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Wayne Niederhauser
Wayne L. Niederhauser is a former Republican member of the Utah State Senate, representing District 9. He was first appointed to the chamber on July 19, 2006. Niederhauser served as state Senate president. Niederhauser did not file to run for re-election in 2018.[1]
Niederhauser previously served as Majority Whip.
Biography
Niederhauser earned his B.S. in accounting from Utah State University, and shortly thereafter he earned his M.S.
Niederhauser has worked as an adjunct professor at Westminister College and as a real estate developer. He is a certified accountant.
Committee assignments
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Utah committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Economic Development and Workforce Services |
| • Education |
| • Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Niederhauser served on the following committees:
| Utah committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Education |
| • Revenue and Taxation |
| • Legislative Management, Chair |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Niederhauser served on the following committees:
| Utah committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Education |
| • Government Operations and Political Subdivisions |
| • Legislative Management, Chair |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Niederhauser served on the following committees:
| Utah committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Education |
| • Legislative Management |
| • Revenue and Taxation |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Niederhauser served on the following committees:
| Utah committee assignments, 2009 |
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| • Business and Labor |
| • Revenue and Taxation |
Sponsored legislation
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.
Issues
Medicaid expansion
Niederhauser told the 2013 Sutherland Institute Legislative Policy Conference that he agreed with Utah House Speaker Rebecca Lockhart's comments on Medicaid expansion at the conference. Lockhart called for the federal government to give Utah its Medicaid funds as a block grant, which she said would enable Utah to carry out the federally required expansion of Medicaid at the present funding level.[2]
Presidential preference
2016 presidential endorsement
✓ Niederhauser endorsed Carly Fiorina for the Republican primary in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.[3]
- See also: Endorsements for Carly Fiorina
Elections
2018
- See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2018
Wayne Niederhauser did not file to run for re-election.
2014
- See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Utah State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on June 24, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 20, 2014. Kathryn Gustafson was unopposed in the Democratic convention. Incumbent Wayne Niederhauser was unopposed in the Republican convention. Niederhauser defeated Gustafson in the general election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican |  Wayne Niederhauser Incumbent |
61.4% | 15,822 | |
| Democratic | Kathryn C. Gustafson | 38.6% | 9,943 | |
| Total Votes | 25,765 | |||
2010
- See also: Utah State Senate elections, 2010
Niederhauser was re-elected to the 9th District seat in 2010. He defeated Tyler Ayres for the seat on the Democratic ticket in the general election on November 2, 2010.[5][6]
| Utah State Senate, District 9, General Election 2010 | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Wayne Niederhauser (R)
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17,243 | |||
| Tyler Ayres (D) | 8,398 | |||
2006
On November 7, 2006, Niederhauser was elected to the 9th District Seat in the Utah State Senate, defeating opponent Trisha Beck (D).[7]
Niederhauser raised $253,640 for his campaign while Beck raised $48,410.[8]
| Utah State Senate, District 9 (2006) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Wayne Niederhauser (R)
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11,749 | |||
| Trisha Beck (D) | 10,696 | |||
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2018
In 2018, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 22 through March 8.
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2017
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In 2017, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 23 through March 9. There was also a special session on September 20.
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2016
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In 2016, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 25 through March 10.
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2015
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In 2015, the Utah State Legislature was in session from January 26 through March 12.
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2014
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In 2014, the 60th Utah State Legislature, second year, was in session from January 27 to March 14.
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2013
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In 2013, the 60th Utah State Legislature, first year, was in session from January 28 to March 14.
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2012
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In 2012, the 59th Utah State Legislature, second year, was in session from January 23 to March 8.
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2011
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In 2011, the 59th Utah State Legislature, first year, was in session from January 24 to March 10.
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The Sutherland Institute Scorecard
The Libertas Institute Index
The Libertas Institute is a libertarian-leaning think tank located in Utah.[12] Each year the organization releases a Legislative Index for Utah State Representatives and Senators.
2010
Wayne Niederhauser received an index rating of 67%.
2011
Wayne Niederhauser received an index rating of 46%.
2012
Wayne Niederhauser received an index rating of 75%.
2013
Wayne Niederhauser received an index rating of 38%.
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.[13]
2012
Wayne Niederhauser received a score of 100% in the 2012 score card.[14]
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Niederhauser was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Utah. All 40 delegates from Utah were bound by state party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[15] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Utah to the Republican National Convention were elected at the Utah state GOP convention in April 2016. All Utah delegates were bound by the results of the state's caucus on the first ballot. If a candidate allocated delegates did not compete at the national convention, then his or her delegates were reallocated and bound to the remaining candidates.
Utah primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Utah, 2016
| Utah Republican Caucus, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Ted Cruz |
69.2% | 122,567 | 40 | |
| John Kasich | 16.8% | 29,773 | 0 | |
| Donald Trump | 14% | 24,864 | 0 | |
| Totals | 177,204 | 40 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Utah had 40 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 12 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's four congressional districts). District delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any district-level delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide caucus vote, he or she received all of the state's district delegates.[16][17]
Of the remaining 28 delegates, 25 served at large. Utah's at-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 15 percent of the statewide caucus vote in order to be eligible to receive any at-large delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she won all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[16][17]
Personal
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Niederhauser has a wife, Melissa.
Recent news
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See also
- Utah State Legislature
- Utah State Senate
- Senate Committees
- Utah Joint Committees
- Utah state legislative districts
External links
- Official campaign website
- Profile from Open States
- Official Utah State Senate website
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Wayne Niederhauser on Facebook
- Wayne Niederhauser on Twitter
- Campaign Contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006
Footnotes
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser decides not to seek re-election," March 14, 2018
- ↑ Dave Buer, Sutherland Daily: News and Views on Utah Public Policy, "2013 Legislature: Lockhart and Niederhauser on Medicaid expansion," January 28, 2013
- ↑ The Salt Lake Tribune, "Carly Fiorina receives slate of Utah endorsements, including Senate president," December 10, 2015
- ↑ Utah Lieutenant Governor, "2014 Candidate Filings," accessed March 21, 2014
- ↑ Utah Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ Utah Secretary of State, "Official 2010 General election results," accessed May 23, 2014
- ↑ District 9 2006 Election Results, Utah State Senate
- ↑ Utah State Senate Spending, District 9
- ↑ GrassRoots, "2015 Legislative Report," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Utah Legislative Ratings, "UTAH HOUSE Scorecard - Compiled 2015 Conservative Liberal Index," May 19, 2015
- ↑ GrassRoots, "2015 Legislative Report," accessed May 30, 2017
- ↑ Libertas Institute: "Legislator Indexes," accessed January 21, 2014
- ↑ Sutherland Institute, "2012 Legislative Session," accessed March 29, 2014
- ↑ Sutherland Institute, "2012 Sutherland Institute Legislative Scorecard," accessed October 1, 2014
- ↑ Utah GOP, "National/Alternate National Delegate & Elector Official Results," accessed May 6, 2016
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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