1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Utah House District 48
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Rebecca Nalder (D) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating Franklin Knowlton (R) by 3.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Rebecca NalderDemocrat · winner
51.7%3,211
Franklin KnowltonRepublican · incumbent
48.3%2,996
6,207 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