LaVar Christensen
| LaVar Christensen | |
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| Member of the Utah House of Representatives from the 32nd district |
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Assumed office January 1, 2011 - Present January 1, 2003 - December 31, 2006 |
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August 18, 1953 Upland, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Residence | Draper, Utah |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Profession | Attorney |
LaVar Christensen (born August 18, 1953) is an American politician from Utah, serving as a Republican state representative from the state's 48th district. He served from January 1, 2003 through December 31, 2006 and again from January 1, 2011 to the present.
Christensen was born and raised in Upland, California but his family is originally from Utah. His great-great-grandfather was a member of Utah’s first territorial House of Representatives. Christensen is an attorney with a legal background in real estate development. He received his B.A. degree from Brigham Young University and his Juris Doctorate from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. While in law school, he was a legislative assistant for the Governor of California and student intern for Judge Rothwell B. Mason. He is married to Susan Kay Christensen. They have three children. Christensen is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon).
Christensen was the Republican nominee for U.S. Congress in Utah's 2nd congressional district (map). Christensen was defeated by the incumbent, Jim Matheson, in the 2006 mid-term election and subsequently left the Utah House of Representatives. However, Christensen filed his candidacy with the Lieutenant Governor's office in March 2008 to run for the same Utah House seat he vacated in 2006. In May 2008, he defeated the incumbent, Representative Sylvia Andersen, who took over the seat in 2006, at that year's GOP nominating convention and was the party's nominee in the general election for that cycle.
Christensen was elected to the Utah State House of Representatives (District 48 in Sandy/Draper) in 2002. His committee assignments included Vice-Chair of Education, Budget Appropriations for Public Education, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice; Chair of Judicial Rules Review Committee and member of the Constitutional Revision Commission.
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