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1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1978 election for Utah Senate District 21

Utah State Senate · Utah

Sherman A. Wayment (R) won with 63.0% of the vote, defeating Keith Warner (D) by 26.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Sherman A. WaymentRepublican · winner
63.0%4,771
Keith WarnerDemocrat · incumbent
37.0%2,800
7,571 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

EvenD+7.71974R+26.01978R+17.91982R+8.41986R+33.01994R+50.12002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET