# Keith Grover

Keith Grover is a Republican member of the Utah Senate for district 23.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah Senate, district 23
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/7634ce2b-d172-4852-919c-7089eaa38db8

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7634ce2b-d172-4852-919c-7089eaa38db8 (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

9.1% of Grover’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Utah, in the bottom tenth of State Senate Republicans.

## What Grover says (UT 2025–26 session)

1 classified statements: 1 post on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Grover | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.3% | 273 of 355 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.5% | 331 of 355 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 37.3% | 352 of 355 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 2.3% | 311 of 355 |
| Credit claiming | 0.0% | 15.4% | 342 of 355 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.3% | 261 of 355 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.45 (standard error 0.02), from 68 donors and 1,080 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 64% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

1,085 roll calls. Attendance 80% (Utah Senate 88%). Party unity 93.0% (91.6%). 16 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-07 · voted not voting · 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 yea · 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 not voting · 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 13 bills: 11 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 6 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 16. 46.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah Senate 72.9%; rank 24 of 28).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 271: High School Activities Governance (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB271/
- SB 326: School Board Election Modifications (became law, 2026-03-19) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB326/
- SB 236: Property Tax Exemption Process Amendments (became law, 2026-03-23) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB236/
- SB 201: Shelter Animal Euthanasia Amendments (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB201/
- SB 146: Industrial Byproduct Amendments (became law, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB146/
- SB 225: Government Records Access and Management Act Amendments (in committee, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/SB225/
- SB 232: School District Seismic Safety and Maintenance (in committee, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/SB232/
- SB 281: Corporal Punishment in Schools Amendments (in committee, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/SB281/
- SB 56: Municipal Governance Modifications (in committee, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/SB56/
- SB 112: Lobbying Compensation Amendments (introduced, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/SB112/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $34.7K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 9.1% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2025-03-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/keithgroverut?lang=en/status/1903545579600478397

## Links

- Official site: https://senate.utah.gov/sen/GROVEK/
- Campaign site: https://keithgrover.com/
- X: https://x.com/keithgroverut?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KeithGroverUT/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keith-grover-32b365a5/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/7634ce2b-d172-4852-919c-7089eaa38db8
