Gov. Cox’s two Utah Supreme Court picks would be first-time judges ^20.3%

KUER - By Martha Harris - 6/2/2026, 9:42 PM

Negativity Bias 13.6% - Appeal to Emotion 11.2% - Halo Effect 10.2%

Gov. Spencer Cox has appointed two men to the Utah Supreme Court. Neither attorney has been a judge before, unlike the state’s current justices who had that prior experience. Stephen Dent is a prosecutor and Jay Jorgensen currently works for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It’s a time of significant change for the... more