Category: 2022 Utah County Elections (Page 1 of 2)

Information about candidates for public office in 2022 Utah County Elections in select races involving American Fork — featuring John Mulholland’s reports on his interviews with candidates prior to the 2022 Utah County Republican Convention.

Where to find discussion of the November 2025 Election

10/28/2025 / David Rodeback / 0 Comments

As you may have noticed, AFelection.info has moved to Substack—for new content, that is. You can see posts without subscribing, but subscribing is free, and you get new posts in your e-mail.

Two posts are available there:

Candidate info for American Fork City races and relevant Aspen Peaks School Board races.
Brief analysis and commentary in the form of my handy little voters guide.

Please remember that the state’s election rules have changed. The county clerk must receive your mailed ballot no later than Election Day. I’d allow at least five mail days or simply use a dropbox, such as the one at the American Fork Library.

See you at Substack!

AFelection.info has moved to Substack

08/12/2025 / David Rodeback

American Fork readers, for the past ten years, whenever there was a local election, you’ve flocked to afelection.info for information about candidates and issues, and for analysis and opinion.

You got none of that here for today’s Aspen Peaks School Board primary election, and I apologize. There have been some technical issues for a while now, including today, as I’ve tried to create and post this brief note. Even without those, the way this summer has gone, I knew virtually nothing about any of the candidates until last evening, the eve of the election.

If you wonder, why Substack? I explain it here: AFelection.info has moved to Substack.

And I did write some thoughts there about the school board candidates: My Too Little, Too Late Notes on the 2025 Aspen Peaks School Board Primary (Seats 6 and 7). At least it’s a head start on discussing the general election.

There are two ways to access the new American Fork Election Info Substack:

Visit it as you visit any website: https://afelection.substack.com.
Subscribe by supplying your e-mail address, so you receive new posts in your e-mail or see them in the Substack app on your phone. It’s a free subscription, and I won’t sell or give away your e-mail address. And it’s easy to cancel. To subscribe, follow any of the links in this post to Substack and click a Subscribe button.

Thanks for reading here for the past decade. See you there!

AFelection.info is moving to Substack (still free)

07/27/2025 / David Rodeback

In fact, it just did. A free subscription is your best bet, but not required. If you’re curious about the reasons, pay a visit.

If you’re looking for information and commentary in advance of the primary election, which is for school board races only, you’ll find it here, which is to say, there.

There’s more to come, including discussion of the races for American Fork Mayor and City Council, but those races don’t involve primaries.

There are paid Substack subscriptions–I have a few, generally for $5 or $6 per month–but the AF Election Info Substack is free. Subscribe–did I mention for free–and you’ll get every post in your e-mail during local election season, and mostly crickets otherwise.

AF City Council Interviews: City Finances and Inflation

05/31/2023 / David Rodeback

I asked members of the American Fork City Council for their thoughts about the City’s financial condition. I had a particularly detailed conversation with Councilman Shelton, who has professional expertise in financial matters, about the effects of inflation on City finances.

City Finances and the Fund Balance

State law requires municipalities to keep a minimum cash reserve of 5% of the current fiscal year’s budgeted revenue. Until 2021 the maximum allowed reserve was 25%; now it’s 35%. (See Utah Code 10-6-116.)

One significant point of pride among all five council members is that, over the past several years, the City has built its reserve from below 10% to the maximum allowed by law, 35% — and the intention is to keep it there.

This is not just a rainy day fund, Councilwoman Staci Carroll explained. It has allowed the City to be opportunistic — for example, in acquiring a large piece of land for a planned regional park south of the freeway.

Councilman Ryan Hunter said, “We’re as strong as we’ve ever been, financially.”

Where to Find David’s 2022 Election Guides

11/04/2022 / David Rodeback

This blog is primarily dedicated to American Fork issues. My 2022 election ballot has races for nation, state, county, and local offices, as well as a proposed Alpine School District bond issue and a proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution. I’ve posted two guides at my site for a broader audience, The Freedom Habit.

One post offers information and lots of my opinion, mostly separated, on the US Senate race pitting Mike Lee against Evan McMullin and others, and the US House of Representatives race between John Curtis and Glenn Wright (and some others). I got pretty candid, but then that’s the deal here. I tell you what I think.

The other addresses all the other races on my ballot, with info one each race and my own thoughts, such as they are, on each contested race. Overall, this post is less aggressive, I suppose, but it’s still what I think.

Thanks for checking in!

Photo by Sora Shimazaki at Pexels.com.

Alpine School Board District 4 Primary (nonpartisan)

06/15/2022 / John Mulholland

Three candidates are on the June 28 primary ballot for Alpine School Board District 4. Because this is a non-partisan race, the function of the primary is to reduce the field of three to two, for the November general election.

Because of redistricting, two candidates in this race, Sarah Beeson and Amber Bonner, are incumbents, each seeking a second term on the board. They are joined on the ballot by Lana Nelson.

Alpine School Board District 4 includes Highland, Alpine, Cedar Hills, and roughly the northern half of American Fork.

An Interview with the Interviewer

04/08/2022 / John Mulholland

If you’ve been reading my reports of interviews with Republican candidates in Utah County, you may want to know what’s behind them. So here I am, John Mulholland, interviewing John Mulholland.

Q: Please describe your process.

A: It goes like this:

2022 Utah County Attorney Candidates (Republican)

04/07/2022 / John Mulholland

Two candidates are are on the June 28 Republican primary ballot, vying for the 2022 Republican nomination for Utah County Attorney: incumbent David Leavitt and challenger Jeff Gray. Adam Pomeroy has withdrawn.

(Page updated 4 June 2022.)

2022 Utah County Commission Seat A Candidates (Republican)

04/07/2022 / John Mulholland

Two candidates, Amelia Gardner and Renee Tribe, will be on the June 28 Republican primary ballot, vying for the Republican nomination to Utah County Commission Seat A.

The Utah County Commission consists of three commissioners who are elected by the entire county to staggered four-year terms. Seats A and B are up for election in 2022. Seat C will be up for election in 2024.

(Page revised 4 June 2022.)

Kay Christofferson - Utah House District 53

2022 Utah House District 53 Candidate (Republican)

04/07/2022 / John Mulholland

In Utah House District 53 (part of west American Fork and east Lehi), incumbent Kay Christofferson is running unopposed for the Republican nomination.

Note that for his current term Rep. Christofferson serves House District 56. Boudaries changed somewhat and the resulting district was renumbering in the recent redistricting.

Incumbent Representative Val Peterson is running to represent the new District 56, which also includes part of American Fork.