Rich Cunningham is an American politician and was a Republican member of the Utah House of Representatives representing District 50 from January 1, 2013 to January 1, 2017.
Early life and education Cunningham attended the University of Utah, the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and USU-College of Eastern Utah. He currently works as a financial services investment adviser and lives in South Jordan, Utah.
Political career 2014 Cunningham defeated Louis Welch in the 2014 Republican convention and then defeated Democratic nominee Gabriel Morazan with 8,554 votes (77.6%) at the November 4, 2014 general election.
2012 Challenging District 50 incumbent Republican Representative Merlynn Newbold, Cunningham was selected by the Republican convention and won the November 6, 2012 general election with 13,508 votes (77.2%) against Democratic nominee Billie Larson.
During the 2016 legislative session, Cunningham served on the Executive Offices and Criminal Justice Appropriations Subcommittee, the House Retirement and Independent Entities Committee, the House Revenue and Taxation Committee as well as the House Transportation Committee.
2016 sponsored legislation Bill number Bill title Status HB0047 Postretirement Employment Rural and Title I School Exceptions House/ filed - 3/10/2016 HB0050 Postretirement Reemployment Amendments House/ filed - 3/10/2016 HB0086S03 Postretirement Employment Restrictions House/ filed - 3/10/2016 HB0106 Securities Amendments Governor Signed - 3/30/2016 HB0117 Modifications to Postretirement Reemployment Restrictions House/ filed - 3/10/2016HB0205Tier II Retirement AmendmentsHouse/ filed - 3/10/2016HB0387Utah Revised Business Corporate Act AmendmentsHouse/ filed - 3/10/2016HB0475Driver License AmendmentsHouse/ filed - 3/10/2016 Representative Cunningham did not floor sponsor any bills in 2016.
References
External links Official page at the Utah State Legislature Campaign site Rich Cunningham at Ballotpedia Rich Cunningham at the National Institute on Money in State Politics