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1972Final results

1972 election for Utah Senate District 1

Utah State Senate · Utah

W. Hughes Brockbank (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Pamela Taggart (D) by 1.3 points.

W. Hughes BrockbankRepublican · winner · incumbent
50.7%9,348
49.3%9,101
18,449 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 1972

Races before and after

EvenD+0.71976D+15.81980D+16.01982 specialD+29.31986D+34.01990D+23.01994

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET