1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah House District 33
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Neal Evans (R) won with 52.8% of the vote, defeating John Cooper (D) by 5.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Neal EvansRepublican · winner
52.8%2,980
John CooperDemocrat · incumbent
47.2%2,665
5,645 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