Jay Seegmiller (born May 29, 1958) is an American politician from

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. He has served as a member of the

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and was the Democratic Party's nominee for

Utah's 2nd congressional district Utah's 2nd congressional district currently serves Salt Lake City and the largely rural western and southern portions of Utah, including Saint George and Tooele. The current U.S. House Representative is Republican Chris Stewart. A map of curr ...

in the

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Early life, education and career

Seegmiller was born in

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. He graduated from South High School and attended the

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. His 2nd great-grandfather William Henry Seegmiller was Mayor of

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and served in the

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as Speaker of the House. Seegmiller married his wife Michelle in 1978 and has four children and four grandchildren. He is a member of

the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...

. Seegmiller worked for the

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from 1976 to 1987 as a brakeman, conductor, and yardmaster. In August 1987 Seegmiller went to work for

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as a conductor.

Utah State Legislature

In 2008 Seegmiller ran against and defeated Utah Speaker of the House

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; no sitting speaker had been defeated in Utah in 40 years. Seegmiller was elected to the Utah State Legislature in 2008 and served from 2009 to 2011. During that time he served on the Transportation and the Workforce Services and Community and Economic Development Standing Committees, the Public Utilities & Natural Resource Interim Committee, and the Transportation, Environmental Quality, and National Guard Appropriations Committee.

Congressional campaign

Seegmiller was one of three Democratic candidates for

in the 2012 election. He defeated Dean Collinwood and Mike Small outright at the convention, proceeding to the general election without a primary. The 2nd district was held by Democratic Congressman

Jim Matheson James David Matheson (born March 21, 1960) is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Utah from 2001 to 2015. He represented Utah's 2nd district from 2001 to 2013 and its from 2013 to 2015 as a member of the Dem ...

, who opted to run in the newly created 4th congressional district, and is now held by Chris Stewart, who defeated Seegmiller.

References

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