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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

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Ricky Hatch, CPA

County Clerk/Auditor, Weber County · Republican

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Office held

County Clerk/AuditorWeber CountySource

On the Nov. 3, 2026 ballot

Ricky Hatch, CPA was a candidate for Weber County Clerk/Auditor in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election. The ballot listed Ricky Hatch, CPA, Republican. Counts are unofficial until the canvass; see the election night results and the official results.

Everyone on the ballot for this seat

CandidateParty
Ricky Hatch, CPA (incumbent)Republican

Listed in ballot order as certified before the election. Source: Weber County, 2026 general election candidates. 2026 election guide

Background

Ricky Hatch was elected Weber County Clerk/Auditor in 2010. The county's biography says he graduated from Alta High School and earned a master's degree in accounting with honors from Brigham Young University. He spent seven years as an information systems auditor and consultant for Price Waterhouse in Los Angeles and Warsaw, Poland, worked as a business analyst and project manager in Munich and Boston, founded and taught at a private K-12 school in Ogden, and worked as a financial analyst. He is a CPA and holds a Certified Information Systems Auditor license (1998) and a Certified Public Official certification (2016). Fellow county auditors named him Utah's Auditor of the Year in 2013 and 2017, he was recognized as Clerk of the Year in 2015 and 2022, and he testified before Congress in 2018 and 2021. Weber County's biography says Hatch spent seven years as an information systems auditor and consultant for Price Waterhouse in Los Angeles and Warsaw, worked in business analysis and project management for Parametric Technology in Munich and Boston, and founded and ran a private K-12 school in Ogden in 2002. He later became chief financial officer of a chain of private schools and spent five years as a financial analyst at Jetway. He holds a Brigham Young University master's degree in accounting and was first elected clerk/auditor in 2010.

Source: Weber County: Ricky Hatch, CPA, County Clerk/Auditor · Background checked November 1, 2026

In the news

No Utah Ledger stories name Ricky Hatch, CPA yet.

Sources

  1. Weber County HR Policy 1-200 (signature block)
  2. Weber County, 2026 general election candidates
  3. Weber County: Ricky Hatch, CPA, County Clerk/Auditor
  4. Weber County Clerk/Auditor

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