1988Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1988 election for Utah House District 27
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Dave Jones (D) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating G. Lamont Richards (R) by 7.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Dave JonesDemocrat · winner
52.7%5,140
G. Lamont RichardsRepublican · incumbent
44.9%4,380
Bob StrandLibertarian
2.4%236
9,756 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 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET