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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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Unaffiliated candidates lead two Box Elder and Davis county races

Unofficial results show Douglas Christensen ahead of Republican Mike Allred for Box Elder sheriff and Bret Millburn leading a Davis County commission seat by 1,072 votes. Utah County Republicans led every contested county race.

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Box Elder County

County Sheriff: unaffiliated candidate Douglas Christensen had 7,747 votes, or 47.50%, to 6,554, or 40.18%, for Republican Mike Allred. Allan Shinney and Chad Hayman, also unaffiliated, had 1,558 and 451 votes. The count was missing one of 52 precincts. [1]

County Commission Seat A: Republican Vance Smith had 10,009 votes, or 62.25%, to 6,070, or 37.75%, for unaffiliated candidate Alan Williams. Republicans were the only candidates for commission Seat B, attorney, auditor and clerk. [1]

In the Box Elder County School District's District 3, Kami Dupree had 1,405 votes and Ryan Burt 1,404, with one of 10 precincts not yet reporting. [1]

Davis County

County Commission Seat B: unaffiliated candidate Bret Millburn had 41,281 votes, or 50.66%, to 40,209, or 49.34%, for Republican Susan Lee, a margin of 1,072 votes with all 441 precincts reporting. [2]

County Controller: Republican Scott Parke had 45,175 votes, or 53.69%, to 38,968, or 46.31%, for Democrat Stephanie Wayment. Republicans were unopposed for commission Seat A, attorney, clerk and sheriff. [2]

Utah County

Republicans led every contested county race with all 533 precincts reporting. Commission Seat A: Michelle Kaufusi had 62,139 votes, or 60.35%, to 32,950, or 32.00%, for Democrat Jeanne Marie Bowen and 7,881 for Independent American candidate Jacob Oaks. Seat B: David Spencer had 56,505 votes, or 55.13%, to 36,649, or 35.76%, for Democrat J. Allen and 9,345 for Forward candidate David Hinckley. [3]

Auditor: Gina Tanner had 69,874 votes, or 72.65%, to 26,307 for Independent American candidate Hans Andersen. Clerk: Corey Astill had 64,565 votes, or 67.14%, to 31,601 for Forward candidate Russ Rampton. [3]

Salem's Proposition 8, a 10-year, 0.1% sales tax for recreation, arts and parks, was passing with 1,634 votes, or 72.53%, for the tax and 619 against. [3][5]

Results are unofficial until the county canvass, held Nov. 10-17, and the statewide canvass on Nov. 23. [4]

Sources

  1. Box Elder County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 12:14 a.m. Nov. 4, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
  2. Davis County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 11:33 p.m. Nov. 3, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
  3. Utah County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 11:09 p.m. Nov. 3, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
  4. Utah Lt. Governor's Office: current election information and canvass dates vote.utah.gov
  5. Utah County Elections: list of candidates and ballot questions vote.utahcounty.gov

This story was written by AI from the report by Box Elder County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 12:14 a.m. Nov. 4, 2026 (state results site), which has the full story. How we write stories.