Early primary election results provide view of advancing school board candidates for emerging districts
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A voting sign is displayed outside of the Utah County Elections Office on Tuesday, June 25, 2024.Polls closed Tuesday night for municipal primaries across the valley, with multiple Utah County cities holding elections. Candidates who make it through the primaries will compete for open mayoral, city council and three emerging school district seats in the upcoming November general election.
As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, out of the 322,090 registered voters, more than 48,740 ballots had been cast, yielding a 15% voter turnout thus far.
In June, 77 people threw their hats into contention to run for the 21 school board seats making up the three future districts.
However, ahead of Tuesday’s primary elections, seven of those had dropped out of the races.
The tentatively named Aspen Peaks School District, encompassing cities in the northeast portion of Utah County and a portion of Draper; Lake Mountain School District, which includes cities in northwest Utah County; and Timpanogos School District, including cities at the south end of the current Alpine School District, all have seven school board seats up for grabs.
One seat is open in each race, with the top two candidates advancing to the general election.
Primary elections were not held for seats 2, 6 and 7 on the Lake Mountain School board or seat 7 on the Timpanogos School board races due to a limited number of candidates on those ballots.
Unofficial votes and percentage of votes received by each candidate as of Tuesday evening are as follows as posted by the Utah County clerk:
Aspen Peaks Board of Education
Seat 1
Diane Knight — 539, 50.19%.
Megan Mullins — 327, 30.45%.
Jenny Timmerman — 208, 19.37%.
Seat 2
Stacy Bateman — 907, 43.92%.
Steve Sparti — 529, 25.62%.
David K McArthur — 507, 24.55%.
Victoria Richmond — 122, 5.91%.
Seat 3
Nicki Brammer — 770, 50.52%.
Mary Thomas — 483, 31.69%.
Jonathan Bejarno — 271, 17.78%.
Seat 4
Amber Bonner — 943, 51.00%.
Wendi Jensen — 670, 36.24%.
Nicole Gearing — 236, 12.76%.
Seat 5
Jason Hart — 631, 40.40%.
Mindy Quist — 442, 28.30%.
Jean Rivera — 319, 20.42%.
David Fawcett — 170, 10.88%.
Seat 6
Jeanne-Marie Burrows — 714, 49.14%.
Tyler D. Bahr — 437, 30.08%.
Alyn Toalepai — 302, 20.78%.
Seat 7
Jason Theler — 1,039, 47.10%.
Stephanie Jones — 463, 20.99%.
Michael King — 380, 17.23%.
Pamela Engles — 324, 14.69%.
Lake Mountain Board of Education
Seat 1
Julie Myers — 443, 50.06%.
Ashley Lott — 300, 33.90%.
Kenneth Bryson — 142, 16.05%.
Seat 3
Michael O’Connor — 243, 29.24%.
Charity Judkins — 236, 28.40%.
Carissa Thurman — 203, 24.43%.
Gina Neder — 149, 17.93%.
Seat 4
Ilene Strong — 272, 49.19%.
Holland Rymer — 194, 35.08%.
Ben Perez — 87, 15.73%.
Seat 5
Amanda Clawson — 241, 48.49%.
Matt Isaacson — 179, 36.02%.
Andrew Stevens — 44, 8.85%.
Darren Lund — 33, 6.64%.
Timpanogos Board of Education
Seat 1
Guy Fugal — 1,080, 48.65%.
Lori Bullock — 648, 29.19%.
Jacob Perazzo — 271, 12.21%.
Madeline Wyatt — 131, 5.90%.
Robert Larsen — 90, 4.05%.
Seat 2
Jennifer Lyman — 1,120, 48.76%.
Wendy Cope — 590, 25.69%.
Alicia Alba — 263, 11.45%.
John T. Gadd — 181, 7.88%.
Erika Thomas — 143, 6.23%.
Seat 3
David H. Smith — 334, 40.14%.
Nikki Bristow — 195, 23.44%.
Chad Wood — 183, 22.00%.
Debby Lauret — 120, 14.42%.
Seat 4
Ada Wilson — 698, 41.70%.
Julie Walker — 527, 31.48%.
Malia Hite — 304, 18.16%.
Gabriel Eyerly — 145, 8.66%.
Seat 5
Michele Sorensen — 1,484, 58.06%.
Emily Peterson — 727, 28.44%.
Giovana Eaquinto Alisa — 345, 13.50%.
Seat 6
Aerwyn Whitlock — 1,040, 41.29%.
Grace Rex — 799, 31.72%.
Jay Shelley — 360, 14.29%.
Rodney Gardner — 320, 12.70%.
Official numbers were still being tabulated as of Tuesday. The general election will be held on Nov. 5.
