1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah Senate District 11
Utah State Senate · Utah
E. Verl Assay (R) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Edward Beck (D) by 9.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
E. Verl AssayRepublican · winner
54.9%8,767
Edward BeckDemocrat · incumbent
45.1%7,202
15,969 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