- Two Ogden City Council members, Marcia White and Bart Blair, appeared headed to defeat, according to preliminary vote totals Tuesday.
- Elsewhere across Weber and Davis counties, voters picked mayors in 20-plus cities.
- With several incumbent mayors not running this cycle, at least eight new mayors will be selected in the two counties
OGDEN — Voters in Ogden, northern Utah's largest city, weighed in on the hopefuls for four Ogden City Council posts, and two incumbents — Marcia White and Bart Blair — appear headed toward defeat, according to preliminary vote totals.
With a third seat open, the incumbent not vying for reelection, three new faces could be joining the seven-member City Council, though totals are not yet final.
Voters in more than 20 other cities scattered across Weber and Davis counties, meantime, cast ballots for mayor, with new leaders to be picked in at least six Weber County locales where incumbents aren't vying — Marriott-Slaterville, North Ogden, Plain City, Pleasant View, Roy and Uintah.
Voters in Davis County were to pick new mayors in at least two cities where incumbents opted not to run again: Bountiful, where City Councilwoman Kate Bradshaw ran unchallenged; and Fruit Heights.
Incumbent mayors in Davis County were faring well, according to preliminary totals, with 10 of the 11 seeking reelection holding solid leads over their challengers. In Weber County, the incumbent mayors in West Haven and Riverdale appeared on their way to victory while the sitting mayors in Farr West and Harrisville appeared headed to defeat.
Weber County Clerk-Auditor Ricky Hatch estimates around 70% of Weber County's ballots have been counted with the votes tallied as of Tuesday night, and here's how the races for the four Ogden City Council posts up for grabs were shaping up:
- Challenger Alicia Washington led incumbent Marcia White in the race for the at-large seat A post, 55.4%-44.6%.
- Challenger Kevin Lundell led incumbent Bart Blair for the at-large seat A post, 59.3%-40.7%.
- Flor Lopez led Jase Reyneveld 59.1%-40.9% in the race for the District 1 seat. Angela Choberka is the incumbent, but she didn't seek reelection.
- Incumbent Ken Richey led challenger Heath Satow in the race for the District 3 seat, 53.1%-46.9%.
Ogden politics can get contentious, and incumbents Richey, White and Blair each faced scrappy contenders arguing for change on the City Council.
Weber County mayoral races
Eleven mayoral posts were on the ballot across Weber County, including in the six locales where incumbents opted not to run again. Here's how those six contests were shaping up:
Roy: In the second-largest Weber County city after Ogden, Ann Jackson, a member of the Roy City Council, led Mike Vanalfen by a 52.6%-47.4% margin. Bob Dandoy is the two-term incumbent mayor.
North Ogden: Ryan Barker, a member of the North Ogden City Council, was leading Phil Swanson, a former City Council member, 60%-40%. The incumbent is Neal Berube.
Marriott-Slaterville: Les Syme was leading Mark Hodson in the race to replace Scott VanLeeuwen, who didn't run again, by a 68.7%-31.3% margin.
Plain City: Phil Meyer led Shawna Faulkner in the mayor's race, 63.1%-36.9%. Jon Beesley is the incumbent.
Pleasant View: Steven Gibson led Sara Urry in the mayoral race, 55.1%-44.9%. Both are members of the Pleasant View City Council, hoping to replace incumbent Leonard Call.
Uintah: Kristi Bell, a member of the Uintah City Council, ran unchallenged for mayor and will earn the spot. Gordon Cutler is the incumbent.
Two Weber County mayors appeared headed to defeat. In Farr West, challenger David Bolos led Mayor Ken Phippen 60.1%-39.9%, and in Harrisville, challenger Roger Shuman led Mayor Michelle Tait 70.7%-29.3%.
In West Haven, Mayor Rob Vanderwood led challenger Austin Slaughter by a 62.3%-37.7% margin. Riverdale Mayor Braden Mitchell didn't face a challenge, while in the mayoral race in the Ogden Valley, where a new city is taking shape, Janet Wampler was leading Shanna Francis
Neither South Ogden nor Washington Terrace ran elections because the mayors and other city council members running were all unchallenged. Thus, Russell Porter wins another term as South Ogden mayor, and Mark Allen wins another term as leader of Washington Terrace.
Davis County mayoral races
The one contested mayoral race in Davis County without an incumbent was in Fruit Heights, where Jeanne Groberg was leading Eileen Moss, a member of the City Council, by a 53.4%-46.6% margin. Mayor John Pohlman didn't run again after two terms in the post.
Bountiful's Kate Bradshaw will become that city's new mayor, running unchallenged for the seat. She'll replace Mayor Kendalyn Harris, who didn't run again.
Otherwise, incumbents, for the most part, were rolling to victory in the other Davis County cities with mayoral races, the preliminary figures showed:
- Clearfield Mayor Mark Shepherd led challenger Wallace Clermont by a 74.5%-25.5% margin.
- In Clinton, the exception to the norm, challenger Marie Dougherty held a big lead over Mayor Brandon Stanger, winning by a 72.4%-27.6% margin.
- Farmington Mayor Brett Anderson was easily outdistancing challenger Jorge Quinones, 85.8%-14.2%.
- Kaysville Mayor Tami Tran led challenger Tim Hodges, 76.9%-23.1%.
- Layton Mayor Joy Petro led challenger Trevor Foust, 69%-31%.
- North Salt Lake Mayor Brian Horrocks led challenger Barry Bryson, 77.2%-22.8%.
- Sunset Mayor Scott Wiggill was leading challenger Sam Bartling by a 58.4%-41.6% margin.
- Syracuse Mayor Dave Maughan led Brett Cragun, 68.3%-31.7%.
- West Bountiful Mayor Kenneth Romney led Dell Butterfield by a 58.5%-41.5% margin.
- West Point Mayor Brian Vincent led David Drake, 59.3%-40.7%.
- Centerville Mayor Clark Wilkinson and Woods Cross Mayor Ryan Westergard were unchallenged.
