Unofficial Primary Election Results

Pictured above: Payson City primary candidates discuss platforms before residents who gathered to hear them at the City Center Banquet Hall, August 3.  Pictured seated before the audience are (left-right) event moderator Nate Black, mayoral candidates Richard D. Moore, Bill Wright, and Mike Hardy, followed by city council candidates Thomas Guy Larson, Larry Skinner, Taresa Hiatt, Randy Memmott, Scott Phillips, Scott Pinkham, and Brett Christensen.

In an unofficial count, Utah County is reporting a defeat for incumbent mayoral candidate Richard D. Moore, who carried 145 votes. Bill Wright, who came out ahead with 588 votes, and Mike Hardy, 258, will now vie for the mayor’s seat in the upcoming November election.

Four candidates remain in the race for two Payson City Council positions open for election this year: incumbent Scott Phillips, 305 votes; Taresa Hiatt, 315; Larry Skinner, 371; and Brett Christensen, with 264. Exiting the race are candidates Scott Pinkham, 178 votes, Randy Memmott with 94 votes and Thomas Guy Larson, 116.

Despite having dropped out of the race for a position on the Payson City Council, two hundred votes were cast in favor of James Ewell.

Utah County reports that only 13.08% of Payson City’s registered voters participated in the August primary.

The general election will take place on November 7, 2017.