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1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1974 election for Utah House District 50

Utah House of Representatives · Utah

Doug Hunt (D) won with 58.1% of the vote, defeating Earl B. Child (R) by 16.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Doug HuntDemocrat · winner
58.1%2,761
Earl B. ChildRepublican · incumbent
41.9%1,990
4,751 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 1974

Races before and after

EvenD+16.21974D+13.81976R+11.21978R+23.71980R+4.41982R+6.61984

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