Celeste Maloy looks like the winner in the Republican primary to replace Rep. Chris Stewart in Utah's 2nd District. She did it with strength in Southern Utah and by controlling the losses in Davis County.
Results show a stark regional divide, Celeste Maloy’s strength in southern Utah and an overall abysmal special primary election turnout.
We can try all we want to convince ourselves otherwise, but Utahns have been, and remain, in Donald Trump’s camp. It would be one thing if it was a middling portion of the GOP that was Trump fanboys and fangirls, but it’s significant.among registered Republicans, with the next closest contender in the crowded Republican presidential field, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, 30 points back.
As of Wednesday evening, 53% of the votes that had been counted were in those three metro counties, 47% in the rural,That margin will likely close, as there are considerably more ballots left to be counted in the rural counties. Still, the splitting of the conservative vote gave Edwards a path to victory that she was nearly able to pull off. Had she won, Edwards would have been a juicy target for conservative Republican challengers. Somewhere in the district, there are probably a few ambitious politicos disappointed she didn’t prevail.As of Wednesday night, a little over 70,000 ballots had been counted. The Salt Lake County Clerk reports there are another 2,600 in the 2nd District to be counted.
Some parts of the state had the 2nd District special election and municipal primaries. But several cities — Salt Lake City, Magna, Kearns, South Salt Lake and Millcreek — opted not to just have one election using Ranked Choice Voting in November. So, again, those local primaries that could have spurred turnout didn’t happen.made it easy for voters to forget to fill out and return the ballot and surely depressed turnout.
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