2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2010 election for Utah House District 21
Utah House of Representatives · Utah
Douglas Sagers (R) won with 52.3% of the vote, defeating James R. Gowans (D) by 11.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Douglas SagersRepublican · winner
52.3%4,732
James R. GowansDemocrat · incumbent
40.5%3,667
Jonathan Dee GarrardConstitution
7.2%656
9,055 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 2010
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET