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1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1976 election for Utah Senate District 1

Utah State Senate · Utah

Frances Farley (D) won with 50.4% of the vote, defeating W. Hughes Brockbank (R) by 0.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Frances FarleyDemocrat · winner
50.4%9,586
W. Hughes BrockbankRepublican · incumbent
49.6%9,449
19,035 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

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