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Jona Whitesides considers the handling of Davis County’s contract with the lieutenant governor’s office prior to the 2024 election to be a leading factor for why he decided to run to become the next Davis County clerk. The contract had expired, and while the Davis County Commission had signed on to renew the contract, the lieutenant governor’s office didn’t sign it and send back an executed copy until March 19, 2024, Whitesides explained. “And so my concern as a county and as a taxpayer voter is that the county was doing business on behalf of the lieutenant governor's office ...