Democrats lead six of seven Salt Lake County races as Sandy bond trails
Unofficial results show Democrats ahead in six of seven contested county races, and Sandy's proposed $30 million bond for the former Crescent View Middle School property failing by 788 votes.
County offices
Democrats led six of the seven contested Salt Lake County races in unofficial results posted at 1:41 a.m. Wednesday, with 928 of 1,006 precincts reporting countywide. [1]
County Sheriff: Democrat Rosie Rivera had 183,304 votes, or 70.10%, to 78,190, or 29.90%, for Republican Shane Manwaring. District Attorney: Democrat Sim Gill had 173,337 votes, or 66.30%, to 88,103, or 33.70%, for Republican Kent Davis. County Auditor: Democrat Ali Cloward had 164,958 votes, or 63.32%, to 95,547, or 36.68%, for Republican Chris Harding. [1]
County Council at-large seat A: Democrat Zach Robinson had 170,642 votes, or 65.09%, Republican Kathleen Anderson 85,598, or 32.65%, and Constitution Party candidate Gregory Beglarian 5,943, or 2.27%. [1]
County Council districts
District 1: Democrat Jiro Johnson had 31,596 votes, or 86.36%, to 4,992, or 13.64%, for Libertarian Casey Poe, with 121 of 124 precincts reporting. District 3: Democrat Luke Maynes had 22,680 votes, or 60.02%, to 15,109, or 39.98%, for Republican Mike Bird, with 143 of 148 precincts. [1]
District 5 was the closest: Republican Traci Crockett had 20,520 votes, or 52.36%, to 18,667, or 47.64%, for Democrat Sara Cimmers, a margin of 1,853 votes with 138 of 144 precincts reporting. [1]
Sandy bond
Sandy voters were narrowly rejecting a general obligation bond of up to $30 million. [2] With 95 of 110 precincts reporting, 12,637 votes, or 51.61%, were against and 11,849, or 48.39%, were for, a margin of 788 votes. [1]
The city's notice said the money would go toward acquiring, developing, renovating and equipping the former Crescent View Middle School property for community, recreation, arts, cultural, park, open-space, trail and municipal uses. The bonds would be secured by city property taxes. [2]
Salt Lake County's separate parks and recreation bond, for up to $128 million, was passing with 60.84% of the vote in the same count. [1][4]
All 20 judicial retention questions on Salt Lake County ballots were passing, with yes votes ranging from 69% to 81%. [1]
Results are unofficial until the county canvass, held Nov. 10-17, and the statewide canvass on Nov. 23. [3]
Sources
- Salt Lake County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 1:41 a.m. Nov. 4, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- Sandy City: notice of public hearing, special bond election utah.gov
- Utah Lt. Governor's Office: current election information and canvass dates vote.utah.gov
- Salt Lake County Parks & Recreation: Recreation General Obligation Bond saltlakecounty.gov
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