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1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Utah House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Utah House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 75 seats

After the electionD 17 · R 58
Races75
Changed party9
Unopposed8%6 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 17 · R 58

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Olene Walker (R)14.9
HD-2Jo Brandt (D)3.1
HD-3Jeff Fox (D)15.0
HD-4Robert Sykes (R)15.0
HD-5Charles Doane (R)17.6
HD-6Rey Florez (D)12.1
HD-7G. Lamont Richards (R)19.8
HD-8Orval Harrison (R)35.7
HD-9Terry Williams (D)21.5Flipped
HD-10James F. Considine (D)0.1
HD-11Paul Mecham (R)18.6
HD-12Joe Whitesides (R)20.6
HD-13John Hollinghaus (R)19.3
HD-14Alvin S. Merrill (R)23.2
HD-15Samuel Taylor (D)Unopposed
HD-16Ervin Skousen (R)35.5
HD-17Gary Brockbank (R)42.3
HD-18Lorin Pace (R)42.2
HD-19J. Kirk Rector (R)39.2
HD-20Ray Free (R)21.0
HD-21Sherman Harmer (R)33.2
HD-22Donna Dahl (R)51.2
HD-23Merrill Harward (R)21.9
HD-24De Alldredge (R)22.3
HD-25C. McLain Haddow (R)26.0
HD-26Dix McMullin (R)42.5
HD-27Floyd E. Lerdahl (R)19.1
HD-28Stephen J. Rees (R)23.8
HD-29E. Reed Palmer (R)5.4
HD-30Norman H. Bangerter (R)31.8
HD-31Duayne Johnson (D)9.4
HD-32D. Leon Reese (D)4.3
HD-33Neal Evans (R)10.7
HD-34Paul Rogers (R)51.6
HD-35Carl Anderson (R)30.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-36Leray McAllister (R)45.0
HD-37Lee Farnsworth (R)Unopposed
HD-38Willard Gardner (R)Unopposed
HD-39Richard Maxfield (R)35.5
HD-40Don Strong (R)12.7
HD-41W. Robert Phelps (R)12.1Flipped
HD-42Dale Stratford (R)2.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-43Boyd H. Jeppson (R)11.2
HD-44Robert Curran (R)0.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-45John Arrington (D)8.9
HD-46Dorthea E. Masur (R)5.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-47Kenneth Alford (R)13.1Flipped
HD-48Carl R. Saunders (R)20.4
HD-49Roger Rawson (D)1.5
HD-50Nolan Karras (R)23.7
HD-51Morris Hansen (R)17.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-52Clifford Lefevre (D)4.4
HD-53Franklin Knowlton (R)25.9
HD-54E. Ute Knowlton (R)45.3
HD-55Paul Lloyd Selleneit (R)47.1
HD-56Kim Burningham (R)52.4
HD-57Robert Garff (R)45.9
HD-58Lyle Hillyard (R)Unopposed
HD-59Keith Jorgensen (R)19.0
HD-60Evan Olsen (R)41.4
HD-61Rob Bishop (R)43.1
HD-62James White (D)83.6
HD-63John Smith (D)16.1
HD-64Beverly White (D)12.9
HD-65Mike Dmitrich (D)38.1
HD-66Glen Brown (R)32.9
HD-67Alarik Myrin (R)27.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-68Gayle McKeachnie (R)23.5
HD-69Ray Nielsen (D)Unopposed
HD-70John Garr (D)17.8
HD-71Mitchell V. Myers (R)45.1
HD-72Tom Christensen (R)33.4
HD-73Charles Redd (R)Unopposed
HD-74R. Haze Hunter (R)38.2
HD-75Ray Schmutz (R)29.9

Utah House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner