1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Utah House District 4
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Pete Grundfossen (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Ferdinand E. Peterson (R) by 4.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Pete GrundfossenDemocrat · winner
52.2%3,543
Ferdinand E. PetersonRepublican · incumbent
47.8%3,245
6,788 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