Thomas Peterson

Republican Party

Candidate, Utah House of Representatives District 1

Utah House of Representatives District 1

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

3

Predecessor:Joel Ferry (R)

Compensation

Base salary

$301/legislative day

Per diem

Per diem is reimbursed to state legislators when they submit receipts or turn in expense reports.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next convention

April 25, 2026

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Thomas Peterson (Republican Party) is a member of theUtah House of Representatives, representingDistrict 1. He assumed office on September 21, 2022. His current term ends on January 1, 2027.

Peterson (Republican Party) is running for re-election to theUtah House of Representatives to representDistrict 1. He declared candidacy for the Republican convention scheduled onApril 25, 2026.^[source]

Peterson was appointed to the state House on September 20, 2022, to replaceJoel Ferry (R).^[1]

Biography

Thomas Peterson graduated from Box Elder High School in 1996. Peterson's career experience includes working as a building official with the State of Utah. He has served as the chairman of the Uniform Building Code Commission and on the board of directors of the International Code Council.^[2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Peterson was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Business and Labor Committee
• House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee

2021-2022

Peterson was assigned to the following committees:

• House Business and Labor Committee
• House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2026

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on June 23, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Republican primary

Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 1

IncumbentThomas Peterson (R) is running in the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on June 23, 2026.

		Candidate
		Thomas Peterson

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Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1

Chris Reid (D) is running in the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on April 25, 2026.

		Candidate
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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1

IncumbentThomas Peterson (R) is running in the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on April 25, 2026.

		Candidate
		Thomas Peterson

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Constitution Party convention

Constitution convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1

Jason O'Dell (Constitution Party) is running in the Constitution Party convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on April 25, 2026.

		Candidate
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Endorsements

2024

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 1

IncumbentThomas Peterson defeatedClaudia Bigler in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Peterson (R)	82.4	17,308
		Claudia Bigler (D)	17.6	3,707

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,015
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled.Claudia Bigler advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 1.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentThomas Peterson advanced from the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 1.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1

Claudia Bigler defeatedChris Reid in the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Claudia Bigler (D)	100.0	3
	Submit photo	Chris Reid (D)	0.0	0

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3
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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1

IncumbentThomas Peterson advanced from the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on April 27, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Thomas Peterson (R)

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Endorsements

2022

Note:Joel Ferry (R) resigned from theUtah House of Representatives in August 2022 but remained on the general election ballot.Thomas Peterson (R) was appointed to replace Ferry in the state House in September 2022.^[3]

See also: Utah House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Utah House of Representatives District 1

IncumbentJoel Ferry defeatedJoshua Hardy, incumbentThomas Peterson,Ben Ferry, andKarson Riser in the general election for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joel Ferry (R)	82.1	11,781
	Submit photo	Joshua Hardy (D)	16.6	2,379
		Thomas Peterson (Independent) (Write-in)	0.9	128
	Submit photo	Ben Ferry (Independent) (Write-in)	0.3	40
	Submit photo	Karson Riser (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	17

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,345
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled.Joshua Hardy advanced from the Democratic primary for Utah House of Representatives District 1.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentJoel Ferry advanced from the Republican primary for Utah House of Representatives District 1.

Democratic convention

Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1

Joshua Hardy advanced from the Democratic convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Joshua Hardy (D)

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Republican convention

Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1

IncumbentJoel Ferry advanced from the Republican convention for Utah House of Representatives District 1 on April 23, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Joel Ferry (R)

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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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