2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Utah House District 36
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Phil Riesen (D) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Susan Lawrence (R) by 1.8 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Phil RiesenDemocrat · winner
50.9%6,111
Susan LawrenceRepublican · incumbent
49.1%5,894
12,005 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET