Early polls from primary elections show close races for both Democratic and Republican candidates vying for Utah’s 1st Congressional District seat — the only open Congress seat without an incumbent running in the state.
Races are deemed too close to call, with election staffers not expecting official results until later this week.
Utah’s 1st Congressional District
Preliminary results for the congressional races, released around 10 p.m., show Darren Parry leading the Democratic polls in the 1st District with 52.33% of the vote. Jamie Cheek is close behind with 47.67% of the vote.
GOP results show Blake Moore narrowly leading the polls with 30.47% of the vote, followed by Bob Stevenson with 30.07% of the vote. Kerry Gibson and Katie Witt are reporting 22,80% and 16.65% of the polls, respectively.
However, these numbers are not official results as ballots will continue being counted throughout the night — as the postmark deadline was changed during a special season in April to resolve issues posed by the pandemic. Ballots that were postmarked by Tuesday will be counted in the final votes.
The race for Utah’s 1st Congressional District is the only race — aside from the governor’s race — with a guaranteed new leader, as incumbent Congressman Rob Bishop announced in July 2019 he would not run for re-election.
Instead, Bishop is on the ballot as Thomas Wright’s running mate for lieutenant governor.
Whichever candidates emerge from the primary election will face off in November during the general election.
Related coverage: Utah 2020 Primary Election
4th Congressional District
Burgess Owens is leading in the primary polls for Utah’s 4th Congressional District with 43.45% of the vote, preliminary results show. Primary polls closed at 8 p.m. Tuesday with election officials releasing preliminary results around 10 p.m.
Here are the preliminary results from the primary:
Burgess Owens leading with 43.45%
Kim Coleman following with 23.84%
Jay McFarland with 21.68%
Trent Christensen with 11.03%
The seat is currently held by Rep. Ben McAdams, who is the only Democrat in Utah’s Congress. McAdams assumed the position after defeating incumbent Mia Love in 2018 with a margin of fewer than a thousand votes.
Now, these four GOP candidates are seeking to unseat McAdams in November.
The incumbent congressman advanced straight to the general election ballot after the party’s state convention April 25, receiving 89.3% majority vote. The GOP candidate that emerges from the Republican primary will face McAdams for the seat in November.
Results expected later this week
Voters and candidates should expect results in the congressional races to be posted later than usual, as Utah conducted an all-mail primary in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. As a result, poll locations throughout the state were closed and the postmark deadline extended to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Typically, official results can be expected two weeks after polls close — but Utah is extending this to three weeks, accounting for election staff members to quarantine.
Roughly 607,000 ballots were sent out for the GOP primary, with roughly 392,000 ballots turned in and processed by 5:30 p.m. This is a jump from recent years, with roughly 381,000 ballots turned in for the 2018 primary and 318,000 in 2016, according to election officials.
This story is developing and will be updated.
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