Carl Wimmer
| Carl Wimmer | |
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| Member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 52nd district |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 4, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Dave Hogue |
| Succeeded by | Daniel McCay |
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June 30, 1975 Salt Lake, Utah |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Sherry |
| Children | 3 |
| Profession | police officer, small business owner |
| Religion | Evangelical Christian (formerly Mormon) |
Carl Daniel Wimmer (born June 30, 1975) was a member of the Utah House of Representatives. He resigned from Utah's legislature in 2012 to run for the United States House of Representatives.
Wimmer was born in 1975 in Salt Lake, Utah. He was raised in Herriman, Utah. He attended Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training and Salt Lake Community College, and is currently working towards his B.A. In Religious studies at Liberty University.
He was a police officer for the West Valley City and South Jordan City Police Departments, and currently works as a police officer for Gunnison City. He is a member of the American Center for Law and Justice and a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association (NRA). He was awarded a Police Star in 2006, South Jordan Officer of the Year in 2001, and the Outstanding Service Award in 2004. He also owned a small landscaping company.
In 2006, he ran for Utah's Herriman-based 52nd House District, vacated by incumbent Republican State Representative Dave Hogue, who ran for the Utah Senate. He won the primary with 57% of the vote, and the general election with 66% of the vote. He won re-election in 2008 with 65% and in 2010 with 79%.
In the state legislature, Wimmer introduced the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Survival Act, which was signed into law in 2009. The bill disbanded the statewide automatic external defibrillator (AED) database, replacing it with systems operated by local emergency medical dispatch centers, and amended civil liability immunity provisions pertaining to AEDs.
In 2010, Wimmer introduced legislation prohibiting a state agency or department from implementing federal health care reform passed by Congress after March 1, 2010, without the state legislature's authorization.
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