Candidacy filing for this year’s general election began Friday. Among the positions up for election are three Wasatch County Council seats, two Wasatch County School Board seats, and sheriff.  There will be six county-level positions on this year’s ballot for four-year terms beginning in 2 027. That includes three councilor positions including Seat A, which is at-large; Seat C; and Seat F. Luke Searle occupies Seat A, while Erik Rowland and Karl McMillan occupy seats C and F.  Searle announced this week he will not be running for reelection. Instead, Searle has his hopes set on his bid for District 59 in the Utah House of Representatives. Rowland, however, will be running to reoccupy his seat.  “I feel like it takes two or three years to really start to get your head around what’s happening, and now I feel like I’m starting to understand things. You feel like, if you don’t run, you’re just going to throw all that kind of experience away,” Rowland said.  Rowland said he hopes to continue working to bridge work between the county and Heber City. He said he also wants to help the county prepare for the side effects of growth and Deer Valley Resort’s expansion over the coming years.  McMillan will serve another four-year term if he runs for reelection and wins Seat F.  Wasatch County Sheriff Jared Rigby’s term is also coming to an end in 2026 and his position will be on the general election ballot this year. He has served for two terms so far, with his current term starting in 2023. Rigby, who filed for reelection Friday, will serve another four years if he wins his seat again.  “I’m very grateful for the many coworkers, family and county residents who have already committed their support as we kick off this reelection campaign,” Rigby said. “We have five- and 10-year plans that keep this community safe as we move into the future.” Rigby, whose first role in the Sheriff’s Office was as a jail corrections officer, said his experience working with law enforcement in the Wasatch Back has helped him build relationships that are critical to the Sheriff’s Office.  “I’m proud of our deputies and dispatchers, all of our staff and on behalf of our community thank them for what we’ve built together over the last 25 years,” Rigby said.  Wasatch County Clerk-Auditor Joey Granger said Friday that she will be running for reelection. Granger’s term began in 2023. While she hoped to run unopposed, one challenger has already filed for candidacy in the Clerk-Auditor’s Office. Wasatch County Attorney Scott Sweat is also facing the last year of his term. His position will appear on the ballot this year. If Sweat runs for reelection and wins his seat, he will serve another four-year term. He has been in his role since 2023.  There are also two seats on the Wasatch County School Board up for election this year. First, board Vice President Cory Holmes is facing the last year of his four-year term occupying Seat C. Holmes, who was first appointed to the board in 2017, will “most likely not” be running for reelection.  “I would have been on the board for over nine years, and I just feel like it’s time to give someone else the opportunity to fill that seat,” Holmes said. “I enjoyed being on the board. It’s been very rewarding at times and very difficult at other times.” Jake Collett, who occupies Seat D, will be running for reelection. Collett was chosen to take over for Tyler Bluth in a 3-1 vote in February after Bluth’s resignation as school board president on Jan. 28.  “I had no idea I was going to work this hard and love it this much. I absolutely want to continue to help and hopefully be of even more service than I have been. The more time I have spent in the school district, I’ve gained so much more knowledge and respect and love for what we have going on in the school district,” Collett said.  When it comes to election operations, Granger said the biggest challenge is ensuring voter registrations are updated. That includes updating political parties, since the County Council elections are partisan. April 1 is the deadline for party changes with voter registration.  But Granger said there won’t be a change to how ballots are cast this year. That’s unlike areas like Salt Lake County, where voters will now need to include the last four digits of their Utah driver’s license, state identification or Social Security number on ballot envelopes. Granger said that initiative will not happen in Wasatch County until 2029.  There will also be two polling locations this year in Wasatch County. Granger said they have not been officially confirmed, but that one will likely be at the Wasatch County Senior Center or Wasatch County library.  “We’re going to have to be prepared and get people trained to do two different polling places again this year,” Granger said. “Poll workers have to go through a series of different trainings, not only to be up to date with state code and being able to guide voters correctly, but also with the equipment.” Along with local elections, there will also be federal and state elections to keep up with.  Federally, there will be one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives open in the Third U.S. Congressional District. There will be two positions open on the state level: District 20 in the Utah Senate and District 59 in the Utah House of Representatives.  Two Utah Supreme Court judges, six court of appeals judges, four district judges and four juvenile court judges in the Fourth Judicial District will stand for a retention election this year. The declaration of candidacy filing period for positions countywide will end Thursday, Jan. 8. If necessary, a primary election will be held on Tuesday, June 23. The general election will then be held on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The post Wasatch County candidates begin filing for election, reelection this week appeared first on Park Record. ...read more read less