1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Utah House District 42
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Dale Stratford (R) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Dallas Buckway (D) by 2.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dale StratfordRepublican · winner
50.9%3,441
Dallas BuckwayDemocrat · incumbent
48.7%3,289
Kathleen TrotterLibertarian
0.4%28
6,758 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 1976
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET