Utah's Republican primary was called in favor of Celeste Maloy, who increased her narrow Election Day lead on Wednesday.
Around 82% of all votes are in, but Salt Lake and Washington counties have only counted 77% and 64% of their votes, respectively, according to aAs a moderate former state lawmaker from Davis County, Edwards' best path to victory was to win big along the Wasatch Front, but her margins weren't large enough there to propel her to victory.
Edwards is winning in Salt Lake County with 61% of the vote and leads in Davis County, but with a plurality of 46%. Meanwhile, Maloy has won — often by large margins — every other county in the district, besides Juab, which is currently split evenly three ways. There are around 13,000 outstanding ballots in Washington County — where Maloy has received 44% compared to Edwards' 22% — and around 2,600 in Salt Lake County.With Maloy expected to win at least a plurality of the remaining votes from Washington County and given the relatively few outstanding ballots in Salt Lake County, Edwards faced an insurmountable deficit.on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.This story will be updated.
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