1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Utah Senate District 11
Utah State Senate · Utah
Paul Fordham (D) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating E. Verl Assay (R) by 18.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Paul FordhamDemocrat · winner
59.0%7,145
E. Verl AssayRepublican · incumbent
41.0%4,962
12,107 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