Moore likely wins reelection, 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 — Final results of the 2026 midterm elections are starting to become a bit clearer, but even with the majority of votes counted, several races still remain close Thursday afternoon.
Weber County Clerk/Auditor Ricky Hatch told the Standard-Examiner on Wednesday that, while the majority of votes would be counted by evening, there were around 2,000 provisional ballots that could take upwards of a week to finish processing.
These counts in competitive races are as of 3:45 p.m. on Thursday.
U.S. HOUSE DISTRICT 2
On Thursday, Rep. Blake Moore appeared poised to win reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives.
As of Thursday afternoon, Moore (117,192 votes — 50.16%) was leading his main challenger, Democrat Peter Crosby (98,952 votes — 42.36%) and three others who had less than 8,000 votes each.
The Associated Press declared Moore the winner Thursday morning.
WEBER COUNTY COMMISSION
On Thursday, Republican Duane Kearsley continued to hold a lead over Democrat Alan Thurgood in the Weber County Seat A race.
Thursday afternoon Kearsley (37,800 votes — 49.83%) was ahead of Thurgood (33,721 votes — 44.45%). Gary C. New of the Forward Party was in a distant third place with 4,337 votes (5.72%).
OGDEN SCHOOL BOARD DISTRICT 6
On Thursday, in the Ogden School Board’s only competitive race, Zach Thomas held a lead over Jamie Nunley in the District 6 race.
As of Thursday afternoon, Thomas (856 votes — 55.51%) was ahead of Nunley (686 votes — 44.49%) according to the state’s election website.
WEBER SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Weber School Board District 2 race between Jan Burrell and Jodi Kennedy remained tight on Thursday.
Thursday afternoon, Kennedy (3,444 votes — 50.48%) was ahead of Burrell (3,379 votes — 49.52%).
DAVIS COUNTY COMMISSION SEAT B AND CONTROLLER
In the Davis County Commission Seat B race, Bret Millburn continued to hold a slight lead over Susan Lee.
As of 4:15 p.m. Thursday, Millburn was leading (45,680 votes — 50.49%) over Lee (44,788 votes — 49.51%).
Meanwhile, in the Davis County Controller race, Scott Parke (50,445 votes — 54.01%) held an advantage over Stephanie Wayment (42,953 votes — 45.99%) Thursday afternoon.
DAVIS SCHOOL BOARD
In the District 3 race, Julie Powell (7,061 votes — 51.15%) had a slight lead over Alison Dunn (6,743 votes — 48.85%).
In the District 6 race, Kristen Hogan (6,839 votes — 62.86%) enjoyed a much more substantial lead over Jane Neal (4,040 votes — 37.14%)
AREA STATE SENATE DISTRICTS
In District 5, Democrat Christina Hernandez (16,526 votes — 55.91%) was leading Republican Jill Koford (13,033 votes — 44.09%) as of Thursday afternoon.
In District 6, Republican Tami Tran (14,780 votes — 56.30%) was leading Democrat Jared Neal (9,599 votes — 36.50%) Thursday afternoon. Forward Party candidate Josh Smith trailed with 1,872 votes (7.13%).
In Senate District 7, Republican Stephanie Hollist (18,860 votes — 56.82%) was leading Democrat Garret Rushforth (12,682 votes — 38.21%) and Constitution Party candidate Jerry Ostler (1,649 votes — 4.97%).
AREA HOUSE RACES
The following are results from House races involving Davis, Weber and Morgan County candidates as of 3:45 p.m. Thursday:
In House District 4, Republican Tiara Auxier (6,455 votes — 50.55%) had taken the lead over Democrat Zane Woolstenhulme (6,314 votes — 49.45%).
In House District 6, Republican Rob Bishop (9,743 votes — 68.83%) enjoyed a wide lead over Forward Party candidate James Rich (4,412 votes — 31.17%).
In House District 7, Republican Ryan Wilcox (6,439 votes — 52.40%) was up over Democrat Bianca Mittendorf (5,849 votes — 47.60%).
In House District 8, Democrat Kim James (7,208– 49.40%) was leading Republican James Kyle (6,774 votes — 46.43%) and Forward Party candidate Libby Shelton (609 votes — 4.17%).
In House District 9, Democrat Angela Choberka was leading with 5,854 votes (53.21%) against Republican Jake Sawyer (5,147 — 46.79%).
In House District 10, Democrat Rosemary Lesser (6,920 votes — 61.92%) was leading Republican Jim Alvey (4,255 votes — 38.08%).
In House District 11, Republican Katy Hall (5,520 votes — 51.58%) had a slim lead over Democrat Dave Calder (5,182 votes — 48.42%).
In House District 12, Republican Mike Schultz held a lead with 7,365 votes (57.80%) versus Democrat Anna Graff (5,378 votes — 42.20%).
In House District 13, Republican Erik Craythorne (5,304 votes — 52.88%) was up over Democrat Jeffrey Anderson (4,053 votes — 40.40%) and Forward Party candidate Tony de Mille (674 votes — 6.72%).
In House District 14, Republican John Taylor (5,122 votes — 54.96%) was leading Democrat Brandon Young (4,198 votes — 45.04%).
In House District 15, Republican Ariel Defay (6,784 votes — 60.28%) had a lead over Democrat Anne Berbert (4,471 votes — 39.72%).
In House District 16, Republican Bob Stevenson (5,523 votes — 51.50%) held a slight lead over Democrat Abigail Treasure (5,202 votes — 48.50%).
In House District 17, Republican Lili Bitner (7,207 votes — 58.82%) was leading Democrat Eric Last (5,045 votes — 41.18%).
In House District 18, Republican Paul Cutler (7,568 votes — 58.90%) was leading Democrat Scott Troxel (5,281 votes — 41.10%).
In House District 20, Democrat Phil Graves (5,470 votes — 51.83%) held a lead over Republican Melissa Ballard (5,084 votes — 48.17%).
