1. Luz Robles Escamilla is the Senator for the Utah State Senate's 10th District.
16 Facts About Luz Escamilla
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The daughter of two Mexican college professors, Escamilla was born in 1978 and raised in Mexico.
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Luz Escamilla then earned her Bachelor of Science at the University of Utah in business marketing in 2000.
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Luz Escamilla holds a Masters in Public Administration, which she earned from the University of Utah in 2005.
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Luz Escamilla proposed to Luz on the Utah Senate floor during the 2014 legislative session.
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Luz Escamilla is a director for the Zions Bank Business Resource Center.
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Luz Escamilla is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who are often referred to as Mormons.
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Senator Luz Escamilla serves as the minority assistant whip in the Utah State Senate.
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Luz Escamilla has received the Pete Suazo Memorial Award from the University of Utah.
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Senator Luz Escamilla has served as a board member for the University of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Regence Caring Foundation, the Utah Health Policy Project, and the Primary Children's Medical Center.
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Luz Escamilla was first elected to the Utah State Senate in 2008, and was re-elected in 2012.
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In 2016, Luz Escamilla served on the Executive Appropriations Committee and the Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee.
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In 2014, Luz Escamilla ran for Congress in Utah's 2nd congressional district.
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Luz Escamilla conceded the loss on November 6,2019, one day after the race, after initial hesitation to concede in the event that mail-in ballots could affect results in the run-off election.
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Luz Escamilla has proposed a bill that would protect the rights of fathers against fraudulent adoption practices.
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Luz Escamilla introduced a bill to fund the Utah Department of Environmental Quality to install air and water monitors at the site of the proposed Utah Inland Port, to establish baseline readings for future comparison.