One of the Utah Senate's most colorful orators - and some say innovative thinkers - will not be making speeches on the Senate floor in 1991.
Sen. Lorin Pace, R-Salt Lake, was defeated in Tuesday night's Republican primary by Delpha Baird - a candidate who came within a whisker of defeating Pace four years ago. This time, Baird won the race with 54 percent of the votes cast."The people in this district feel that Lorin Pace does not represent their beliefs and attitudes," Baird said. "They believed I can better listen to them and I am willing to talk to them and call them back to get their input on the issues. That's been missing in the past."
That, Baird said, made the difference in the election.
Pace, a one-time speaker of the House first elected to the Legislature in 1964, refused to comment on his election loss. In addition to his political battles, Pace has also had his battles with the Internal Revenue Service and the Utah State Bar.
Baird, who now faces Democrat John Dwan for the Senate District 9 seat, promises to focus her campaign on education issues, including reducing classroom sizes and improving school supplies. And, she said, "I think we're ready for another woman in the Senate."
In Senate District 22, former Deputy Davis County Attorney Don Sperry Redd had hoped to win a seat in the Utah Senate. But to do so he had to beat Sen. Haven Barlow, R-Layton - who has held that seat for 30 years - in Tuesday's primary.
But seniority won out again - as it has for years - as Barlow tallied 61 percent of the votes.
It's now likely Barlow will retain his Senate seat. No Democrat filed, and only Libertarian Glen Hunt will be on the ballot opposing Barlow.
Redd blamed much of his defeat on the Utah Education Association, which he says "clearly has the capacity to turn out their people in large numbers. I got whupped." Redd has openly opposed the UEA and its political tactics.
In an open race in a district that covers Tooele County and portions of west Salt Lake County and northwest Utah County, two Republicans battled it out for the right to bid for the seat of Democrat Karl Swan, D-Tooele, who retired to run for the Tooele County Commission.
When the dust had cleared, Tracy Wilson, a Lehi native active in Republican politics, had claimed victory. But it will be an uphill battle, considering much of Senate District 13 lies in heavily Democratic Tooele County.
Wilson will now face Libertarian Jerry H. Stocks, Democrat E.G. Mantes Jr. and Independent William C. Swank in the general election.
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Hot November legislative races
SENATE DISTRICT 9 (east Salt Lake County) - Democrat John Dwan, well-known through his public relations job at University Hospital, takes on community activist Delpha Baird in a district that hasn't gone Democratic in many years.
HOUSE DISTRICT 4 - Republican Fred Hunsaker takes on Rep. Frank Prante, D-Logan, who is the first Democratic legislator from Cache County in decades.
HOUSE DISTRICT 32 - In what has been dubbed the War of the Roses, incumbent Rep. Janet Rose, D-Salt Lake, faces a challenge from D. Wayne Rose (no relation) in an already-bitter campaign involving the controversial issue of providing contraceptives to minors.
HOUSE DISTRICT 46 - Republican Bruce Wasden, principal of Fox Hills Elementary School, will try to unseat now-prominent Rep. Kelly Atkinson, D-West Jordan, in a district Republicans have long coveted.
HOUSE DISTRICT 51 - Rep. Hugh Rush, elected as a Democrat, switched to the Republican side during the middle of the last legislative session and now must fight for re-election as a Republican against Democrat Neal B. Hendrickson and Independent Jerry Dixon.
HOUSE DISTRICT 74 - House Majority Whip David Adams, R-Monticello, faces stiff competition from an organized campaign to register Navajos to vote - Navajos who vote almost 100 percent Democrat. He is being challenged by noted environmentalist Ken Sleight.
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Utah Senate
District 9
Salt Lake County
62 of 62 voting districts
Delpha A. Baird 2,615
Lorin N. Pace (R-inc.) 2,202
District 13
Tooele, Salt Lake, Utah counties
61 of 61 voting districts
Tracy R. Wilson 2,375
DeRay Sparks 1,873
District 15
Utah County
35 of 35 voting districts
Will Christensen 57
Shawn W. Hurst 28
District 22
Davis County
58 of 58 voting districts
Haven J. Barlow (R-inc) 5,954
Don Sperry Redd 3,780
Utah House of Representatives
District 8
Weber County
22 of 22 voting districts
Zane B. Froerer 834
Vern L. Hawkins 809
District 16
Davis County
21 of 21 voting districts
Kevin S. Garn 1,741
Robert (Bob) Stevenson 1,338
District 17
Davis County
23 of 23 voting districts
Walt Bain (R-inc.) 2,690
Clyde F. Marx 2,347
District 18
Davis County
23 of 23 voting districts
Stanley M. Smedley (R-inc.) 1,922
Clayne Arthur 1,224
District 20
Davis County
23 of 23 voting districts
Herbert N. Henderson 22
Stuart M. Maughan 14
District 27
Salt Lake County
28 of 28 voting districts
Kimball Young 1,390
Lynn F. Price 1,179
District 33
Salt Lake County
26 of 26 voting districts
Phil H. Uipi 1,571
Robert F. Babcock 1,281
District 37
Salt Lake County
25 of 25 voting districts
Michael B. Fletcher 56
Norman R. Chesler 37
District 39
Salt Lake County
20 of 20 voting districts
Irby Arrington 983
Conrad Maxfield (R-inc.) 684
District 49
Salt Lake County
18 of 18 voting districts
Clay I. Petersen Jr. 470
Richard H. McAffee 283
District 58
Utah County
14 of 14 voting districts
Alan K. Hunter 14
Robert A. Schoen 10
District 60
Utah County
13 of 13 voting districts
Norman L. Nielsen 1,506
Pat Nix (R-inc.) 888
District 64
Utah County
11 of 11 voting districts
Vincent R. Newmeyer 22
Wilma L. Ray 21
District 65
Utah County
12 of 12 voting districts
Kelvin Smith 20
Logan M. Wright 18
District 66
Utah County
15 of 15 voting districts
Florence G. Bale 31
Craig L. Williams 18
District 67
Utah County
18 of 18 voting districts
O. Dean Pendleton 55
Sherwin Massey 51
District 71
Sevier and Emery counties
28 of 28 voting districts
Brad Johnson 1,799
John Hales 1,673
District 75
Washington County
31 of 31 voting districts
Robert A. Slack (R-inc.) 2,442
Cleo R. Atkin 2,398