Thomas
Lee Monroe Loveheart
PROGRESSIVE INDEPENDENT
FOR HOUSE DISTRICT 71
I'm not just running to put my name on the ballot. I'm running to win. But I can't fund a grassroots campaign on my own.
Across America, solidly red districts are flipping blue because Americans value democracy, even if our government doesn't. Utah can be next.
If you believe that a fundamentally different future for Utah is something worth fighting for then help me do that.
No amount is too little!
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Meet Thomas
LIFELONG INDEPENDENT
My name is Thomas Loveheart. I’m a local resident, worker, Christian, and homeowner here in Cedar City. Like many of us, I wasn’t born in Utah—I discovered it, fell in love, and decided to make my life here. My family has lived here for decades, and spending summers visiting them has been a very special part of my life since I was little. I love Utah: the snowy mountaintops, the majestic red rocks, the canyons, forests, rivers, and endless open skies. But I share a growing concern about its future.
Climate change. Affordability. An unresponsive—and at times openly hostile—legislature. Like the rest of the country, our politicians have sold out their responsibility to the people in exchange for self-serving power-grabs and favors from special interests. Too often, elected officials decide that the desires of their donors outweighs the well-being of the people they represent. After decades of this ideology playing out across the nation, the result is as predictable as it was avoidable: every year, life gets more expensive, more difficult, and worse for working families. A full 62% of Utahns now believe the State is heading in the wrong direction while a further 71% feel Utah politician "ignore the will of the people" (Utah Foundation).
I’m running as a Democrat to give Utahns a real choice in their representation—but I’m not your typical Democrat. I vote in every election, yet I’ve never voted for Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, or Donald Trump. The Democratic Party, like the GOP, has failed working people for decades, propping up a hyper-partisan two-party system that rigs primaries to elevate corporate-backed candidates while ensuring that unless you live in a swing state, your vote doesn't really count. That’s not how democracy should work. And frankly, it's not working for anyone except them. We deserve to support the best candidate in every race with confidence that our vote matters. That’s the kind of representative I intend to be. I’m running to make Utah work for working families again. Jobs, housing, healthcare, education, wages.
I’m not the typical person who runs for office in Iron County. I’m not LDS, MAGA, or in my fifties—but I’m also not afraid to say what I stand for. Despite our differences, I know that as working Americans we have far more in common with our neighbors than corporate media has led us to believe. We don’t need another war for oil, bigger tax cuts for billionaires, more cuts to education, endless culture-war distractions, or performative flag bans to make this country great. We need real policy aimed at real problems: a place to live, jobs that pay the bills, clean air and water, and—God forbid—quality healthcare in our moment of need. We won’t agree on everything, but we can recognize where our interests align and work together on policies that uplift workers and families, strengthen local economies, protect our communities, and leave a more prosperous, united Utah for future generations.
As a state employee working with incarcerated youth at Southwest Utah Youth Center, I’ve seen firsthand what the breakdown of communities does to families. Poverty. Higher crime. Shorter lifespans. Worse educational outcomes. Job insecurity and dissatisfaction. Countless studies confirm what lived experience already tells us: healthy, affordable, and well-connected communities lead to better outcomes for everyone. Growing up in poverty and living in rundown neighborhoods in Los Angeles shaped my lifelong commitment to public service. As a UCLA graduate with degrees in Sociology, Political Science, Administration of Justice, Psychology, and Social & Behavioral Science, what’s always fascinated me most is community—how it thrives, grows, adapts, or sometimes... fails.
You're not imagining it, nor are you alone in noticing. Our country is changing for the worser and fast, but not because of immigrants or LGBTQ people. It’s changing because we’ve allowed a global plutocracy to rule unchecked for too long. Revelations in the Epstein Files and Panama Papers prove what we've always known; the globalists destroying our planet have no loyalty to any nation and conspire to serve themselves to the great detriment of the rest of us. Well we do have loyalty to America and the principles it was founded on. And we will not be ruled by unaccountable leaders. And we can organize too. What I'm proposing isn't radical. Republican or Democrat, I just want to see working Americans finally get their share of the prosperity they help to create. To propose anything otherwise is radical.
Democracy, freedom, and the American Dream shouldn’t just be empty talking points for do-nothing politicians—they should be realities for all of us. That starts with rejecting single-party rule in Utah.
If you vote for me, I promise to work for you.
It's time for Rex Shipp to set sail...
Rex Shipp has had eight years to deliver for this district. By now, we should be able to clearly point to meaningful accomplishments that have strengthened the families who live and work here. Instead, his energy has been spent fueling performative culture-war talking points rather than focusing on the everyday issues that actually shape our lives — cost of living, inflation, and affordability.
We're rural district, yes. But that doesn’t mean we have to settle for symbolic politics. Our community deserves representation that reflects our small-town values while still delivering actual results. We should demand, and expect, serious, practical policy that strengthens Utah families and improves our lives. Not just red-vs-blue bluster.
I encourage you to look at his record for yourself — the votes he’s cast and the legislation he’s sponsored. At the end of the day, that’s what matters, not party identification or "years of experience". Then ask yourself: has this leadership truly moved our community forward?
Why I'm Running
Fighting for What We Believe In. Together.
I’m running because too many Utahns feel like our government doesn’t represent them—and they’re right.
Nearly half of Utah voters are unaffiliated or independent, yet our legislature is dominated by far-right extremists who don’t reflect the diversity of views, experiences, or struggles of the people they govern. Decisions that shape our daily lives are being made by out-of-touch politicians with little connection to the working families, renters, young people, or rural communities that make up our district.
At the same time, over 67% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck—even as productivity and corporate profits soar. Real wages are at an all time low. Housing costs have exploded. Healthcare is unaffordable for too many families.
And nationwide, the top 1% now own more wealth than the bottom 90% combined, while millions of people work full time and still can’t afford rent, childcare, or medical care. This isn’t sustainable nor is it inevitable—it’s the result of a system built by corporations and the politicians who serve them, cosolidating power at the top while the rest of us suffocate under inflation and uncertainty.
America was founded on the idea that power flows from the people upward—not from entrenched powers down. A representative democracy means we choose who stands for us—or we replace them. Too many legislators in Utah have forgotten they are elected to serve, not rule.
Our Democracy is collapsing after decades of corporate capture, sabotage, and perversion with the Trump administration representing the latest and greatest culmination of that hostile takeover. This is not a conspiracy theory. The Epstein Files and Panama Papers prove to us what we've always known, the rich and powerful do not have the best-interests of the country in mind and they collude. Tech billionaires with dreams of corporate-governed “freedom cities,” mass surveillance, and nationwide thought-policing now dominate our media platforms and occupy the highest levels of government. We’re seeing rising authoritarianism, attacks on voting rights, and the further concentration of power while dissent is crushed. The result is overlapping crises: deepening poverty, ecological collapse, and a political system that responds faster to donors than to people.
I’m running because Utah deserves better. Young people all over this country deserve better.
Our politicians should fight for affordable housing so working families can live where they work and raise kids without fear of being priced out. Instead, they sit on the boards of real-estate and construction firms. They should expand access to quality, affordable healthcare so no one has to choose between seeing a doctor and paying the rent. Instead, they cut benefits, keep wages low, and dismantle social programs. They should protect Utah’s land, water, and air from pollution and ecological collapse—issues already affecting our communities, economy, and future. Instead, they propose draining the Great Salt Lake, selling off public lands, and building massive, energy- and water-intensive data centers that drive up utility costs for everyone else. And they should defend democracy by increasing voter turnout and respecting the will of the people—not undermining voter-passed initiatives, gerrymandering districts, and attacking reforms like ranked-choice voting.
Utah is full of hardworking, compassionate people who believe in fairness, freedom, and taking care of one another. Our legislature should reflect that.
I’m running to represent the working families who built this state—not corporate lobbyists, special interests, or foreign governments. Government should work for the people who keep Utah running, not just those who can write the biggest check.
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