The 2024 election took place on Tuesday, Nov. 5. For the race of United States President until the year 2028, Kamala Harris and Tim Walz had 27.95% of the votes from Carbon County and 12.12% of the Emery County votes. Donald Trump and JD Vance saw 69.96% for Carbon County and 86.53% for Emery.
John Curtis, Caroline Gleich and Carlton Bowen were in the running for the United States Senate seat. Curtis received 4,091 votes from Emery County and 5,431 from Carbon County, while Gleich received 1,788 from Carbon and 463 from Emery. In Carbon, Carlton Bowen had 317 votes and 251 in Emery.
Mike Kennedy and Glenn Wright were in the battle for United States House 3. In the end, Kennedy had 72.88% of Carbon County votes and 88.53% of Emery County’s. Wright received 11.47% from Emery County and 27.12% from Carbon.
Utah Governor Spencer Cox, along with Deidre Henderson, threw his hat back in the running. He received 3,171 votes from Emery County and 4,600 from Carbon County. Tommy Williams (Archie Williams), Brian Smith King (Rebekah Cummings), J. Robert Latham (Barry Evan Short) and Tom Tomeny (William Lansing Taylor) were all in the vying for governor as well.
For the Attorney General, those in the running were Derek Brown, Rudy Bautista, W. Andrew McCullough, Austin Hepworth and Michelle Quist. In Carbon County, 66.39% of that vote went to Brown, followed by 24.80% for Bautista. In Emery County, Brown had 82.85% of the vote, while Bautista trailed at 9.92%.
For the seat of State Auditor, Tina Cannon, Jeffrey Ostler and Catherine Voutaz were all candidates. Emery County was majorly in favor of Cannon with 4,070 votes, and Carbon voted similarly with 5,120 votes.
Moving to State Treasurer, there were three candidates. They were Miles Pomeroy, Marlo Oaks and Neil Hansen. Pomeroy came away with 3.30% of the Carbon County votes and 2.45% of Emery’s. Oaks And Hansen secured 69.73% and 26.79%, respectively, in Carbon and 85.56% and 12.00% in Emery.
Utah Senator David Hinkins carried the vote in both counties for his re-election with 5,362 votes in Carbon County and 4,219 in Emery County. His opponents, Oran Stainbrook and Corbin Frost, trailed behind.
Joe Christman and Christine Watkins found a close contest in the seat for State House 67. In Carbon County, Watkins carried the votes at 64.01%, while Christman had 35.99%. In Emery County, Watkins secured 81.49% and Christman received 18.51%.
Moving to county seats, David Palacios and Jared Haddock vied for the commissioner’s chair. It was a very close race, with Haddock coming out just on top with 55.43% of the votes, where Palacios secured 44.57%.
A similar contest rose for the seat of County Assessor. Amy Schmidt-Peters earned the narrow win with 3,864 votes, followed closely by opponent Robert Olson with 3,610 votes.
The remaining local Carbon County seats were all unopposed. They were County Recorder (Karla Medley), County Treasurer (Tara Madsen), School Board District 1 (Keith Cox), School Board District 2 (Gwen Callahan) and School Board District 3 (Jeffrey Richens).
In regard to local Emery County seats, the role of County Commissioner (Dennis Worwood), County Assessor (Kris Bell), Country Treasurer/Recorder (Josie Stilson) and School Board District 3 (Todd Huntington) ran unopposed.
For the Emery School Board District 1, the contest was against McKenzi Guymon and Benjamin Taney. Guymon took the votes with 56.39%, followed by Taney with 43.61%. For Emery School Board District 2, Tracey Johnson and Neal Peacock were running against one another. Peacock swept the votes with 815 to Johnson’s 195.
A full list of election results for Carbon County can be found here, while Emery’s can be found here.