1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah House District 9
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Kevin Watt (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Wyllis Dormanlight (D) by 8.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kevin WattRepublican · winner
54.0%1,642
Wyllis DormanlightDemocrat · incumbent
46.0%1,399
3,041 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