Republicans are back in control of the San Juan County Commission after residents of the southeast Utah county voted out the first Native American majority for any county commission ever elected in Utah.
Democrats Willie Grayeyes and Kenneth Maryboy on Tuesday lost their reelection bids to challengers Sylvia Stubbs and Jamie Harvey, respectively. During the election season, the two Navajo members were the target of corruption allegations raised by former county officials and others who pressed legislative leaders Attorney General Sean Reyes to investigate San Juan’s elected leaders ties to environmental advocacy groups.
Republicans are also flexing their muscles in the county and clerk/auditor races. Republican Eric Clarke has garnered 37,210 votes to Libertarian challenger J.Robert Latham’s 9,526 votes in the race for county attorney. In the clerk/auditor’s race, Republican Susan Lewis is trouncing write-in candidate Patrica Kent by more than a 9-1 margin, 40,837 votes to the challenger’s 3,330 votes.
Stubbs prevailed over Grayeyes by a margin of 54 to 46, while Harvey’s margin was wider, 61 to 39, according to unofficial results posted on Utah’s election website.
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