The 20224 unofficial primary election results are in. Polls closed on Tuesday, June 25 at 8 p.m., with results coming in shortly after. Here’s a recap of the winners for the Carbon County races, the Emery County Commissioner race and state-level elections.
Carbon County Races
Assessor
In the Carbon County assessor race, Amy Scmidt-Peters came away with the victory, defeating Gillan Bishop winning 1,690 (66.67%) votes to bishops 845 (33.33%).
Schmidt-Peters now moves on to November’s General Election where she will face Democratic nominee Bob Olson.
Carbon County Commissioner
In the Carbon County Commissioner race, Jared Haddock took the race, claiming 1,269 votes (49.53%). In second it was Max Jones who received 841 votes (32.83%) and in last it was Paul Riddle, who received 452 votes (17.64%).
Haddock moves on to face Democratic nominee David Palacios in the General Election.
Emery County Races
Emery County Commissioner
In the race for Emery County Commissioner, Dennis Worwood took the election, defeating David Sebring by 1,547 votes (73.21%) to Sebring’s 566 (26.79%).
State elections
House District 67
The Utah House District 67 race was one of the most highly contested in the state. Incumbent Christine Watkins eked out the victory over challenger Tom Hansen, winning by only 105 votes. Watkins won 3,408 votes (50.78%) compared to Hansen’s 3,303 (49.22%).
According to Ballotpedia.org, a recount be requested by a candidate, “[I]f the difference between the number of votes cast for a winning candidate in the race and a losing candidate in the race is equal to or less than .25% of the total number of votes cast for all candidates in the race …” In this race that .25% would be 17 votes.
Watkins is set to face Democratic nominee Joe Christman in November’s general election.
Utah State Governor
In the gubernatorial election, incumbent Spencer Cox won handily over challenger Phil Lyman, with Cox claiming 180,134 votes (56.68%) compared to Lyman’s 137,686 votes (43.32%).
In Emery County, Lyman won the county receiving 1,107 votes (52.71%) beating Cox who received 993 votes (47.29%).
In Carbon those results flipped, with Cox taking the county, receiving 1,350 votes (52.14%), defeating Lyman who received 1,239 votes (47.86%).
In this race, Lyman has not yet conceded and is seeking an independent investigation of Utah’s voting system. This comes after a campaign filled with unfounded claims of voter fraud within the state and questions the validity of the signatures gathered by Cox to remain on the ballot.
Barring any major discoveries against the votes, Cox moves on to face State Rep. Brian King, the Democratic nominee in the general election, a race in which Cox is expected to be the front-runner in.