Lincoln Fillmore

Lincoln Fillmore is a Republican Senator for Utah State's 10th Senate District. He was appointed by Governor Gary Herbert to fill a vacant seat caused by the resignation of Aaron Osmond.

Early life, education, and career

Lincoln was born in Salt Lake County and lived there until he was a teenager, then being when his family moved to a town near San Francisco. While living in California as teenager, Lincoln wrote a conservative news column for his town's newspaper. He also ran for city council at the age of 18. At the age of 21 Lincoln moved back to Utah. Once back in Utah Lincoln got a degree from the University of Utah in Mass Communications. He has spent his professional career working in education as a teacher, principal, and as a school business manager. He is the president of the company Charter Solutions.

Political career

Senator Fillmore serves is the Senator of district 10 in Utah. Before being appointed to the Senate in 2016, he served as a county and state delegate for the Republican Party. He also has been a precinct, legislative, and regional chair for the party. Senator Fillmore is currently up for reelection because he was appointed to fill the last year of Senator Osmond's term. He currently has two challengers in the primary.

Committees that Senator Fillmore was on in the 2016 legislative session:

• Social Services Appropriations Subcommittee
• Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee
• Senate Education Committee

• "Lincoln Fillmore - Ballotpedia". ballotpedia.org. Retrieved 2016-03-30. 
• "District 10 Senator - Utah State Senate". senate.utah.gov. Retrieved 2016-03-30. 

Legislation

2016 sponsored bills

Notable legislation

In the 2016 legislative session Senator Fillmore passed a bill that requires those who receive public assistance to take two hours of self-reliance training a week.