GOP candidates swept the ballot in Wasatch County, starting from the top of the ticket.
More than 60% of voters chose president-elect Donald Trump and running mate J.D. Vance, while about 36% voted for Vice President Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.
That’s equivalent to the share of Wasatch County voters who selected Trump in 2020, 61%.
In the race for Utah governor, incumbent Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson garnered 56% of the county’s vote. Brian King’s campaign came second with 26% of the vote, and Phil Lyman got around 15% of the county’s votes as a write-in candidate.
And Mike Kohler retained his seat in the state House of Representatives with two-thirds of the vote in Wasatch County, defeating Democratic challenger Julie Monahan. The results were the opposite among a smaller group of voters in neighboring Summit County.
The Wasatch County Council will remain unanimously Republican.
Incumbent councilmembers Kendall Crittenden, Mark Nelson and Spencer Park all retained their seats.
Crittenden won a sixth consecutive term on the council with over 60% of the vote. He’ll continue to represent Heber residents. Tori Broughton, a United Utah candidate, got 28% of votes, and Libertarian Jami Hewlett came third with 11%.
Nelson fended off Democratic challenger Sherrie Bercuson to keep his seat representing Midway and western Wasatch County. He earned 65% of the vote, compared to Bercuson’s 35%.
Park ran unopposed to represent Wallsburg and the southern portion of the county.
Starting in 2025, there will be one fresh face on the council, Colleen Bonner, who ran unopposed for an at-large seat. She will also be the only woman of the seven councilmembers.
The Wasatch County Clerk’s Office processed about 11,000 ballots on election night and had about 4,600 left to count Wednesday afternoon.
Results are preliminary until they’re certified by local canvass boards weeks after the election. Officials in Summit and Wasatch counties have yet to announce when results will be certified.
