Two San Juan County races are within 11 votes in election-night results
Unofficial results from election night show a four-vote gap in a San Juan County commission seat. Republicans led the Washington County commission and attorney races.

San Juan County
San Juan County's results, as of 10:16 p.m. Tuesday, showed two very close races. County Commission District 2: Democrat Terry Whitehat had 82 votes, or 51.25%, to 78, or 48.75%, for Republican Silvia Stubbs, a four-vote gap with all seven precincts reporting. [2]
County Sheriff: Republican Lehi Lacy had 477 votes, or 50.58%, to 466, or 49.42%, for Democrat Avery Olsen, an 11-vote gap with all 24 precincts reporting. [2]
In other San Juan County races, Democrat Norman Lameman had 236 votes, or 62.43%, to 142, or 37.57%, for Republican Jamie Harvey in Commission District 3. Republican Lyman Duncan had 545 votes, or 57.61%, to 401, or 42.39%, for Democrat Daylene Redhorse in the clerk/auditor race. [2]
Washington County
Republicans led all three contested county races in the 12:23 a.m. count, in which none of the county's 142 precincts was listed as fully reported. Commission Seat A: Gil Almquist had 29,780 votes, or 69.27%, to 13,212, or 30.73%, for Democrat Gail Koske. Seat B: Troy Belliston had 28,265 votes, or 65.64%, to 12,930, or 30.03%, for Democrat Sarah Anderson and 1,866, or 4.33%, for Constitution Party candidate Kristin Isham. County Attorney: Jerry Jaeger had 30,393 votes, or 70.77%, to 12,553, or 29.23%, for Democrat Edward Flint. [1]
Grand, Kane and Iron counties
Grand County Commission at-large: Neal Herbert had 2,618 votes, or 59.23%, to 1,802, or 40.77%, for Rory Paxman. District 4: Diego Velasquez had 634 votes, or 64.69%, to 346 for Shalee Holland. District 5: Everett Hildenbrandt had 530 votes, or 52.22%, to 485, or 47.78%, for Republican Mike McCurdy. Sheriff: Jamison Wiggins had 2,414 votes, or 55.98%, to 1,898, or 44.02%, for Jim Winder. Clerk/auditor: Gabriel Woytek had 2,374 votes, or 53.89%, to 2,031 for Kenneth Minor. All 22 precincts had reported. [3]
Kane County Commission Seat A: Republican Patty Kubeja had 1,885 votes, or 63.40%, to 1,088 for Matthew Fisher. Seat B: Republican Celeste Meyeres had 2,020 votes, or 66.34%, to 1,025 for Democrat Bo Folsom. [4]
Iron County Commission Seat B: Republican K. Rand Bettridge had 9,969 votes, or 75.74%, to 3,193, or 24.26%, for Wesley Curtis. [5]
These counts had not been updated on the state results site as of about 8:15 a.m. Wednesday. Results are unofficial until the county canvass, held Nov. 10-17, and the statewide canvass on Nov. 23. [6]
Sources
- Washington County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 12:23 a.m. Nov. 4, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- San Juan County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 10:16 p.m. Nov. 3, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- Grand County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 9:38 p.m. Nov. 3, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- Kane County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 9:37 p.m. Nov. 3, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- Iron County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 10:30 p.m. Nov. 3, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- Utah Lt. Governor's Office: current election information and canvass dates vote.utah.gov
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