And Democratic County Councilmen Randy Horiuchi and Jim Bradley hold two at-large, countywide council seats. County District Attorney Dave Yocom, a Democrat, likewise has won a countywide race.

In other words, even if Ivory were on the ballot as the GOP nominee — which he won't be — there's no guarantee he would win.

Salt Lake County is not Davis or Utah County — where GOP candidates must only be breathing and not currently in jail to win an election. Who would have thought, however, that at last March's candidate filing deadline the Salt Lake County mayor's race would have turned out to be the most interesting, soap opera affair this year?

And if Ivory somehow does pull out a write-in victory, it definitely will be a political record-setting event.

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Deseret Morning News political editor Bob Bernick Jr. may be reached by e-mail at bbjr@desnews.com