Kraig J. Powell (born March 18, 1966, in Tacoma,

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) was an American politician and a

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member of the

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representing District 54 from 2009 to 2016. In October 2016, he was appointed as a judge of the Utah 4th District Court by Utah governor

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Early life and education

Powell was born in

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. He earned his BA in

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from

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, his MA and PhD in

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from the

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, and his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law.. He worked as an intern for the U.S. Senate Labor Committee, a Senior Law Clerk at the Illinois Supreme Court, a briefing Attorney,

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, and a city attorney in

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. He now lives in

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, with his wife Kim and their four children.

Political career and elections

Kraig was first elected on November 4, 2008. * 2008 - When District 54 Republican Representative Gordon E. Snow left the Legislature and left the seat open, Powell was one of two from among three candidates selected by the Republican convention for the June 24, 2008, Republican primary, which Powell won with 2,052 votes (51.6%) and won the three-way November 4, 2008, General election with 9,353 votes (67.4%) against Democratic nominee Neil Anderton and

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candidate Douglas Thompson, who had run for the seat in 2004. *2010 - Powell was unopposed for both the June 22, 2010, Republican primary and the November 2, 2010, General election, winning with 9,540 votes. * 2012 - Powell was unopposed in the primary elections on June 26, 2012, and won the general election on November 6, 2012, with 9,252 votes (59.3%) defeating democratic nominee Chris Robinson. * 2014 - Powell defeated Wylder Smith in the Republican convention and won the general election on November 4, 2014, with 6,262 votes (61.8%) defeating Democratic nominee Glenn J. Wright. During the 2016 legislative session, he served on the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Retirement and Independent Entities Appropriations Subcommittee, House Political Subdivisions Committee, the House Retirement and Independent Entities Committee, and the House Education Committee.

2016 sponsored legislation

Powell also floor sponsored two bills
SB0005S01 Retirement and Independent Entities Base Budget
an

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Kraig Powell
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at the National Institute on Money in State Politics *All information for Representative Powell's bills in 2014 can be found here

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