1978Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah House District 42
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Ronald Stephens (D) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Dale Stratford (R) by 4.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Ronald StephensDemocrat · winner
52.3%2,282
Dale StratfordRepublican · incumbent
47.7%2,084
4,366 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