County Republicans Convention

Randall Knight, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah. April 12. 2018. The Rich County Republican Convention was held in the old high school gym in Randolph last Thursday night.  Approximately 100 people gathered to hear state and local government candidate’s appeal for their votes that night and at the primary in June.

Troy Petersen was the Chair and gave recognition to the Vice-Chair, Nancy Hansen, and the Secretary/Treasurer, Pam Cornia, for their help and organizational skills.  Even though Rebecca Peart the county Clerk/Auditor and Dale Stacey the county Sheriff are unopposed, they both gave short speeches asking for continued support.  Troy asked for and received nominations from those in attendance for them to be the Republican candidates.

Bill Cox is the only incumbent Commissioner running for office this year.  Because Tom Weston did not run, Simeon Weston and Pat Argyle are running for that office which is designated as the Commissioner B seat.  Jon Lee is running against Bill Cox for the Commissioner A seat.  The 20 county delegates from the five precincts voted for the four candidates and the results were: Cox 75% - Lee 25%; Weston 55% - Argyle 45%.  Troy pointed out that because all of the candidates had received signatures from at least 1% of the registered voters all four candidates would be on the primary ballot. In the past Mr. Cox would be unopposed because he received over 70%.

Representatives were present for US House Representative Rob Bishop and US Senate candidate Mitt Romney and Mike Kennedy.  State Representative Logan Wilde and Senator Lyle Hillyard were also present and said a few words asking for continued support.  Senator Hillyard said he has enjoyed serving the people in District 25 for the past 37 years and this will be his last term.

It should also be noted that a small group of singers from the High School gave a musical presentation under the direction of Chris Woods.