1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Utah Senate District 28
Utah State Senate · Utah
Cary G. Peterson (R) won with 68.6% of the vote, defeating Thorpe Waddingham (D) by 37.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Cary G. PetersonRepublican · winner
68.6%15,005
Thorpe WaddinghamDemocrat · incumbent
31.4%6,860
21,865 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