17 Facts About LaVar Christensen

LaVar Christensen served from January 1,2003, through December 31,2006, and again from January 1,2011, through 2018.

LaVar Christensen's great-great-grandfather, Nathaniel H Felt, was a member of Utah's first territorial House of Representatives.

LaVar Christensen is an attorney with a legal background in real estate development.

LaVar Christensen is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

LaVar Christensen was the Republican nominee for US Congress in Utah's 2nd congressional district.

LaVar Christensen was defeated by the incumbent, Jim Matheson, in the 2006 mid-term election and subsequently left the Utah House of Representatives.

However, LaVar Christensen filed his candidacy with the Lieutenant Governor's office in March 2008 to run for the same Utah House seat he vacated in 2006.

LaVar Christensen was elected to the Utah State House of Representatives in 2002.

LaVar Christensen lost the largest county: Salt Lake County, Utah by 49,264 votes and was unable to make up such a large vote deficit.

LaVar Christensen campaigned in 2006 as the Republican candidate in a traditionally Republican district.

LaVar Christensen won with 10,940 votes to Balmanno's 5,426.

LaVar Christensen won with 5,915 votes to Balmanno's 3,340.

LaVar Christensen consistently fought against same-sex marriage and for pro-life causes.

LaVar Christensen supports making the 2001 federal tax cuts permanent, supports easing restrictions on oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and opposes amnesty for illegal immigrants.

LaVar Christensen wrote a paper supporting his Constitutional Amendment for the Sutherland Institute.

LaVar Christensen was named 2005 Statesman of the Year by the Salt Lake County Republican Party.

LaVar Christensen sponsored legislation that recognizes and strengthens parental rights in Utah as well as civic and character education in Utah's public schools.