1970Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1970 election for Utah Senate District 26
Utah State Senate · Utah
Thorpe Waddingham (D) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating G. Stanford Rees (R) by 11.1 points.
Thorpe WaddinghamDemocrat · winner
55.5%5,383
G. Stanford ReesRepublican · incumbent
44.5%4,308
9,691 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