1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Utah Senate District 12
Utah State Senate · Utah
Bill Barton (R) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating Jerrald Conder (D) by 4.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Bill BartonRepublican · winner
52.3%7,324
Jerrald ConderDemocrat
47.7%6,687
14,011 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