Weber County political races come into focus, filing period ends
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- Heather Koci of Huntsville, center, files on Friday, March 4, 2022, to run for the Precinct 6 seat on the Weber School Board at the Weber County Election Office in Ogden. She’s pictured with her daughter Isabella and election worker Stacy Cornell, right.
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- Heather Koci of Huntsville, center, files on Friday, March 4, 2022, to run for the Precinct 6 seat on the Weber School Board at the Weber County Election Office in Ogden. She’s pictured with her daughter Isabella and election worker Stacy Cornell, right.
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- Adi Finsen, left, files Friday, March 4, 2022, to run as a Democrat for the District 2 seat on the Utah State School Board. She’s photographed in the Weber County Election Office with Daniel Wade, an election worker.
Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner
Heather Koci of Huntsville, center, files on Friday, March 4, 2022, to run for the Precinct 6 seat on the Weber School Board at the Weber County Election Office in Ogden. She's pictured with her daughter Isabella and election worker Stacy Cornell, right.
OGDEN — The filing period for candidates has come and gone — the deadline was Friday at 5 p.m. — and the races for the 2022 election cycle are coming into focus.
Republicans easily outnumber other candidates, but Democrats are running in many contests along with a smattering of Libertarians.
Some late-filing candidates may not appear on the Weber County Elections Office online roster of candidates until Monday, but here’s a look at the hopefuls for offices serving Weber County as of late Friday afternoon, starting with federal posts:
U.S. Senate: Ten filed to run for the seat now held by Mike Lee, including the incumbent, a Republican. Republicans Becky Edwards and Ally Isom are also running as well as three other GOPers, independent Evan McMullin, Democrat Kael Weston and two Libertarians.
U.S. House: Six are running for the seat now held by Blake Moore, a Republican and the incumbent. GOPers William Campbell of Syracuse, Tina Cannon of Morgan, Andrew Badger of Roy and Julie Fullmer of Vineyard are also running as well as Democrat Rick Jones of West Haven.
Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner
Heather Koci of Huntsville, center, files on Friday, March 4, 2022, to run for the Precinct 6 seat on the Weber School Board at the Weber County Election Office in Ogden. She's pictured with her daughter Isabella and election worker Stacy Cornell, right.
Utah Senate: Sen. Ann Millner, an Ogden Republican, is seeking reelection to the Utah Senate, now for District 5, renumbered due to redistricting last year from District 18. She’s facing a challenge from Republicans Doug Durbano and Kevin Hall along with Democrat Michael Blodgett.
Utah House: Republican Matt Gwynn, the incumbent, is running uncontested for the District 6 seat, renumbered due to redistricting from District 29.
Republican Ryan Wilcox, the incumbent, is running uncontested for the District 7 seat.
District 8 Rep. Steve Waldrip, a GOPer, is running again, challenged by two Republicans, Jason Kyle and Kimberly Cozzens. Democrat Monica Hall is also running.
District 9 Rep. Cal Musselman, a GOPer and the incumbent, faces challenges from Libertarian Jacob Johnson and Democrat Neil Hansen.
Tim Vandenack, Standard-Examiner
Adi Finsen, left, files Friday, March 4, 2022, to run as a Democrat for the District 2 seat on the Utah State School Board. She's photographed in the Weber County Election Office with Daniel Wade, an election worker.
District 10 Rep. Rosemary Lesser, a Democrat and the incumbent, faces a challenge from two Republicans, Jill Koford and Lorraine Brown.
District 11 Rep. Kelly Miles, a Republican and the incumbent, faces a challenge from another Republican, Katy Hall.
District 12 Rep. Mike Schultz, a Republican, is running uncontested.
State School Board: Scott Hansen, a Republican and the incumbent representative to District 2 on the board, faces a challenge from three other GOPers: Craig Pitts, Lewis Johnson and Joseph Kerry. Adi Finsen, a Democrat, is also running.
County Commission: Gage Froerer, the incumbent commissioner representing seat A and a Republican, is running again, challenged on the Republican side by Shanna Francis. John Thompson is running as a Democrat.
Five candidates have filed to run for the commission seat B post, with incumbent Scott Jenkins not seeking reelection. The hopefuls are Sharon Bolos, Phillip Swanson, Bill Olson and Bren Edwards, all Republicans, and Libertarian Brian Rowley.
County Clerk-Auditor: Ricky Hatch, a Republican and the incumbent clerk-auditor, faces a challenge from Toby Mileski, also a Republican.
Sheriff: Sheriff Ryan Arbon, a Republican, is seeking reelection. He’ll face a challenge from Kevin Burns, also a Republican.
County Attorney: Chris Allred, a Republican, is running for reelection unopposed.
Ogden School Board: Incumbent Douglas Barker faces a challenge from Stacy Bernal in the race for the District 2 seat on the school board. Local school board offices are nonpartisan.
Amber Allred, who holds the District 4 seat, faces a challenge from Jeremy Shinoda.
Joyce Wilson is unchallenged in her bid for reelection to the District 7 seat.
Weber School Board: Randy Allred and Kelly Larson are facing off for the Precinct 1 seat, now held by Dean Oborn, who hasn’t filed to run again.
Three are running for the Precinct 6 post, including incumbent Janis Christensen and challengers Heather Koci and Heidi Gross.
Incumbents Jan Burrell, who represents Precinct 2 on the school board, and Bruce Jardine, who represents Precinct 3, are running uncontested.