When the voting booths closed Tuesday night there weren’t a lot of surprises in municipal elections in Davis County. Most incumbents retained their seats and some city councils will get a few new faces. Less than half of registered voters in Davis County cast ballots.

Probably the most watched race was for the U.S. House District 2 to fill the seat left vacant by Congressman Chris Stewart after his resignation earlier this year. Although there were several candidates, the race was mostly between Republican Celeste Maloy and Democrat Kathleen Riebe. Maloy beat out Davis County native Becky Edwards in the primary to take the top spot in the general election against Riebe. After months of campaigning, Maloy swept the race, receiving 15,650, more than double the votes of her opponent at 7,213.

In local races, Bountiful City Council members Kate Bradshaw and Richard Higginson held on to their seats and newcomer Matt Murri filled the third seat previously held by Millie Segura Bahr who withdrew from the race shortly after filing. 

Centerville City canceled its election in November because there was only one candidate for each open city council seat and no ballot propositions. 

All three incumbents in Farmington City retained their seats tallying votes with just a small margin between them. It was the same in Kaysville City. All three incumbents will continue to serve, with only a few hundred votes separating them.

The two incumbents in Fruit Heights retained their seats and Mark G. Cottrell will become the newest member of the council. All three incumbents in Layton City will return.

North Salt Lake City will have two new councilmembers, Tammy Clayton and Suzette Jackson. Incumbent Ted M. Knowlton will return to the council.

West Bountiful councilmember Rodney J. Wood did not win his bid for reelection, barely being beat out by fellow councilmember James L. Ahlstrom. Both men were behind Jenn Nielsen who had 914 votes and Dell Butterfield with 735.

Woods Cross incumbents Julie Checketts,  Matthew B. Terry and Wallace O. Larrabee won reelection with University of Utah senior Muskan Walia in fourth place. 

Only Clinton City had a proposition to be voted on. Proposition 10 asked for the public’s vote to allow the city authorization to impose a 0.1% sales and use tax to fund park improvements, recreational improvements and cultural facilities and organizations for the city. It passed by a narrow margin of 1,889 to 1,081.

Election results are unofficial. The general canvas will take place on Dec. 6 then be presented to the Davis County Board of Canvassers. This will certify the results as final totals.