Weber school board race at 47 votes as Democrats lead two Cache County Council seats
Weber County's updated count Wednesday shows a 47-vote gap in a Weber School Board race. In Cache County, Democrats led both Logan seats on the County Council.
Weber County
Weber County posted an updated count at 10:12 a.m. Wednesday with all 196 precincts reporting. The closest race was Weber School Board District 2, where Jan Burrell had 2,752 votes, or 50.43%, to 2,705, or 49.57%, for Jodi B. Kennedy, a 47-vote gap. [1]
County Commission Seat A: Republican Duane D. Kearsley had 29,923 votes, or 49.24%, to 27,493, or 45.24%, for Democrat Alvin Thurgood and 3,352, or 5.52%, for Forward Party candidate Gary C. New. Republicans ran unopposed for Commission Seat B and for assessor, attorney, clerk/auditor and sheriff. [1]
Ogden School Board District 6: Zach Thomas had 657 votes, or 56.35%, to 509, or 43.65%, for Jamie Nunley. [1]
Cache County
Democrats led both Logan seats on the Cache County Council in the count posted at 10:47 p.m. Tuesday, with all 124 precincts reporting. Logan Seat 2, a two-year term: Allison E. Goulais had 1,360 votes, or 58.67%, to 958, or 41.33%, for Republican JoAnn Bennett. Logan Seat 3: Mark A. Nafziger had 1,647 votes, or 58.20%, to 1,183, or 41.80%, for Republican Sandi R. Goodlander. [2]
Republicans led the other two contested council seats. Mark R. Hurd had 3,061 votes, or 61.37%, to 1,927 for Democrat Lizette Villegas in Northeast 5, and Kathryn A. Beus had 3,898, or 79.60%, to 999 for Constitution Party candidate Peter Thatcher in Southeast 7. Sheriff: Republican Bryson J. Behm had 19,973 votes, or 78.47%, to 5,481, or 21.53%, for Constitution Party candidate David R. Gillie. [2]
The Cache Water District Board at-large seat was separated by 381 votes: Scott Mershon had 11,873, or 50.82%, to 11,492, or 49.18%, for Kirt Lindley. In Cache County School District races, Roger Pulsipher led District 2 with 60.18%, Randall T. Bagley led District 4 with 55.43% and Teri Rhodes led District 7 with 56.90%. Karlee Fryer led Logan City School District 5 with 57.95%. [2]
Wasatch and Tooele counties
Wasatch County, as of 10:24 p.m. Tuesday with all 53 precincts reporting, at-large County Council Seat A: Republican Rachel Kahler had 5,785 votes, or 55.10%, to 3,702, or 35.26%, for Democrat Robert Duncan McNeill. Council Seat F: Republican Michael Murphy had 1,311 votes, or 52.76%, to 1,174, or 47.24%, for Democrat Joseph A. Tugaw, a 137-vote gap. County Attorney: Republican Jon Woodard had 5,638 votes, or 53.68%, to 4,865, or 46.32%, for Democrat Lauren Forsyth. Sheriff: Republican Jeremy M. Hales had 6,881 votes, or 67.82%, to 3,265 for Paul Moore. [3]
Tooele County's last posted count, at 9:04 p.m. Tuesday, listed none of its 79 precincts as fully reported. Republicans were unopposed for the county offices. In school board races, Scott Bertolio had 53.16% in District 5, Angie Gillette had 59.48% in District 6 and Elizabeth Smith had 56.43% in District 7. [4]
Results are unofficial until the county canvasses, held Nov. 10-17, and the statewide canvass on Nov. 23. [5]
Sources
- Weber County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 10:12 a.m. Nov. 4, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- Cache County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 10:47 p.m. Nov. 3, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- Wasatch County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 10:24 p.m. Nov. 3, 2026 (state results site) electionresults.utah.gov
- Tooele County unofficial 2026 general election results, as of 9:04 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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