1978Final results
1978 election for Utah Senate District 26
Utah State Senate · Utah
Glade Sowards (R) won with 70.3% of the vote, defeating Hal Schlueter (D) by 40.5 points.
Glade SowardsRepublican · winner
70.3%11,351
Hal SchlueterDemocrat
29.7%4,803
16,154 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