1976Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1976 election for Utah Senate District 28
Utah State Senate · Utah
Thorpe Waddingham (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Stanley D. Burgess (R) by 10.2 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Thorpe WaddinghamDemocrat · winner
51.0%9,843
Stanley D. BurgessRepublican
40.9%7,883
Paul TurnerOther party
8.1%1,557
19,283 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