1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Utah House District 49
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Kenneth Gardner (D) won with 54.1% of the vote, defeating Kenneth O. Holt (R) by 12.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Kenneth GardnerDemocrat · winner
54.1%2,702
Kenneth O. HoltRepublican · incumbent
41.1%2,056
Welby R. SolumIndependent
4.8%241
4,999 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