1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Utah Senate District 4
Utah State Senate · Utah
Wayne Sandberg (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Richard Howe (D) by 0.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Wayne SandbergRepublican · winner
50.1%6,492
Richard HoweDemocrat · incumbent
49.9%6,454
12,946 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