1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah House District 20
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Ray Free (R) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating J. Easton Parratt (D) by 8.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ray FreeRepublican · winner
54.3%2,823
J. Easton ParrattDemocrat · incumbent
45.7%2,372
5,195 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET