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The 24th Utah Senate
Utah State Senate
The Utah State Senate is the upper house of the Utah State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Utah. The Senate is composed of 29 elected members representing an equal number of constituent senatorial districts. Each senatorial district is composed of approximately 91,000 people...

District is located in Juab

Juab County, Utah

Juab County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000 the population was 8,238, and by 2005 had been estimated at 9,113. It was named from an Indian word meaning thirsty valley, or possibly only valley. Its county seat and largest city is Nephi.Juab County is part of the...

, Piute

Piute County, Utah

Piute County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. The population in 2000 was 1,435, and by 2005 had been estimated to decrease to 1,365. It was named for the Paiute tribe of Native Americans. The county seat is Junction and the largest city is Circleville.-Geography:According to the U.S...

, Sanpete

Sanpete County, Utah

Sanpete County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. The population according to the 2010 U.S. Census was 27,822. It was possibly named for a Ute Indian chief named Sanpitch, which was corrupted to Sanpete. Its county seat is Manti and its largest city is Ephraim.-Geography:According to...

, Sevier

Sevier County, Utah

As of the census of 2000, there were 18,842 people, 6,081 households, and 4,907 families residing in the county. The population density was 10 people per square mile . There were 7,016 housing units at an average density of 4 per square mile...

, Tooele

Tooele County, Utah

Tooele County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. As of 2000, the population was 40,735 and by 2005 was estimated at 51,311. Its county seat and largest city is Tooele....

and Wayne

Wayne County, Utah

Wayne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Utah. It was formed from Piute County in 1892. The county gets its name from a man who served as delegate to the constitutional convention, in honor of his son who was dragged to death by a horse. As of 2000 the population was 2,509, and by...

Counties and includes Utah House Districts 1, 21, 67, 68, 69, 70 and 73. The current State Senator representing the 24th district is Ralph Okerlund, a Republican from Monroe who replaced Darin Peterson

Darin G. Peterson

Darin Glen Peterson is an American politician from Utah. A Republican, he was a member of the Utah State Senate from 2006 until 2008, representing the state's 24th senate district in Juab, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier, Tooele, and Wayne Counties including the city of Nephi.Peterson is a graduate of Utah...

. Peterson opted not to pursue re-election in 2008 due to health concerns. Okerlund defeated Tobiah "Toby" Dillon (D) from Tooele City, and Benton L. Peterson (C) from Manti in the 2008 election.

Previous Utah State Senators (District 24)

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| Darin Peterson

Darin G. Peterson

Republican	>- \|- \| Leonard M. Blackham	Republican	>- \|- \| Peter C. Knudson Peter C. Knudson Peter Charles Knudson is an American politician and Orthodontist from Utah. A Republican, he is a member of the Utah State Senate, representing the state's 17th senate district in Box Elder, Cache and Tooele Counties including Brigham City....	Republican	>- \|- \| John P. Holmgren	Republican	>- \|- \| Miles Cap Ferry	Republican	>- \|- \| Ralph A. Preece	Republican	>- \|- \| Samuel J. Taylor	Republican

2008 General Election

2006 General Election

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Previous Utah State Senators (District 24)

2008 General Election

2006 General Election

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