1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah Senate District 10
Utah State Senate · Utah
Arnold Christensen (R) won with 61.5% of the vote, defeating M. James Macfarlane (D) by 23.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Arnold ChristensenRepublican · winner
61.5%10,655
M. James MacfarlaneDemocrat · incumbent
38.5%6,658
17,313 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