# Ken Ivory

Ken Ivory is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 39.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 39
- Serving since: 2023-01-01
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/c76bd4cf-9149-46e8-a001-e2c81c5942d5

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c76bd4cf-9149-46e8-a001-e2c81c5942d5 (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

65% of Ivory’s itemized money in the 2026 cycle came from Utah, in the bottom quarter of State House Republicans.

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

1,112 classified statements: 1,112 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Ivory | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.4% | 2.9% | 458 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 15.9% | 9.3% | 153 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 39.8% | 31.9% | 274 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 3.7% | 1.8% | 126 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 6.6% | 12.7% | 501 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.4% | 1.4% | 410 of 791 |

Most discussed policy areas: Economics and Public Finance 57% (State House Republicans 12%); Government Operations and Politics 19% (State House Republicans 18%); Finance and Financial Sector 13% (State House Republicans 1.4%); Public Lands and Natural Resources 8.6% (State House Republicans 1.5%); Law 4.8% (State House Republicans 3.1%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.61 (standard error 0.02), from 119 donors and 791 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 86% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 92.6% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 94.4% (89%). 44 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-07 · voted not voting · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 306 Reinvestment Fee Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB306/
- 2026-03-07 · voted not voting · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HCR 2 Concurrent Resolution Authorizing Adult Sentencing and Supervision Length Guidelines and Juvenile Disposition Guidelines · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HCR2/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 377 Real Estate Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB377/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 260 Unauthorized Practice of Law Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB260/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 184 Justice System Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB184/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 242 Initiative and Referendum Signature Gathering and Removal Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB242/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 210 Nicotine Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB210/
- 2026-03-07 · voted nay · House/ passed 3rd reading · SB 251 Local Health Department and Department of Environmental Quality Coordination · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/SB251/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 416 First Responder Health Modifications · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB416/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 385 Specialized Product Sales Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB385/

## Legislation (UT 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 16 bills: 14 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 9 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 9. 62.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (Utah House 70.5%; rank 47 of 67).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 362: Tax Payments with Gold (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB362/
- HB 317: Social Health in Public Education Curriculum (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB317/
- HB 405: State Purchasing Reserve Funding (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB405/
- HB 534: Firearm Immunity Amendments (passed both chambers, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB534/
- HB 517: Sensitive Materials (in committee, 2026-03-07) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB517/
- HB 546: Public Lands Duty of Care Amendments (became law, 2026-03-25) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB546/
- HB 195: Precious Metals Amendments (became law, 2026-03-26) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB195/
- HB 117: Sexual Abuse Statutes of Limitation Amendments (passed one chamber, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB117/
- HB 528: Tax Payments with Precious Metals (in committee, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB528/
- HB 567: Attorney General Office Amendments (introduced, 2025-03-08) https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2025/HB567/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $72.5K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 65% 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.

- 2026-10-24 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2113819077982712037
- 2026-10-23 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2113476970583650427
- 2026-10-22 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2113299438840254649
- 2026-10-21 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2112807783246823530
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2110929748100878805
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2110970443981066449
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion, bipartisanship · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2110523395041526106
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2110524525033267465
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2110527686577995909
- 2026-10-14 · Post on X · labels: policy discussion · https://x.com/https://twitter.com/kenivoryut/status/2110514465464889412

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/IVORYK/
- Campaign site: https://www.voteivory.com/
- X: https://x.com/kenivoryut
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ken.ivory.3
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/repkenivory/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChZdBW_7Wpg59mEszCRFi1g/videos
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ken-ivory-11423015/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/c76bd4cf-9149-46e8-a001-e2c81c5942d5