Morgan Philpot

Morgan Philpot
Member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 45th district
In office 2001–2004
Personal details
Born	July 30, 1971
Nationality	American
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Natalie
Residence	UT
Education	University of Utah, 1988; Ave Maria School of Law, 2007
Occupation	Attorney
Website	Campaign website

J. Morgan Philpot is a former state representative for District 45 in the heart of Salt Lake County, and the 2010 Republican nominee for Utah's 2nd congressional district. He is a former vice-chair of the Utah Republican Party.

Biography

Philpot has been involved in politics for much of his life. He was a White House intern in 1997 and has been active in Republican politics in Utah for a number of years. In addition to being a state and county delegate, he ran and won a seat in the Utah House of Representatives in 2000. He ran again in 2002 and won another term. Just before the end of his second term, he resigned his seat and went to the Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, MI.

Upon graduation, he returned to Utah where he worked for Utah Attorney General, Mark Shurtleff, before accepting his current position as government affairs director for Reagan Outdoor Advertising.

Philpot is currently renting a home in Utah County, waiting for redistricting to happen so he can move to the most favorable congressional district so he can run again.

Utah House of Representatives

While in office, Mr. Philpot sponsored the Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship bill, the Prohibition of Public Funding for Abortion and the Designation of Constitution & Bill of Rights Day in Utah. He received awards from the Utah Taxpayer's Association, from "Grass Roots" which gave him top honors in 2002 (the first year they started the awards), 2003 and 2004. He also received the "Guardian of Small Business" and the Statesmanship Citation from the Newquist group.

Utah GOP Vice-Chair career and congressional race loss

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Utah, 2010 § District 2

In early 2009, Philpot declared his intention to run against the incumbent vice-chair of the state Republican party. He won that race with 52% of the vote. While in office, he helped to create a Web Communications committee, which publishes a monthly newsletter and reaches out via social media. On Jan 15, 2010, he announced his resignation as party vice-chair and his intention to run for Utah's Second Congressional District. He lost to Democratic incumbant Jim Matheson.

External links

• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• [1] 2002 Grassroots rankings
• [2] 2003 Grassroots rankings
• [3] 2004 Grassroots rankings
• [4] Article about the Carson Smith bill
• [5] 2009 Convention results