1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Utah House District 51
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Morris Hansen (R) won with 58.7% of the vote, defeating Warren Wimmer (D) by 17.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Morris HansenRepublican · winner
58.7%4,863
Warren WimmerDemocrat · incumbent
41.3%3,416
8,279 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