1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Utah House District 32
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Janet Rose (D) won with 53.8% of the vote, defeating Frances Merrill (R) by 7.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Janet RoseDemocrat · winner
53.8%2,830
Frances MerrillRepublican · incumbent
46.2%2,434
5,264 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 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET