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Show 11 . it The Salt Lake Tribune, Wednesday. November UEAs-sr- T s JI.jt.IL V 8L fiwJSL.fiL VC .e x h W $? v. 4. W QnttTTS ths srsi ' VxftkfirtMtaV uWS iv "r j ry it feW1 V 1jftfcw,'ftiriifcfiFftftjii st ''51 A- jr2j p4 f7 vni CT'' ';L a. v -' X ' v aV&d-- Frances Farley (D) Senate District Wilford Black (D) Senate District 2 1 Arthur Kimball (D) Senate District S Moroni Jensen (D) Senate District ? f. H i. i &w fk. ' Niar M1 t lh ' h- ? v,,! V k- ar jfW(,' ft ' V4 , jfs-- afSSiV' viv: I .. rr - a ? ' ti w N 5wKSS - sy. fes.- "1 - r - . 'e tr?r E ?& aA f' pr f- V t - Sv v. t - v & ; sv4 k-- ;. S't a ?ut ! w fiirq Douglas Bischoff (R) Senate District 7 6 (p - s,4' 'Cw T 3, &, f ' '- Jm Ak i.J v jr s 4 3- jhttk Z V Xy'JEL.5. 11 3. 1976 . -- bfeVwsvv'U Fred Finlinson (R) Senate District 8 -- .r . ' " j fc3 J& arR Lid K Robert Bowen (D) Senate District 17 Karl Snow (R) Senate District 16 t i 1 J Wt'.-,-'- Darrell Renxtrom D) Senate District 19 Several Close Races Democratic Majority Looming in Senate Democrats headed toward a majority m the Utah Senate, but one race in Salt Lake County was a and another also was close For practical purposes one Democratic vote in the Senate can be subtracted because Sen. Carl E. Petterrson, a holdover, has voted with the Republicans since his tiff last session over Senate leadership with Senate President Ernest H Dean, Fork, while Sen Pettersson was majority leader. Ignoring that factor though, and betstti on uiiuiupiele leluiiia, the balance in the Senate stood at 17 Democrats and 123 Republicans. Here, by district, is how the races shaped upSalt I nke County District 1 Incumbent Republican Sen W. Hughes Broekbank, who has found himself in similar situations m the two previous elections but has come through, was locked in a near dead heat with Democratic challenger Frances Farley. This district was considered a possible turnover by the Democrats Demo Leading District 2 Incumbent Democratic Sen Wilford R. Black Jr , a railroad engineer completing his first term, defeated Mrs. lone R. Tippetts, Repub-bcabusiness manager for an aiea weekly newspaper and for eight years chairman of the Rose Park Citizens Group Arthur L Kimball, District 5 Democrat, lobbyist for the Utah State Hospital Assn., who ousted incumbent Sen. Don Brooke in the primary, won over Republican Robert E. Buhler, a salesman, and John Storey, running on the independent Jackass Party ticket. t The Utah Senate - cliff-hang- er Another incumbent, District 6 Democratic Sen Morom L. Jensen, was the winner in a race with Norma Chaffos, a realtor, and Harold C. Christensen, a schoolteacher running as an American Party hopeful. Mr. Jensen is an education administrator. Incumbent Republican Distnct 7 Sen. Douglas G. Bischoff, six years in the Senate, an optometrist, soundly defeated Democrat William H. Finney, Salt Lake County finance director, and Senate District ( h) Sevier-Wayn- 75 of 88 12,1 3,927 1,916 Districts Stanley D. Burgess (R) Thorpe Waddmghani (D) Paul E. Turner (A) District District 27 50 of 56 The 83 of 83 4,423 lU,b95 Ivan M. 14,629 measured by the growth m the number Tins voting districts established year there were 1,620 distncts in Utah for the Tuesday election. This compares to 1,567 m 1974 and ,4 in 1072 1 (Unopposed) Heres Coun states population can almost be of Districts Matheson (R) rw; More Voting Districts 29 n) Districts Albert J. Gibbons iR) Omar B. Bunnell (D) 6,849 8,497 1,257 Nn) Returns from other counties shows Davis County, District 23 Jack M Bangerter, Republican from Bountiful, who defeated incumoent Sen Ezra T. Clark in the GOP primary, appeared winner over Democrat H. Ralph Klemm, Bountiful lawyer and a former U S assistant attorney. Utah County, Distnct, 16, Republican Sen Karl N Snow Jr , a Brigham Young Umversity faculty member and former state legislative anyalyot, was unopposed In Distnct 17, a three-wa- y ty-by-C- oun v .- showed fe'5 Y s t , 4 v. t - ' j ,A fj:i "N .s 3- - y' V && r, Larry Libertarian Robert Searls, a furloughed airline pilot Also a winner was District 8 another incumbent, Sen Fred W. Finlinson, Republican, the Senates youngest member at 34 He defeated Democrat J. Denms Sullivan, a paper company employe, Bruce Bangerter, American Party, who previously tried for the U.S House and U.S. Senate, and Libertarian Dawn B. Freeland. (Beaver-Garfield-Iro- Juan) n 28 J Districts Charles W. BuUen (R) R Kieth Binford (D) Arthur R. Morin (A) Lineup : incumbent Democratic Sen Robert 0 Bowen, Spanish Fork, leading Republican Verl D Stone, also Spanish Fork, a Utah County commis-siuin.and Air. c near. Party candidate lace Presen I Senate: Democrat 15; District 25 47 of 47 - it (Needed for Control: 15) Multi-Count- y (Cache-Ric- r - 'V D Lilly Weber County had two Democratic incumbent Democratic Sen. winners Darrell G Renstrom, Ogden, the assistant majority leader, over C. Nmk Baker, Ogden, Republican, and Harry 0 Kimbrougn, Ogden, Libertarian Ken Pace, a Roy businessman, Democrat, who upset incumbent Sen Merrill Jenkins in the party convention, defeated Republican Delbert C. Dabb, an Ogden accountant In multicounty races, District 25 (Cache, Rich) Republican Rep Charles W. Bullen, Logan, seeking the Senate seat of retiring Reed Bullen, a cousin and the Senate s senior member, swamped Democrat Kieth Binford, Logan, a state liquor commissioner, and an American Party candidate, Arthur Morin, Richmond, a real estate company owner District 22 In District 22 (Carbon, Emery, Grand, San Juan), Democratic incumbent Sen Omar Bunnell, Price, a decade in the Senate and maiority leader, easily defeated Mrs. Alberta J. Beppy Gibbons, Blanding, San Juan County Republican chairman. In a particularly interesting race m District 28 (Juab, Wayne, Sevier, Sanpete, Piute, Millard) former state Sen. Thorpe Waddmgham, Delta attorney, defeated Republican Stanley Burgess, Salma livestockman, and American Party candidate Paul E Turner, Richfield businessman. In Distnct 29 (Beaver, Iron. Washington, Oariield, Kane), Ivan M. Matheson, Cedar City, an Iron County commissioner, was unopposed to replace Republican Dixie Leavitt, who left the Senate to run unsuccessfully for governor m the GOP primary. Traditionally Utah has ranked at or near the top among the 50 states m the proportion of its voting age population voting in a general election Utah ranked second in the 1960 election, first m 1964 and 1968, and second again m 1972, a fraction under South Dakota, whose Sen. George McGovern was running for President In 14 presidential contests starting with 1920, Utah has always been among the top six states in voter turnout. ' h, h Ken Pace (D) Senate District 20 vy ym Charles BuUen (R) Jack M. Bangerter R) Senate District 23 Omar Bunnell (D) Senate District 27 Senate District 25 Ivan Matheson (R) Senate District 29 Thorpe Waddingham (D) Senate District 28 S:L. Senate Contest: Heres the Vote Tally District 51 In Voter Turnout, Utah Ranks High X Et vJSSt- - District 1 of 55 Districts W Hughes Biockbank(R) Fran es Farley (D) District 40 of 41 45 of 8,478 8,644 Norma Chaffos Moi om L. (R 4,941 8,421 261 Jensen (D) District 2 8 2sfi (D Douglas G Bischoff (R) William H Fmncy(D) Robert R Searls (L) District 5 44 of 41 Districts Robert B Buhler (R) Arthur L Kimball (D) John Storey (I) 7 49 of 50 Districts 4,330 District 6 Districts lien old C. Christensen (A) Distncts lone R Tippetts (R) Wilford Rex Black Jr 18 46 of 49 4,971 7,920 74 ty Tally of Utah Statewide Races 8 Districts Fred W Finlinson (R) J Dennis Sullivan (D) Bruce Bangerter (A) Dawn B 11,24 5,950 59 Freeland (L) 12,038 6,764 262 100 |