1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah House District 50
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Lowell Peterson (R) won with 55.6% of the vote, defeating John Ulibarri (D) by 11.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Lowell PetersonRepublican · winner
55.6%2,264
John UlibarriDemocrat · incumbent
44.4%1,809
4,073 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