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1984Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1984 election for Utah House District 8

Utah House of Representatives · Utah

Dixon M. Pitcher (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Marvin Heslop (D) by 5.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Dixon M. PitcherRepublican · winner
52.5%4,540
Marvin HeslopDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%4,102
8,642 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 1984

Races before and after

EvenR+37.01978R+35.71980D+3.81982R+5.11984D+3.91986D+2.01988

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