Mayors fail to advance in Lehi, Cedar Hills

Two incumbent Utah County mayors won't be on the ballot in November following Tuesday's municipal primary election.

Lehi Mayor Howard Johnson failed to advance to the November election, as did Cedar Hills Mayor Michael McGee.

Johnson received only 312 votes in Lehi, while former mayor Kenneth J. Greenwood, who Johnson beat in the primaries last election, received 799 votes. Bert Wilson received the most votes at 1,013.

Johnson said he was disappointed but will finish out the next several months strong.

Kaye Collins received the most Lehi votes for City Council primary election at 806 followed closely by incumbents Johnny Barnes and Stephen Holbrook with each over 700 votes. The fourth candidate to go forward will be Gordon Miner with 609 votes.

In the Cedar Hills mayoral race, Eric Richardson led the night at 519 votes. Richardson will face Jerry Dearinger, who received 454 votes. McGee got just 143 of the votes.

Scott Jackson, Curt Crosby, Paul R. Sorensen and Stephanie Martinez were all within just over 100 votes of each other and will advance to the City Council general elections for Cedar Hills.

Incumbents won big in Orem city.

Mayor Jerry Washburn received 77 percent of the vote and will face Philip Hornberger in the general election.

"We feel very fortunate and gratified and appreciate everybody who worked very hard for us," Washburn said. "I'm going to go out tomorrow and take down a bunch of signs and give everybody a reprieve form looking at our names for a while. And we'll put the signs up a few weeks before the election."

In the City Council races, six candidates will advance for three available council seats, including incumbents Karen McCandless, Dean Dickerson and Shiree Thurston, Others advancing are Brent Sumner, Mary Street and Steven C. Diamond.

The Saratoga Springs election was briefly interrupted when Mayoral candidate Dell "Superdell" Schanze was talking to voters outside a voting location. Witnesses said a poll worker told Schanze he was breaking state law by standing closer than 150 feet to a polling location. When police arrived, Schanze had already left the area. He was detained and released at the scene after an investigation.