Count continues on Weber County positions; Kearsley maintains lead in County Commission Seat A race
Rob Nielsen, Standard-Examiner
A view of the Weber County Fairgrounds Exhibit Center which served as a vote center on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.WEBER COUNTY — Votes are still being tabulated and many races in Northern Utah remain close.
Weber County is no exception.
On Tuesday, Weber County officials told the Standard-Examiner that around 17,000 ballots remained to be counted. Of these, 2,000 were provisional ballots that could take up to a week to finish processing. The other 15,000 were expected to largely be finished processing around 7 p.m. Tuesday.
These counts in competitive races are as of 3:20 p.m. on Tuesday.
WEBER COUNTY COMMISSION
On Wednesday, Republican Duane Kearsley continued to hold a slight lead over Democrat Alan Thurgood in the Weber County Seat A race.
Wednesday afternoon Kearsley (29,923 votes — 49.24%) was ahead of Thurgood (27,493 votes — 45.24%). Gary C. New of the Forward Party was in a distant third place with 3,352 votes (5.52%).
OGDEN SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 6
On Wednesday, in the Ogden School Board’s only competitive race, Zach Thomas held a lead over Jamie Nunley in the District 6 race.
As of Wednesday afternoon, Thomas (657 votes — 56.35%) was ahead of Nunley (509 votes — 43.65%) according to the state’s election website.
AREA STATE SENATE DISTRICTS
In District 5, Democrat Christina Hernandez (13,719 votes — 57.26%) was leading Republican Jill Koford (10,240 votes — 42.74%) as of Wednesday afternoon.
In District 6, Republican Tami Tran (13,594 votes — 55.89%) was leading Democrat Jared Neal (9,006 votes — 37.03%) Wednesday afternoon. Forward Party candidate Josh Smith trailed with 1,721 votes (7.08%).
And in Senate District 7, Republican Stephanie Hollist (16,471 votes — 56.05%) was leading Democrat Garret Rushforth (11,493 votes — 39.11%) and Constitution Party candidate Jerry Ostler (1,423 votes — 4.84%).
AREA HOUSE RACES
The following are results from House races involving Davis, Weber and Morgan County candidates as of 3:40 p.m. Wednesday:
In House District 4, Democrat Zane Woolstenhulme (4,805 votes — 51.62%) was leading Republican Tiara Auxier (4,503 votes — 48.38%).
In House District 6, Republican Rob Bishop (7,830 votes — 68.42%) enjoyed a wide lead over Forward Party candidate James Rich (3,614 votes — 31.58%).
In House District 7, Republican Ryan Wilcox (5,217 votes — 52.08%) was up over Democrat Bianca Mittendorf (4,801 votes — 47.92%).
In House District 8, Democrat Kim James (5,911 — 50.17%) was leading Republican James Kyle (5,414 votes — 45.96%) and Forward Party candidate Libby Shelton (456 votes — 3.87%).
In House District 9, Democrat Angela Choberka was leading with 4,669 votes (53.65%) against Republican Jake Sawyer (4,033 — 46.35%).
In House District 10, Democrat Rosemary Lesser (5,661 votes — 62.95%) was leading Republican Jim Alvey (3,332 votes — 37.05%).
In House District 11, Republican Katy Hall (4,506 votes — 50.54%) had a slim lead over Democrat Dave Calder (4,410 votes — 49.46%).
In House District 12, Republican Mike Schultz held a lead with 5,878 votes (56.75%) versus Democrat Anna Graff (4,480 votes — 43.25%).
In House District 13, Republican Erik Craythorne (4,974 votes — 52.71%) was up over Democrat Jeffrey Anderson (3,841 votes — 40.71%) and Forward Party candidate Tony de Mille (621 votes — 6.58%).
In House District 14, Republican John Taylor (4,733 votes — 54.44%) was leading Democrat Brandon Young (3,961 votes — 45.56%).
In House District 15, Republican Ariel Defay (6,160 votes — 59.89%) had a lead over Democrat Anne Berbert (4,126 votes — 40.11%).
In House District 16, Republican Bob Stevenson (5,128 votes — 50.95%) held a slight lead over Democrat Abigail Treasure (4,936 votes — 49.05%).
In House District 17, Republican Lili Bitner (6,272 votes — 58.07%) was leading Democrat Eric Last (4,528 votes — 41.93%).
In House District 18, Republican Paul Cutler (6,536 votes — 58.52%) was leading Democrat Scott Troxel (4,633 votes — 41.48%).
In House District 20, Democrat Phil Graves (4,691 votes — 51.98%) held a lead over Republican Melissa Ballard (4,333 votes — 48.02%).

