1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Utah House District 36
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Lee K. Hanson (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Ben E. Fowler (R) by 1.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Lee K. HansonDemocrat · winner
50.7%3,575
Ben E. FowlerRepublican · incumbent
49.3%3,473
7,048 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET