There will be no need for a Democratic primary to whittle down a field of candidates vying for the five new council positions.
More than 60 percent of the 100 delegates at the party's Saturday evening convention threw their support behind four candidates, ousting six others. Had the winners received fewer than 60 percent of the votes, they would have advanced to a primary rather than received the party's immediate nod.
John Hanrahan, who ran unopposed, advanced to the general election by default.
Summit County will elect its first council in November. It has historically operated as a three-member county commission, but it will be reformed as a five-member council with a county manager.
The change comes five years after Wasatch County made the same government change. Salt Lake County also moved from a three-member commission to a five-member council in 2001.
The field of five Democrats will square off against five Republicans, who include Alison Pitt. She was nominated at a convention one week ago by garnering 60 percent of the vote and defeating her fellow party member and party challenger Clark Kain.
Many Democrats on Saturday called growth and development the primary issues facing Summit County, including current county commissioner Sally Elliott who defeated challengers Nadine Gillmor and Sean Wharton.
Elliott touted herself as the official who has helped "preserve and protect the beautiful land in Summit County, and the way of life."
