1. Jay Morgan Philpot was born on July 30,1971 and is an American attorney and Republican Party politician.
15 Facts About Morgan Philpot
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Morgan Philpot was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from 2001 to 2004, representing District 45 in Salt Lake County from 2001 to 2004.
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Morgan Philpot was vice-chair of the Utah Republican Party from 2009 and 2010.
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Morgan Philpot unsuccessfully ran for governor of Utah in 2012 and Utah State Senate in 2016.
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Morgan Philpot took office in 2001, and was re-elected in 2002.
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In early 2009, Morgan Philpot declared his intention to run against the incumbent vice-chair of the state Republican party.
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Morgan Philpot resigned as Utah Republican Party vice-chair, effective January 23,2010, and announced his intention to run for Utah's 2nd congressional district in the 2010 election, challenging incumbent Democrat Jim Matheson.
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In December 2011, Morgan Philpot announced his plans to run for governor of Utah in the 2012 election, challenging incumbent Republican Governor Gary Herbert.
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Morgan Philpot said his chief issues included challenging the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and federal involvement in education.
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Morgan Philpot criticized Herbert for aligning Utah with the Common Core standards, and framed the standards as an infringement of Utah's sovereignty.
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In 2016, Morgan Philpot ran for Utah State Senate for a Utah County seat; he was defeated by Dan Hemmert.
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Morgan Philpot became the lawyer for Ammon Bundy in May 2016, defending Bundy on federal criminal charges arising from the 2016 occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
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Morgan Philpot represents Jeanette Finicum, the wife of Robert LaVoy Finicum, in her wrongful death suit against the US government.
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Morgan Philpot was fatally shot by Oregon state troopers after he crashed his pickup truck near a roadblock while state troopers and FBI agents arrested the militants.
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In February 2012, Morgan Philpot walked away uninjured after a crash sent him and two campaign staffers down a 100-foot embankment.