Layton voters favor experience in municipal primary election

LAYTON — The 2025 municipal primary election is now in the rearview in Davis County, where residents of Layton cast ballots that included their top choices for mayor and two seats on the City Council.

Tasked with nominating a pair of mayoral candidates and four total City Council candidates for November’s general election, many residents voted in favor of experience, as incumbent candidates led the respective vote counts.

Although the results of the municipal primary won’t become official until they’re presented to the Municipal Boards of Canvassers and certified on Aug. 26, the early returns saw Layton’s current mayor, Joy Petro, capture 58.7% of the vote in a three-person mayoral contest. Meanwhile, the sole incumbent in the City Council race, Bettina Smith Edmondson, captured a quarter of the vote in an eight-person race, besting No. 2 vote-getter Mike Kolendrianos by eight percentage points.

Edmondson has served on the City Council since 2021; Petro’s term began one year earlier in 2020.



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