Utah
Senate confirms Joel Ferry as director of the Utah Division of Natural Resources
Rep. Joel Ferry, R-Brigham Metropolis, speaks within the Home chamber in the course of the 2022 session of the Utah Legislature on the
Capitol in Salt Lake Metropolis on Jan. 27. (Deseret Information)
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate on Wednesday unanimously voted to verify Joel Ferry because the director of the Utah Division of Pure Assets.
Ferry, who beforehand represented Brigham Metropolis as a Republican within the Utah Home, was tapped to fill the publish by Gov. Spencer Cox earlier this 12 months. He resigned from his function within the Legislature in August after he acquired a positive advice from a Senate committee.
Ferry’s appointment is the topic of an ongoing lawsuit introduced by the Utah Democratic Social gathering as a result of he’ll nonetheless seem on the overall election poll this fall. If Ferry had been faraway from the poll, his opponent Joshua Hardy, a Democrat, could be the one title on the poll for Utah Home District 1. Ferry stated he plans to maintain his title on the poll to present voters the possibility to vote for a candidate of their chosen get together.
If he wins, he stated he would resign and the Republican Social gathering would appoint somebody to fill his seat.
The lawsuit introduced by the Democrats remains to be making its approach by way of the courts, however a choose lately denied the get together’s request to cease Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson from sending ballots with Ferry’s title to abroad navy members.