1980Final results
1980 election for Utah House District 12
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Joe Whitesides (R) won with 60.3% of the vote, defeating Robert Springmeyer (D) by 20.6 points.
Joe WhitesidesRepublican · winner · incumbent
60.3%4,341
Robert SpringmeyerDemocrat
39.7%2,856
7,197 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET