# Ron Winterton

Ron Winterton is a Republican member of the Utah Senate for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah Senate, district 20
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5079192a-3d15-4a00-b0c7-2cf29d320035

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5079192a-3d15-4a00-b0c7-2cf29d320035 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

5.7% of Winterton’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Utah, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.32 (standard error 0.02), from 19 donors and 1,167 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 43% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

1,085 roll calls. Attendance 95.9% (Utah Senate 88%). Party unity 91.4% (91.6%). 31 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 354 Rescue Tracking Equipment Offense Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB354/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 527 Pharmacy Pricing Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB527/
- 2026-03-07 · voted nay · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 193 State Legal Holiday Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB193/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 535 Disposition of Public Property Modifications · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB535/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 197 Transportation Funding and Governance Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB197/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 154 Protection and Advocacy Agency Reporting · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB154/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 181 School Discipline Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB181/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ concurs with House amendment · SB 149 Licensing Modifications · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB149/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 513 Attorney General Funding Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB513/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · Senate/ passed 2nd & 3rd readings/ suspension · HB 194 Utah State Board of Education Ethics Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB194/

## Legislation (UT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 16 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 28. 68.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah Senate 72.9%; rank 22 of 28).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 28: County Classification Modifications (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB28/
- SB 325: Amendments to Cannabis Agreements With Tribes (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB325/
- SB 23: Airborne Chemicals Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB23/
- SB 266: County Governance Revisions (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB266/
- SB 280: Damages Amendments (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB280/
- SB 17: Credit Card Processing Fees Amendments (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB17/
- SB 227: Punitive Damages Amendments (became law, 2026-03-18) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB227/
- SCR 4: Concurrent Resolution Regarding Permitting of Oil, Gas, and Mining (became law, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SCR4/
- SB 120: Towing Modifications (became law, 2026-03-24) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB120/
- SB 15: County Forms of Government Amendments (became law, 2026-03-17) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB15/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $23.6K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 5.7% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.utah.gov/sen/WINTER/
- Campaign site: https://www.senatorwinterton.com/
- X: https://x.com/RonWinterton
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ronaldwintertonforsenate/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ron-winterton-04760b179/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5079192a-3d15-4a00-b0c7-2cf29d320035