1990Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1990 election for Utah Senate District 4
Utah State Senate · Utah
Scott Newell Howell (D) won with 56.0% of the vote, defeating Richard B. Tempest (R) by 12.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Scott Newell HowellDemocrat · winner
56.0%9,693
Richard B. TempestRepublican · incumbent
44.0%7,613
17,306 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 1990
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET