The biggest surprise was in Clearfield, where the race for mayor was too close to call. Mayor Thomas Waggoner was behind by 21 votes to his two challengers. On Tuesday, election officials will hold a canvas to count 36 absentee and 15 provisional ballots.

Issues in the Clearfield mayoral race have centered around city spending. Current officials want to move the city's commuter rail station at a price that could exceed $10 million; challengers say it's too pricey.

In Layton, incumbent councilman Renny Knowlton was knocked out of the race for mayor. For Knowlton, it was an all-or-nothing race — his council seat was up for election this year. Knowlton said he lost because the race was "between four good candidates."

Incumbent Layton councilmen Steve Curtis and Stephen G. Handy will move on to compete in the Nov. 8 general election.

Layton had 14.5 percent voter turnout, one of the highest in Davis County with the exception of Farmington. Davis County Clerk Steve Rawlings said Farmington had 24 percent voter turnout — something he credits to the debut of new electronic voting machines.

Farmington was the first city in the state to use the new machines. All incumbents in the city moved on to compete in the general election.

Not surprisingly Farmington had one of the state's highest turnouts.

Davis County Clerk Steve Rawlings attributed the high in Farmington to a hot mayoral race and the debut of new electronic voting machines.

Bev Haslam, West Bountiful recorder, was the first to report her city's election results. The city had 11 percent turnout. "It's just so sad to see so few people make a decision for the whole city," she said. Of course, West Bountiful had a better turnout than Clinton, where less than 6 percent of registered voters punched a card.

In Tooele, the vacancy left by retiring Mayor Charlie Roberts will be filled either by current city recorder Patrick Dunlavy, 58, or second-term city councilman Steven D. Bevan, 56. Roberts has said he endorses Dunlavy's candidacy.

Another mayorship left vacant by a retiring incumbent is Taylorsville's, where City Councilman Russ Wall, 48, took a commanding first place in Tuesday's primary. He will face political newcomer Richard T. Morley, 55, in November.

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Contributing: Kersten Swinyard, Nicole Warburton, Doug Smeath