Republicans are again in command of the San Juan County Fee after residents of the southeast Utah county voted out the primary Native American majority for any county fee ever elected in Utah.
Democrats Willie Grayeyes and Kenneth Maryboy on Tuesday misplaced their reelection bids to challengers Sylvia Stubbs and Jamie Harvey, respectively. Throughout the election season, the 2 Navajo members had been the goal of corruption allegations raised by former county officers and others who pressed legislative leaders Legal professional Common Sean Reyes to analyze San Juan’s elected leaders ties to environmental advocacy teams.
Washington County
In Washington County, the place voters haven’t elected a Democrat in additional than 5 many years, Republicans appear intent on persevering with their dominance.
Whereas the outcomes are unofficial, Republicans are properly on their technique to sweeping the three county fee races. Within the County Fee Seat A race, incumbent Gil Almquist leads Democratic hopeful Robert Ford by a margin of 77 to 24.
Within the County Fee Seat B race, Republican incumbent Victor Iverson is up by a 3-1 margin over Washington County Democratic chair Chuck Goode, 36,434 votes to 12,166. And Republican Adam Snow is main Democrat Rebecca Winsor by an almost similar margin within the County Fee Seat C race.
Republicans are additionally flexing their muscle mass within the county and clerk/auditor races. Republican Eric Clarke has garnered 37,210 votes (79.62%) to Libertarian challenger J.Robert Latham’s 9,526 votes (20.38%) within the race for county lawyer. Within the clerk/auditor’s race, Republican Susan Lewis is trouncing write-in candidate Patrica Kent by greater than a 9-1 margin, 40,837 votes to the challenger’s 3,330 votes.
Within the battle for the Washington County College Board District 6, retired faculty principal Burke Staheli is poised to upend incumbent Kelly Blake. Staheli has 4,301 votes to Blake’s 2,717. In the meantime, in District 5, incumbent David B. Stirland is up by an almost 2-1 margin over educator Edyth Lang, 4,139 votes to her 2,167 votes.
College board candidates Larene L. Cox and Nanette Simmons are working unopposed in district 4 and seven races, respectively. Republican Nate Brooksby, who supported state Rep. Walt Brooks’ invoice to permit gun homeowners 21 and older to hold hid weapons with out a Hid Carry Weapons allow, is working unopposed within the county sheriff’s race.
Different Southern Utah outcomes
In response, the Legislative Auditor Common opened an inquiry, which can even look at Grand County, two weeks forward of the election.
Stubbs prevailed over Grayeyes by a margin of 54 to 46, whereas Harvey’s margin was wider, 61 to 39, in keeping with unofficial outcomes posted on Utah’s election web site.
In neighboring Grand County, first-term County Legal professional Christina Sloan misplaced her reelection bid to Stephen Shares, 57-43. Winners for the county’s seven-member fee had been incumbent Mary McGann, Invoice Winfield and Mike McCurdy.
Jamison Wiggins gained the Grand County sheriff’s put up being vacated by Steven White.
The Kane County Fee will get two new faces after Republicans Patty Kubeja and Celeste Meyeres outlasted robust challenges from write-in candidates Andy Gant, an incumbent commissioner who misplaced to Kubeja within the main, and Camille Johnson.
Elsewhere in Kane County, County Legal professional Rob Van Dyke and Sheriff Tracy Glover gained uncontested bids for reelection.
Former San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman held onto his Home seat, representing your complete southeastern nook of the state 60 to 40 over Democratic challenger Davina Smith.