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1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1980 election for Utah House District 44

Utah House of Representatives · Utah

Robert Curran (R) won with 50.0% of the vote, defeating Jen Patterson (D) by 0.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Robert CurranRepublican · winner
50.0%1,931
Jen PattersonDemocrat · incumbent
50.0%1,930
3,861 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

EvenD+43.01974D+15.41976D+11.41978Even1980R+24.11982R+34.81984

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET