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Mark Anderson jumps to early lead in Logan mayoral race

Early, unofficial results showed Anderson with a commanding lead.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Logan City Hall on Friday, July 19, 2024.

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Logan • Across Logan, residents have cast their votes for who they hope will become the next mayor and fill two City Council seats in Cache County’s most-populous city.

Mark Anderson, a Logan City Council member since 2020, and farmer Alanna Nafziger, a longtime Cache Valley resident, sought to succeed Mayor Holly Daines, who announced in April she would not seek a third term at the city’s helm.

[Read more: Live results from Utah’s 2025 general election.]

Polls have closed, initial votes are being tallied, and early, unofficial returns on Tuesday showed Anderson with 61.3% of the vote and Nafziger with 38.7%.

Voters also cast ballots to decide who will fill two City Council seats currently held by Ernesto Lopez and Amy Anderson. Only Lopez sought reelection.

The top two vote-getters in the race will fill the seats. Other candidates in the contest included Brian Seamons, Katie Lee-Koven and Melissa Dahle.

Early, unofficial returns showed Lopez had captured 29.5% of the vote, Lee-Koven had received 26.9%, Dahle had 26.1% and Seamons had received 17.5%.

County clerks in Utah, according to state law, have up to two weeks to certify election results.