With some close races in the balance, close to half the ballots haven’t been recorded in Utah’s most populous county as of Wednesday afternoon.
On Wednesday afternoon, with some close races in the balance, close to half the ballots haven’t been recorded in Utah’s most populous county.
So far, the county has reported about 208,000 votes, meaning 45% of the ballots cast in Utah’s most populous county are outstanding. She planned to report an official number to the state elections office Wednesday evening. Further down the ticket, Democrats will be hoping the upcoming reports can salvage two state House races. Incumbent state Rep. Elizabeth Weight is about 250 votes behind her Republican challenger Quinn Kotter and state Rep. Clare Collard is 166 votes behind Republican Anthony Loubet. It’s not clear how many of the 169,000 votes fall into those respective House districts.Independent Senate candidate Evan McMullin said Tuesday night that he had called Republican Sen.
Sen. Mike Lee makes his victory speech at the Utah Republican Party election night party at the Hyatt Regency in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022.As of 11 p.m., McMullin trailed Lee by 13 percentage points, just ender 85,000 votes.It was the culmination of the most expensive race in Utah history and an unprecedented bid in a statewide race.
It was Utah’s most expensive U.S. Senate race in history, with the candidates spending millions, and outside super PACs pouring in millions more.Voters have come out by a large margin in initial vote tallies against a proposed constitutional amendment that would give the Utah Legislature more power to revise budgets during special sessions without consulting with the governor.
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