In 2002, because of legislative redistricting, she would have had to run against another incumbent Democratic representative to remain in her House seat.
Rather than run for a fourth term in the House, Arent successfully ran to represent District 4 in the State Senate.
[7] She represented Utah as a "superdelegate" at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado, and helped nominate Barack Obama as the Democratic candidate for President of the United States.
[10][11] The award was presented on October 27, 2011, at This is the Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City, Utah.
[12] [13] Arent passed five of the eight bills she introduced, giving her a 62.5% passage rate.