primary elections

Strong backing from rural voters has enabled a Maloy to win a Republican special primary to fill a soon-to-be vacated congressional seat in Utah.

Preliminary results indicate the three incumbent candidates will get enough primary votes to move on to this fall’s general election. They’ll face off against three political newcomers, including two who have made preserving Dixie heritage a centerpiece of their campaigns.

Taylor Knuth and Ben Nadolski will compete in the general election to become Ogden’s next mayor.

In the three-way GOP primary for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, Hough hopes to position himself as the “authentic” Republican in the race.

In the GOP primary for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, Maloy is campaigning in a three-way race with the backing of resigning Republican Rep. Chris Stewart.

Edwards is one of three GOP candidates hoping to win the Sept. 5 primary election in Utah’s 2nd Congressional District.

Two of the three Republicans vying to succeed resigning U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart, Bruce Hough and Celeste Maloy, met in the first of several debates across Utah's 2nd Congressional District. Becky Edwards did not participate.

Seven people are running to be Ogden’s next mayor and every single one says affordable housing is a big problem.

The losing candidate for state House District 72, Willie Billings, called for the recount and wanted it to be by hand. County elections officials said they couldn’t do that.

Plumb’s primary win was the easy part. There’s still an election, the rest of Senate District 9 and the Republican-led Legislature to worry about.

Washington County election officials say for the first time they’re holding a recount for a razor-thin race, and the losing candidate wants it to be done by hand.

Plumb won’t face a Republican challenger in the general election. Instead, she’ll face an unaffiliated write-in candidate.