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2010Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2010 election for Utah House District 48

Utah House of Representatives · Utah

Lavar Christensen (R) won with 53.3% of the vote, defeating Trisha S. Beck (D) by 6.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Lavar ChristensenRepublican · winner
53.3%5,327
Trisha S. BeckDemocrat · incumbent
46.7%4,675
10,002 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

EvenR+28.92004R+15.42006D+1.72008R+6.52010R+48.22020R+20.02022

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET