1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Utah House District 4
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Franklin C. Prante (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating Keith Gates (R) by 9.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Franklin C. PranteDemocrat · winner
54.9%2,950
Keith GatesRepublican · incumbent
45.1%2,426
5,376 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