1970Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Utah House District 50
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Charles Bullen (Ind) won with 61.1% of the vote, defeating Franklin W. Gunnell (R) by 22.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Charles BullenIndependent · winner
61.1%2,860
Franklin W. GunnellRepublican · incumbent
38.9%1,822
4,682 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