1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah House District 72
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Tom Christensen (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Dewain Washburn (D) by 11.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tom ChristensenRepublican · winner
53.9%4,013
Dewain WashburnDemocrat · incumbent
42.6%3,174
Wayne BoucherOther party
3.5%261
7,448 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