1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Utah election results

Every race on Utah's ballot in the 1978 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races92
Changed party23
Unopposed8%7 races
Incumbents defeated20

U.S. House

D 1 · R 1

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
UT-1Gunn McKay (D)4.8
UT-2Dan Marriott (R)26.9

Utah State Senate

D 1 · R 14 · 6 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-3Richard Carling (R)35.2
SD-4Wayne Sandberg (R)0.3FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-7K. S. Cornaby (R)26.8
SD-9Warren E. Pugh (R)49.4
SD-10Arnold Christensen (R)23.1FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-11E. Verl Assay (R)9.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-12Bill Barton (R)4.5Flipped
SD-13Karl G. Swan (D)25.3
SD-14William Jones (R)20.6FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-15A. Dean Jeffs (R)18.7
SD-18Ronald Halverson (R)16.3
SD-21Sherman A. Wayment (R)26.0FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-22Haven Barlow (R)40.2
SD-24Miles Ferry (R)Unopposed
SD-26Glade Sowards (R)40.5

Utah House of Representatives

D 24 · R 51 · 17 changed party

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Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner; MIT Election Data and Science Lab