ELECTION DAY IS AROUND THE CORNER
For South Jordan and West Jordan residents who are part of House District 44, you have an important decision to make when casting your vote for House Representative.
My opponent was the house sponsor for Amendment D to steal voter rights away from Utah voters. He takes his constituency for granted and is doing nothing for District voters, while ingratiating himself with conservative national think tanks. He passes legislation that ends up in costly court battles that are ultimately lost, and leaving taxpayers to foot the bill. His recent focus has been to strip constitutional rights of voters, weakening the rights of public employees, attacking our system of public education, and indoctrinating school curriculum.
We need a legislator who will represent ALL of our constituents, who will listen and respond to the local issues that matter to us. We are better when we work together, and I’m asking for your vote this November.
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Greg Green
Jordan Teuscher
Summary
I’m a first time candidate with an objective to unseat Teuscher and stop the flow of really bad legislation that he introduces. When elected, I intend to work with like-minded legislators and the minority caucus in the House to prioritize, support and pass legislation that focuses on local issues important to Utahns. I am committed to listening to voters to better represent issues that matter here. I am also committed to protecting the rights of all Utah constituents.
Summary
The current house representative elected in 2020, who is part of the legislative supermajority taking rights from voters. His issues are moving further to the right, and he is becoming obsessed with control (see the bills he sponsored below). Consistently submits bills to dismantle worker rights. Does not support women’s rights, LGBTQIA+ rights, or religious freedom. Several of his bills resulted in expensive litigation paid by taxpayers.
2025 Priorities
- Address government over-reach. Protect voter rights and voter access. Support Better Boundaries initiative to restore fair districting.
- Invest in our system of public schools. We need to stop legislating and politicizing our public school systems.
- Support legislation that strengthens labor laws and improves worker rights.
- Improve private and accessible medical care. A person’s healthcare is a conversation between a patient and their doctor, full stop.
- Resolve the issue of Medicaid funding, address waivers that do not sufficiently allow full Medicaid expansion in the state. Fix gaps in eligibility for disability coverage.
- Mental health services and drug treatment programs are critical for many Utahns, including a significant portion of our homeless population.
- Infrastructure for Southern Utah roads, bridges and railways
- Expand accessible commute options for North-South and East-West travel along the Wasatch Front
- Seek owner accountability for unsecured firearms that are part of an injury, death or criminal action
2024 Legislative Actions
- SPONSOR: SJR401 House Sponsor of Amendment D to strip Utah voters of legislative rights (Blocked by Utah Courts on Sep 12, 2024 for deceptive language, not following due process)
- SPONSOR: SB4002 House Sponsor of Ballot Proposition Amendments to jam through Amendment D, and Amendment A in 2024
- Voted for HJR14 to make it more difficult for Citizen Initiatives to pass (Failed/Not Passed)
- SPONSOR: Minor Protection in Social Media Act (Blocked by Utah Courts for violating 1st amendment rights) – this was a good idea but executed poorly
- SPONSOR: HB185 Primary Ballot Requirements to remove candidates who qualify through signature gathering process (Failed/Not Passed)
- Voted for HB261 to kill DEI initiatives
- Voted for HB269 to add Ten Commandments to public school curricula (Passed, expect civil liberties groups to file suit)
- SPONSOR: HB285 Labor Union Amendments to weaken public employee rights (Failed/Not Passed)
- SPONSOR: SB150 Exercise of Religion Amendments to protect discriminatory acts based on religious belief (Passed)
- Alliance for a Better Utah gives Teuscher an “F” in its 2024 Progress Report
Profession
- Program Manager/Business Analyst
Profession
- Attorney
Affiliations/Memberships
- Utah State Democratic Party, 2024 National Delegate
- Utah State Democratic Party, House District 44 Vice Chair
- Utah Developmental Disabilities Council (UDDC), Member
- Legislative Coalition for People with Disabilities (LCPD), Member
- NAACP, Member
- Special Olympics, Athlete Parent
Known Engagements/Donors
- ALEC – the right wing lobbyists who meet with legislators behind closed doors, and a source of copy/paste legislation (including bills introduced by Jordan Teuscher)
- Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) – whose focus is to push, repackage and franchise conservative ideas to implement
- Teuscher accepted money from Young Americans for Liberty, a group with extensive ties to White Nationalist activists
Endorsements
https://green4utah.vote/endorsements/
- Labor: Utah AFL-CIO; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME); Utah Public Employees Association; American Federation of Teachers (AFT-Utah); LiUNA Laborers’ Local 295; Operating Engineers Local 3; United Steel Workers Local 392; Teamsters Local 222; UA Local 140; United Mine Workers (UMWA D22), SMART-TD Union
- Schools: Utah Education Association (UEA) PAC; Jordan Education Association; Utah Parents for Teachers
- Religious Freedom: Center for Freethought Equality PAC
- Caucuses: Womens’ Democratic Club of Utah; Disability Caucus; Black Caucus; Hispanic Caucus; Asian Pacific Islander Caucus; Progressive Caucus; Stonewall Caucus; Environmental Caucus
Distinctions
- Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate
- 2024 Mental Health Now Candidate
ARE THINGS FINE? YOUR VOTE IS YOUR VOICE.
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