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American politician

Rosemary Lesser
Member of the Utah House of Representatives
from the 10th district
In office
January 16, 2021 – January 1, 2025
Preceded byLaWanna Shurtliff
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Ogden, Utah, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (BS)
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (MD)

Rosemary T. Lesser is an American politician and physician from Utah. From 2021 to 2025, she served as a member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 10th district.

Career

Lesser was appointed by Governor Spencer Cox to the Utah House in January 2021 to replace LaWanna Shurtliff, who died in December 2020.

Lesser is a member of the Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee, Retirement and Independent Entities Appropriations Subcommittee, House Health and Human Services Committee, and House Political Subdivisions Committee. She announced that she will sponsor legislation to remove the sales tax on food in the 2022 legislative session. In 2022, Lesser won a first full term 52.26-47.74% against Republican Jill Koford, but lost in a rematch in 2024, 50.98-49.02%, she is the most recent Democrat from outside of Salt Lake County to serve in the state legislature.<ref>[https://www.standard.net/news/government/2024/nov/19/republican-jill-koford-wins-house-district-10-as-weber-county-certifies-election-results/ "Republican Jill Koford wins House District 10 as Weber County certifies election results"

References

  1. ^ Imlay, Ashley (January 16, 2021). "Utah Democrats select retired doctor to fill seat left by late Ogden Rep. Lou Shurtliff". Deseret News. Utah. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  2. "Rep. Rosemary Lesser to push for end to sales tax on groceries," Ogden Standard=Examiner, Nov. 26, 2021

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Members of the Utah House of Representatives
65th State Legislature (2023)
Speaker of the House
Mike Schultz (R)
Majority Leader
Jefferson Moss (R)
Minority Leader
Angela Romero (D)
  1. ▌Thomas Peterson (R)
  2. ▌Mike Petersen (R)
  3. ▌Dan Johnson (R)
  4. ▌Kera Birkeland (R)
  5. ▌Casey Snider (R)
  6. ▌Matthew Gwynn (R)
  7. ▌Ryan Wilcox (R)
  8. ▌Jason Kyle (R)
  9. ▌Cal Musselman (R)
  10. ▌Rosemary Lesser (D)
  11. ▌Katy Hall (R)
  12. ▌Mike Schultz (R)
  13. ▌Karen Peterson (R)
  14. ▌Karianne Lisonbee (R)
  15. ▌Ariel Defay (R)
  16. ▌Trevor Lee (R)
  17. ▌Stewart Barlow (R)
  18. ▌Paul Cutler (R)
  19. ▌Raymond Ward (R)
  20. ▌Melissa Garff Ballard (R)
  21. ▌Sandra Hollins (D)
  22. ▌Jennifer Dailey-Provost (D)
  23. ▌Brian King (D)
  24. ▌Joel Briscoe (D)
  25. ▌Angela Romero (D)
  26. ▌Matt MacPherson (R)
  27. ▌Anthony Loubet (R)
  28. ▌Tim Jimenez (R)
  29. ▌Bridger Bolinder (R)
  30. ▌Judy Weeks-Rohner (R)
  31. ▌Brett Garner (D)
  32. ▌Sahara Hayes (D)
  33. ▌Doug Owens (D)
  34. ▌Carol Spackman Moss (D)
  35. ▌Mark Wheatley (D)
  36. ▌James Dunnigan (R)
  37. ▌Ashlee Matthews (D)
  38. ▌Cheryl Acton (R)
  39. ▌Ken Ivory (R)
  40. ▌Andrew Stoddard (D)
  41. ▌Gay Lynn Bennion (D)
  42. ▌Robert Spendlove (R)
  43. ▌Steve Eliason (R)
  44. ▌Jordan Teuscher (R)
  45. ▌Susan Pulsipher (R)
  46. ▌Jeff Stenquist (R)
  47. ▌Mark Strong (R)
  48. ▌James F. Cobb (R)
  49. ▌Candice Pierucci (R)
  50. ▌Stephanie Gricius (R)
  51. ▌Jefferson Moss (R)
  52. ▌Cory Maloy (R)
  53. ▌Kay Christofferson (R)
  54. ▌Brady Brammer (R)
  55. ▌Jon Hawkins (R)
  56. ▌Val Peterson (R)
  57. ▌Nelson Abbott (R)
  58. ▌Keven Stratton (R)
  59. ▌Mike Kohler (R)
  60. ▌Tyler Clancy (R)
  61. ▌Marsha Judkins (R)
  62. ▌Norm Thurston (R)
  63. ▌Stephen L. Whyte (R)
  64. ▌Jeff Burton (R)
  65. ▌Doug Welton (R)
  66. ▌Steven Lund (R)
  67. ▌Christine Watkins (R)
  68. ▌Scott Chew (R)
  69. ▌Phil Lyman (R)
  70. ▌Carl Albrecht (R)
  71. ▌Rex Shipp (R)
  72. ▌Joseph Elison (R)
  73. ▌Colin W. Jack (R)
  74. ▌R. Neil Walter (R)
  75. ▌Walt Brooks (R)


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