Two Republican primary races still too close to call

As of 10:15 p.m. on election night, there are still several hundred uncounted votes, largely from the Blanding area, after San Juan County Republicans participated in a primary election on June 25.
As a result, it is still too soon to call the race to replace San Juan County Commissioner Bruce Adams.
With several hundred votes to count, Lori Maughan leads the three candidates to replace Adams. Maughan has secured 408 votes and is currently 62 votes ahead of challenger Erik Merlin Grover. Doug Allen has secured 219 votes.
It is assumed that the race will tighten as the Blanding ballots are counted as Grover is currently a member of the Blanding City Council.
Bruce Adams has served as Commissioner since 2004.
The primary selects the party candidate on the November general election ballot.
In other San Juan County races, incumbent Glenis Pearson is leading challenger Vint DeGraw in the race for San Juan County Treasurer. Pearson has secured 1,166 votes (71 percent), compared to 473 votes for DeGraw.
Incumbent Rick Meyer defeated challenger William McFarland in the race for San Juan County Assessor. Meyer received 60 percent of the vote.
In the statewide race for Governor, Blanding resident and state representative Phil Lyman won the vote in San Juan County and a dozen other rural counties, but fell behind on the Wasatch Front in his bid to replace Governor Spencer Cox.
While Lyman has secured 75 percent of the San Juan County vote, Cox was ahead on the statewide totals by a 58 to 42 percent margin.
In the race to replace Lyman in the Utah State Legislature, Moab resident Lynn Jackson has a narrow lead over Blanding Mayor Logan Monson by a 50.3-49.7 percent margin.
The massive district covers several counties, with voters in San Juan and Kane counties favoring Monson, while voters in Emery, Garfield, and Grand counties favored Jackson.
Wayne County has yet to report results. The Wayne results, plus the uncounted San Juan County votes, may be the swing votes in a race that is still too close to call.
The San Juan County vote swung 64-36 percent in favor of Monson, while Grand County favored Jackson by a 71-29 percent margin. Overall, Jackson currently has 3,047 votes, compared to 3,007 for Monson.
San Juan County Republicans favored John Curtis in his bid to replace Mitt Romney in the US Senate. Curtis is the winner statewide.
Mike Kennedy is the choice of voters to fill Curtis' spot in the US House of Representatives. In San Juan County, Kennedy finished second behind JR Bird.
Derek Brown won the statewide race for Attorney General even though San Juan County voters favored Rachel Terry.
Tina Cannon was the choice for State Auditor, and challenger Joann Brinton defeated incumbant Kristan Norton in the local race for a spot on the state school board.
Updates will be posted as they are released.