2012 When Republican Representative Del McOmie retired and left the District 54 seat open, Larsen won the three-way August 21, 2012 Republican Primary with 978 votes (51.5%),[3] and won the three-way November 6, 2012 General election with 2,787 votes (55.3%) against Democratic nominee Bruce Palmer and Libertarian candidate Ryan Jones,[4] who had sought the seat in 2010 as a Republican.