Republicans in Davis County didn't lose any ground in the Utah House of Representatives Tuesday - they retained all nine seats as expected. In fact, in the closest race, the Republican winner got 58 percent of the votes.

Marda Dillree of Farmington, Nora B. Stephens of Sunset and Blake D. Chard and Kevin S. Garn, both of Layton, led the landslide victory with the county's largest individual house wins. Dillree received 90 percent of the votes in District 17, Garn tallied 88 percent in District 16, Stephens grabbed 86 percent of District 13 and Chard landed 82 percent in District 15."I feel really good about it," Dillree said of her victory. "The people are really aware of some of the things I've been doing. It's a real nice voter approval."

Dillree said the 90 percent total surprised her, but she feels her tackling of critical transportation issues in the county may have been a key factor.

Doug Peterson retained his District 11 seat with a 65 to 35 percent margin over Democratic challenger Marilyn J. Smith.

Incumbent Sheryl L. Allen was re-elected in District 19 and Charles E. Bradford of Bountiful won by a large margin in District 20.

Don E. Bush of Clearfield kept his seat in District 14 and Karen B. Smith of Centerville held the District 18 seat.

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District 11

Weber and Davis counties

21 of 21 voting districts

Doug Peterson, (R-inc.) 3,765 65%

Marilyn J. Smith (D) 1,997 35%

District 13

22 of 22 voting districts

Nora Stephens, (R-inc. ) 4,984 86%

Ralph J. Buckway (L) 796 14%

District 14

17 of 17 voting districts

Don Bush, (R-inc.) 2,399 58%

James R. Judd (D) 1,616 39%

Edward A. Gemar (L) 148 4%

District 15

20 of 20 voting districts

Blake D. Chard, (R-inc.) 3,730 82%

Kevin Beck (L) 814 18%

District 16

18 of 18 voting districts

Kevin S. Garn, (R-inc.) 6,175 88%

Larry Livingston (L) 812 12%

District 17

19 of 19 voting districts

Marda Dillree, (R-inc.) 6,913 90%

Bryan Baird (L) 789 10%

District 18

20 of 20 voting districts

Karen B. Smith, (R-inc.) 5,216 76%

Trudy D. Henderson (D) 1,179 17%

Steven L. Allen (I) 317 5%

Jonathan Kay Gore (L) 117 2%

District 19

29 of 29 voting districts

Sheryl L. Allen, (R-inc.) 6,276 76%

D. Michael Bingham (D) 1,502 18%

Travis J. Garrett (I) 345 4%

Douglas R. Roach (L) 137 2%

District 20

23 of 23 voting districts

Charles E. Bradford (R) 5,323 74%

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W. Clay Swank (D) 1,537 21%

Herbert N. Henderson (A) 164 2%

Gary A, Root (L) 163 2%

Todd Taylor (WI) 0 0%

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