1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah Senate District 14
Utah State Senate · Utah
William Jones (R) won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Ernest Dean (D) by 20.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
William JonesRepublican · winner
60.3%9,641
Ernest DeanDemocrat · incumbent
39.7%6,341
15,982 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