Douglas Sagers

Douglas V. Sagers^[1] is an American politician and a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 21^[2] since January 1, 2011.

Early Life and Education

Representative Sagers received his degree from Brigham Young University. Sagers is a health care executive and served as mayor of the city of Tooele from 1974 to 1981.^[3]

Political career

Sagers was first elected on November 2, 2010.^[4]

During the 2016 Legislative Session, he served on the Infrastructure and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee, and the House Revenue and Taxation Committee.^[5]

2016 Sponsored Legislation

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Sagers passed one of the three bills he introduced, giving him a 33.3% passage rate. He also floor sponsored SCR008 Concurrent Resolution Approving the Test and Training Range Land Exchange.

Elections

• 2014 Sagers won the General election against Democratic nominee Rick Pollock with 4,395 votes (64.9%).^[7]
• 2012 Sagers was challenged in the June 26, 2012 Republican Primary, winning with 970 votes (53.9%)^[7] and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 6,795 votes (59.9%) against Democratic nominee David Swan and Constitution candidate William Bodine,^[8] who had run for the seat in 2002.
• 2010 To challenge District 21 incumbent Democratic Representative James Gowans, Sagers was unopposed for the May 8, 2010 Republican convention^[9] and won the three-way November 2, 2010 General election with 4,732 votes (52.3%) against Representative Gowans and Constitution candidate Jonathan Garrard,^[10] who had run for the seat in 2006 and 2008.

References

• All bill references:

External links

• Official page at the Utah State Legislature
• Campaign site
• Profile at Project Vote Smart
• Douglas Sagers at Ballotpedia
• Douglas Sagers at the National Institute on Money in State Politics