A dozen Utah County lawmakers will return to the Utah House next year, proving that the anti-incumbent bandwagon did not venture south of Point of the Mountain.

Every incumbent in a Utah County district was seeking re-election, and all won. Most won by overwhelming and convincing margins.The incumbent sweep, however, means the Republican Party didn't get the sweep it was looking for. The lone Democrat, Rep. Tim Moran, D-Spanish Fork, edged out Republican challenger Allan Hales by only 30 votes in complete but unofficial results in District 66. Unless absentee ballots push the victory margin to more than 30, Hales likely will ask for a recount.

"This race was close because I'm a Democrat," said Moran, while he anxiously monitored election returns Tuesday night at the Utah County Administration Building. "I think a lot of people voted straight party this time."

Moran will return for his sixth term in the House. The 76-year-old said this will be his last political venture.

The only other race that was even somewhat close was in District 59, where Rep. Doyle Mortimer, R-Orem, defeated Democrat Robert Davis by a 2-1 margin.

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District 56

19 of 19 voting districts

Christine R. Fox, (R-inc.) 4,720 80%

Kurt Myers (D) 1,186 20%

District 57

18 of 18 voting districts

Lowell A. Nelson, (R-inc.) 4,803 74%

Steven S. Kesler (D) 1,722 26%

District 58

17 of 17 voting districts

John L. Valentine, (R-inc.) 5,776 92%

Gene Metzger-Agin (I) 488 8%

District 59

15 of 15 voting districts

Doyle Mortimer, (R-inc.) 3,878 71%

Robert A. Davis (D) 1,585 29%

District 60

17 of 17 voting districts

Norman Nielsen, (R-inc.) 5,173 80%

Shawn D. Larsen (D) 1,025 16%

Bryan Wayne Burr (I) 299 5%

District 61

21 of 21 voting districts

R. Lee Ellertson, (R-inc.) 4,296 83%

Ronald D. Hathcock (I) 880 17%

District 62

16 of 16 voting districts

Jeff Alexander, (R-inc.) 3,187 81%

Fae C. Beck (D) 757 19%

District 63

11 of 11 voting districts

Jordan Tanner, (R-inc.) 2,206 100%

District 64

16 of 16 voting districts

Byron L. Harward, (R-inc.) 2,888 81%

Mark Clemens (D) 695 19%

District 65

15 of 15 voting districts

Brent Haymond, (R-inc.) 4,145 68%

Eugene L. Faux (D) 1,932 32%

District 66

16 of 16 voting districts

Tim Moran, (D-inc.) 3,079 49%

Allan Hales (R) 3,049 49%

G. Franklin Bradford (L) 134 2%

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District 67

Utah, Juab and Sanpete counties

30 of 30 voting districts

Bill Wright, (R-inc.) 5,001 100%

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