1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah House District 4
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Robert Sykes (R) won with 54.5% of the vote, defeating Vee Carlisle (D) by 8.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Robert SykesRepublican · winner
54.5%1,741
Vee CarlisleDemocrat · incumbent
45.5%1,455
3,196 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