The surviving hopefuls will square off Nov. 6.
Eight of the state's 10 most-populous cities - Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Provo, West Jordan, Orem, Ogden, St. George and Layton - held primary elections for council seats.
And besides the spotlight-hogging mayoral races in Salt Lake City and Ogden, Eagle Mountain and Mapleton voters also picked their top two contenders for mayor.
Here's a look at who is advancing to the November ballot, according to unofficial returns. Final counts will be given next week after all absentee and provisional ballots are tallied.
In West Valley City, Corey Lynn Rushton and Jack Matheson emerged from a crowded seven-candidate race to vie for the at-large council seat left open by the retirement of the council's longest-serving member, Margaret Peterson.
Voters in Utah's second-most-populous city also slimmed down three-candidate races in two districts. In District 1, Councilwoman Carolynn Burt and financial consultant Adam Calvin Leffler made it through. Incumbent Russel Brooks will run against Clint Child, chief nursing officer at Pioneer Valley Hospital.
In West Jordan, only one of the three incumbents, Rob Bennett, won more votes than his top challenger. Bennett, in District 2, will joust with muffler store manager Jim Lems in November.
Councilman Mike Kellermeyer, who earned 175 votes in District 3, was trumped by small-business owner Ben Southworth, who landed 336 votes. And in the city's burgeoning west-side District 4, Clive Killpack, with 265 votes, and incumbent Lyle Summers, with 225 votes, advanced.
Killpack said Tuesday night he was "overwhelmed." Gleaning more votes than Summers, he said, was "indicative of getting the message out."
"We want to see our district better represented," he said, still noting that voter turnout was low. Citywide, only 6 percent of voters turned out.
Summers said, "It's a long time to November" and chocked up Killpack's lead to his greater spending.
In Provo, nine candidates jostled for three council seats. Those who advanced are: Coy Porter and Councilman Steve Turley in District 2; incumbent Midge Johnson and Melanie McCoard in District 3; and Sherrie Hall Everett and incumbent Barbara Sandstrom in District 4.
In Orem, incumbent Margaret Black, Carl Hernandez, incumbent Mark Seastrand, Tom Fifita Sitake, Brent Sumner and Michael Whimpey forged ahead in races for three at-large council slots.
St. George voters, who historically have seen tepid interest in running for office, had their pick among 14 candidates chasing three at-large council seats. The final contenders are Gilbert Almquist, Ed Baca, Benjamin Nickle, Jon Pike, Gloria Shakespeare and Steven Swann. The lone incumbent in the race, Rodney Orton, was ousted.
In Mapleton, a small 'burb south of Provo, outgoing Mayor James Brady could be replaced by his wife, Laurel Brady, or City Councilwoman Ann Tolley.
In Eagle Mountain, newcomer Richard Culbertson and Councilwoman Heather Jackson will face off this November to see who becomes the Utah County city's 10th mayor in 11 years.
Culbertson, who captured the most votes, and Jackson hope to snag a two-year term finishing former mayor Brian Olsen's interrupted term. Wolfgang Franz was eliminated.
Olsen resigned 10 months after being elected and later was charged with seven third-degree felonies for allegedly misusing public funds. Don Richardson was named to fill the vacancy but is not running.
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* Steve Gehrke, Christopher Smart, Kristen Moulton Donald W. Meyers, Jeremiah Stettler and Mark Havnes contributed to this report.
