Candidates will face primary elections Oct. 4 in cities where there are more than two people per open seat. Municipal elections are nonpartisan, so primary elections are based solely on the number of candidates. Otherwise, voters in the Nov. 8 general election will determine who will run city halls throughout Utah for the next four years.

In Utah County, all 24 of the county's incorporated cities will choose a mayor this year, but just over half of those cities, 14 in all, will have an incumbent running for re-election.

Eagle Mountain, which in July became the second city in Utah County to have a full-time mayor, is one city that could see a tough race for mayor this year. Councilman Brian Olsen is running and will face three opponents, including former councilman Brigham Morgan.

But Eagle Mountain is not the only city that will have a tough race. Provo, the only other city in Utah County that has a full-time mayor, will be the site for a rematch of the 2001 election in which Mayor Lewis K. Billings narrowly defeated Dave Bailey by 362 votes.

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Contributing: Doug Smeath, Brady Snyder, Nicole Warburton.