| by Bill Tibbitts, Coalition of Religious Communities Director On February 20, 2018, the Utah House of Representatives passed HB 148, sponsored by Representative Tim Quinn, that would have eliminated the state portion of the sales tax on food in Utah. Unfortunately, it did not pass in the Senate. However, 5 of the 29 members of the Utah Senate are not running for reelection and so there is an opportunity to educate the candidates to replace them about the sales tax on food. If you are interested in talking to candidates about this issue here are two things you can share with them: 1)The sales tax on food is weird and unpopular. That is why Only 15 states tax grocery purchases. 2) Food taxes are regressive and hurt low income families. Families in the bottom 20 percent for income spend 30 percent of their income on food. Families in the top 20 percent for income spend less than 10 percent of their income on food. Here is a list of all the candidates for the Utah Senate general or primary election. |  Rep. Tim Quinn explaining his bill eliminating the state portion of the sales tax on food at CORC's Faith & Poverty Day on January 25, 2018. |
| Utah State Senate Candidates Salt Lake County Senate Districts District 2 Democratic Primary candidates: Derek Kitchen, [email protected] Jennifer Plumb, [email protected] Republican candidate: Chase Winder, [email protected] District 3 Democratic Candidate: Gene Davis, [email protected] Republican Primary Candidates MARLIN R. BAER, [email protected] JEREMY D. EGAN, [email protected] District 4 Democratic Candidate, Jani Iwamoto, [email protected] Republican Candidate: Alan Monsen, [email protected] Senate District 5 Democratic Candidate Karen Mayne, [email protected] Republican Candidate: Kimdyl Allen, [email protected] Senate Disrtrict 8(2 year terms) Democratic Candidate: Kathleen Riebe, [email protected] Republican Primary Candidate: Brian Zehnder, [email protected] Jaren L. Davis, [email protected] Senate District 9 Democratic Candidate, Abbey Wright, [email protected] Republican Candidate: Kirk A. Cullimore, Jr., [email protected] Mixed Districts covering Salt Lake and Utah County Senate District 11 Democratic candidate: Christian Burridge, [email protected] Republican Primary Candidates Dan McCay, [email protected] Delaina Tonks, [email protected] Senate District 12 Democratic Candidate, Clare Collard, [email protected] Republican Candidate, Daniel W. Thatcher [email protected] State Senate Candidates from Utah County Senate District 15 Republican Candidate: Keith Grover, [email protected] State Senate Candidates from Davis County Senate District 21 Democratic Candidate: Jake Penrod, [email protected] Republican Candidate: Stuart Adams, [email protected] Senate District 22 Republican Candidate: Stuart Adams, [email protected] State Senate Candidates from Weber County Senate District 17 (not available at time of post) Democratic Candidate: Michael A. Keil, [email protected] Republican Primary Candidates: Clark Davis, [email protected] Scott Sandall, [email protected] Senate District 18 Democratic Candidate: Jason Yu, [email protected] Republican Candidate: Ann Milner, [email protected] Multi-County Candidates Senate District 26 Democratic Primary Candidates: Eileen Gallagher, [email protected] Pat Vaughn, [email protected] Republican Primary Candidates: Brian K. Gorum, [email protected] Jack Rubin, [email protected] Senate District 28 Democratic Candidate: Mark Chambers, [email protected] Republican Candidate: Evan J. Vickers, [email protected] |  |
