rich 24.79% 5,121
Total Votes 20,659
Source: Utah Secretary of State


Patty Rich ran unopposed in the Utah House of Representatives District 50 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Utah House of Representatives District 50, Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Patty Rich  (unopposed)


Susan Pulsipher ran unopposed in the Utah House of Representatives District 50 Republican primary.[3][4]

Utah House of Representatives District 50, Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Susan Pulsipher  (unopposed)


2014

See also: Jordan School District elections (2014)

The November 4, 2014, general election in the Jordan School District featured four seats up for election. In the Precinct 2 race, Matthew G. Young defeated Gary O. Hansen. Incumbent Susan Pulsipher defeated a challenge from Roy Hayward for the Precinct 3 seat. In the Precinct 7 race, Jen Atwood defeated Teresa Atherley.

Results

General
Jordan School District, Precinct 3 General Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Pulsipher Incumbent 70.7% 5,458
     Nonpartisan Roy Hayward 29.3% 2,257
Total Votes 7,715
Source: Salt Lake County Clerk, "Official Election Results 2014 General Election," accessed December 22, 2014
Primary
Jordan School District, Precinct 3 Primary Election, 4-year term, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Pulsipher Incumbent 59.2% 1,161
     Nonpartisan Green check mark transparent.pngRoy Hayward 21.6% 423
     Nonpartisan R. Timothy Ellingson 13.7% 268
     Nonpartisan Charlie Peterson 5.6% 110
Total Votes 1,962
Source: Salt Lake County, "Unofficial Election Results," June 24, 2014. These election results are unofficial. They will be updated once certified election results are available.

Funding

Pulsipher reported $3,630.00 in contributions and $3,077.97 in expenditures to the Salt Lake County Clerk.[5] This total could reflect activity from past years.

Endorsements

Pulsipher did not receive any endorsements during the election.

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Candidate Connection

Susan Pulsipher completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pulsipher's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am Susan Pulsipher and my family has called South Jordan home for nearly 21 years. My husband, David, and I have four daughters. At present we have twenty grandchildren. The future of this great state is important to me as I watch my grandchildren grow. I want to ensure that they have an environment that is safe, an economy that allows them to prosper and opportunities to maximize their potential, My husband owned a small business for 16 years. It has been my privilege to work alongside members of the community as I served on the Jordan School Board and in the House of Representatives. I have listened to constituents at in town hall meetings, attended community events and city council meetings, and shared ideas on door steps. I love the wonderful people in South Jordan, Riverton, and West Jordan. I feel a sense of joy and humility to represent those who I consider to be the best people in the world.

I have proven myself through my hard work bringing many needed changes to our community. I currently serve the community on the following Boards and Committees:

Utah Board of Juvenile Justice (UBJJ) Utah State Opioid Task Force Resilient Utah Advisory Board

Golden Gate Movement Board of Directors - Vice President
  • Strengthen Family Prosperity. • Support budget policies that demonstrate fiscal restraint. • Support less government regulation to allow for economic growth particularly stifling to small business. • I sponsored legislation to reduce barriers for individuals applying for jobs, eliminating their need for state assistance. I co-sponsored legislation to reduce taxes that Senior Citizens pay on their Social Security. As a School Board member I demonstrated fiscal restraint by reducing school construction costs by over 17%.
  • Support a High-Quality Education System. • I support policies that encourage decisions to be made in districts, schools and classrooms. • Empower parents and teachers. • Support classroom teachers with funding and teacher friendly policy. I supported legislation that sent money directly to schools for use by principals and teachers. I sponsored legislation to allow 9th and 10th grade students to earn college credit for concurrent enrollment classes
  • Government works best when the community works together to find solutions to challenges. • It is important to collaborate and compromise on issues without compromising values. • I worked with property owners in South Jordan and City leaders to pass a bill protecting property from eminent domain for those who own century farms (a farm that has been in the same family for 100 years).
I am passionate about education and strengthening families. I worked with representatives of the health departments, education community, juvenile justice system, and other state and federal leaders to combat the e-cigarette/vaping epidemic among our young people. My bill will help schools eliminate vaping in schools, teach students the harmful effects of vaping, reduce the availability of e-cigarettes to youth under 21, and decrease the number of students who begin this addictive behavior by strengthening young people and families. This bill provides funding for schools to create "Positive behavior programs" to encourage positive and pro-social behaviors and helping students make healthy connections.

I passed a resolution to request that app stores create a rating system for apps similar to the rating system for movies. This will strengthen families by giving parents information about the content of apps their children put on their devices.
I have strengthened education by volunteering time to help in the classroom and serving on state and regional accreditation committees.

Most importantly, I am passionate about helping members of my community. One constituent said: "When our property was being threatened I reached out to Representative Pulsipher. She made herself available, listened attentively to my concerns. Even though I am an ordinary citizen she helped me. The fact that she did proves that she is exactly what I'm looking for in an elected official."
The person I most look up to is my father. Keith Dayley was a man full of enthusiasm and he treated all people with respect and kindness. It was only after his death that I found out about the many, many times he paid for people's food at grocery stores and restaurants without anyone knowing about it. I never heard him talk negatively about anyone and he considered everyone he ever me to be a friend. I watched him engage people he just met in conversation by asking them about themselves and their interests. He focused on others rather than himself. His enthusiasm was contagious. People naturally felt good when he was around because of his optimism. I look to him as an example, someone to follow and strive to be like.
I believe an elected official must be a good listener because they are elected to represent those who elected them.
I believe an elected official must be honest and have integrity.

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Campaign finance summary


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Susan Pulsipher campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Utah House of Representatives District 45Won general$76,283 $-63,365
2020Utah House of Representatives District 50Won general$13,749 N/A**
2018Utah House of Representatives District 50Won general$27,457 N/A**
2016Utah House of Representatives, District 50Won $10,397 N/A**
Grand total$127,885 $-63,365
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

In 2024, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 16 to March 1.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Steven Eliason (R)
Utah House of Representatives District 45
2023-2025
Succeeded by
Tracy Miller (R)
Preceded by
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Utah House of Representatives District 50
2017-2023
Succeeded by
Stephanie Gricius (R)


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