1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah House District 29
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
E. Reed Palmer (R) won with 51.4% of the vote, defeating Harold Newman (D) by 4.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
E. Reed PalmerRepublican · winner
51.4%2,138
Harold NewmanDemocrat · incumbent
47.1%1,958
Reed NewmeyerOther party
1.5%61
4,157 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