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1980Final results

1980 election for Utah House District 61

Utah House of Representatives · Utah

Rob Bishop (R) won with 71.6% of the vote, defeating Carlyle Lorenzo Jensen (D) by 43.1 points.

Rob BishopRepublican · winner · incumbent
71.6%5,048
28.4%2,005
7,053 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

EvenR+21.41974R+30.81976R+50.11978R+43.11980R+65.31984R+61.21992

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