1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah House District 48
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Carl R. Saunders (R) won with 56.8% of the vote, defeating L. Glen Cottle (D) by 13.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Carl R. SaundersRepublican · winner
56.8%3,269
L. Glen CottleDemocrat · incumbent
43.2%2,491
5,760 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