1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Utah House District 42
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Dale Stratford (R) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Ronald Stephens (D) by 2.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Dale StratfordRepublican · winner
50.7%3,674
Ronald StephensDemocrat · incumbent
48.7%3,524
Esmund BallinghamOther party
0.6%44
7,242 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