# Tom Peterson

Tom Peterson is a Republican member of the Utah House for district 1.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: Utah House, district 1
- Serving since: 2022-09-21
- Current term: UT 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/faa88790-ac92-4a09-b00e-7049cc8521b6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/faa88790-ac92-4a09-b00e-7049cc8521b6 (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

Peterson has served since 2022.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.02), from 11 donors and 577 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 47% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (UT 2025–26 session)

832 roll calls. Attendance 93.9% (Utah House 90.7%). Party unity 92.1% (89%). 21 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · House/ concurs with Senate amendment · HB 306 Reinvestment Fee Amendments · pass · https://openstates.org/ut/bills/2026/HB306/
- 2026-03-07 · voted yea · 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/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.0K (State House Republicans median $33.7K). 89% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://house.utleg.gov/rep/PETERT/
- X: https://x.com/tompeterson480
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071946168310
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-peterson-cbo-3487b842/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/faa88790-ac92-4a09-b00e-7049cc8521b6