Low voter turnout puts Swenson at top of primaries
Incumbent Logan Councilman Alan Allred did not receive enough votes Tuesday to advance to the general election as Joseph Needham and Peter Brunson received more votes in the Logan primary election.
Three seats on the Logan Municipal Council are up for grabs in the November election and the number of candidates that will appear on the ballot was narrowed to two candidates for each seat.
In the closest race of the election, incumbent Tom Kerr defeated Morley Cox by 69 votes to advance to the general election for council seat number two. Steven Taylor received 874 votes — 207 more than Kerr — to also advance to the November election.
In the race for the first council seat, Laraine Swenson received the majority of votes to join Steve Hicken on the November ballot.
The election saw a low voter turnout with less than 9 percent of Logan’s 27,500 registered voters going to the polls.
With the primary election now finished, victorious candidates say they can focus on the general election.
“I want to be of service to the community,” Candidate Taylor said. “I think there are several major issues, but some of the ones I’d like to work with the city on are improve traffic flow, to evaluate the different services we provide and [ensure] that we provide them at an appropriate cost.”
Taylor also said it is important that residents of Logan get out and vote in the general election.
He said he was disappointed the voter turnout was low for the primary.
Candidate Swenson, who ran away with more than 57 percent of the votes in the first council seat race, also said also can make a major contribution to the city if elected to the council.
“I will study the issues and make the most reasonable decisions I can,” she said. “I feel like I have some background and I’m prepared to make some decisions.
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