1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Utah election results
Every race on Utah's ballot in the 1972 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races104
Changed party0
Unopposed17%18 races
Incumbents defeated8
Utah State Senate
D 13 · R 16
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | W. Hughes Brockbank (R) | 1.3 | |
| SD-2 | Wilford Black (D) | 18.1 | |
| SD-3 | Allan E. Mecham (R) | 28.0 | |
| SD-4 | Richard Howe (D) | 9.7 | |
| SD-5 | Don Brooke (D) | 18.4 | |
| SD-6 | Moroni L. Jensen (D) | 29.2 | |
| SD-7 | Douglas G. Bischoff (R) | 31.1 | |
| SD-8 | Fred Finlinson (R) | 9.2 | |
| SD-9 | Warren E. Pugh (R) | 39.7 | |
| SD-10 | M. James Macfarlane (D) | 11.2 | |
| SD-11 | Edward Beck (D) | 20.0 | |
| SD-12 | Carl E. Pettersson (D) | 17.5 | |
| SD-13 | Karl G. Swan (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | Ernest Dean (D) | 10.9 | |
| SD-15 | A. Dean Jeffs (R) | 18.6 | |
| SD-16 | Karl N. Snow Jr. (R) | 44.9 | |
| SD-17 | Robert O. Bowen (D) | 5.3 | |
| SD-18 | E. Lamar Buckner (R) | 11.9 | |
| SD-19 | Darrell Renstrom (D) | 1.2 | |
| SD-20 | Merrill Jenkins (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | Sherman A. Wayment (R) | 11.3 | |
| SD-22 | Haven Barlow (R) | 15.0 | |
| SD-23 | Erza T. Clark (R) | 22.9 | |
| SD-24 | Miles Ferry (R) | 38.1 | |
| SD-25 | Reed Bullen (R) | 30.1 | |
| SD-26 | Robert F. Clyde (R) | 30.5 | |
| SD-27 | Omar Bunnell (D) | 25.1 | |
| SD-28 | G. Stanford Rees (R) | 20.9 | |
| SD-29 | Dixie Leavitt (R) | Unopposed |
Utah House of Representatives
D 32 · R 43
Utah
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner