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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

Utah, on the record.

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Corey K Astill

Candidate, Utah County Clerk · Republican

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Utah County

On the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot

Corey K Astill was a candidate for Utah County Clerk in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election. The ballot listed Corey K Astill, Republican. Counts are unofficial until the canvass; see the election night results and the official results.

Everyone on the ballot for this seat

CandidateParty
Corey K AstillRepublican
Russ J RamptonForward

Listed in ballot order as certified before the election. Source: Utah County Elections, List of Candidates (spreadsheet linked from https://vote.utahcounty.gov/list-of-candidates). 2026 election guide

Career

ABC4 reports that Astill spent a decade in Washington, D.C., including as staff director for the Congressional Joint Economic Committee and as legislative director for Sen. Deb Fischer. He has run two Utah clinics providing behavioral health services for young patients with autism and co-hosts the podcast Political as Heck. [1]

The clerk's race

Astill defeated Davidson in the June 23 Republican primary, about 55 percent to 45 percent, with 31,707 votes to Davidson's 25,605 in the figures reported for that race. He told ABC4 he has no experience running elections, pointing instead to management, payroll and business ownership, and said "The public's lost trust over the past several years" in the clerk's office. [1]

ABC4's account of the office's recent issues includes Davidson's 2025 acknowledgment that he tracked how state Sen. Mike McKell and other officials returned their ballots, which led lawmakers to bar clerks from releasing how individual voters cast ballots; a halted scanning program after 19 more ballots were cast than voter check-ins in the 2024 primary; and long lines and paper shortages at ballot centers in the 2024 general election. Forward Party candidate Russ Rampton is Astill's November opponent. [1]

Profile sources

Profile refreshed October 28, 2026. Candidate statements describe the candidate's own experience or positions; official records and reporting are labeled separately.

  1. ABC4, Republicans run for Utah County Clerk · Reporting

In the news

Sources

  1. Utah County Elections, List of Candidates (spreadsheet linked from https://vote.utahcounty.gov/list-of-candidates)

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