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Show Flinders, Leavitt join Republican bandwagon I J. ' : : its - .. . . by Teri Gomes Summit County Republicans joined the rest of the nation in celebrating a sweep in Tuesday's election as both GOP candidates for county commission seats were victorious. County Clerk Reed Pace said the percentage of voters was "the highest I can remember in years," with 73.4 percent or 5,731 of the county's 7,807 registered voters marking ballots. Republican challenger Tom Flinders unseated Democratic incumbent Ron Perry for the four year commission seat while the two year commission seat was taken by Republican Stanley Leavitt from his Democratic opponent, R. Wendell (Dutch) Wools tenhulme. Summit County mirrored the nation in giving President Ronald Reagan four more years. The President received 4,079 votes in Summit County to Mondale's 1,610. State totals were 467,214 for Reagan and 155,098 for Mondale. Like the rest of the Third Congressional District, Summit County residents gave Republican Republi-can incumbent Howard Nielson a wide margin. He won 3.375 votes to 1,551 for his Democratic challenger, Bruce Baird. Where Summit County strayed from the state norm was in the governor's race where just 64 votes separated the candidates. Republican Norm Bangerter garnered 2.774 votes to Wayne Owens 2,710. Statewide, Bangerter Banger-ter had 350.660 while Owens trailed with 274,785. County Commissioner-elect Tom Flinders told the Record Wednesday afternoon, "I appreciate appre-ciate the trust and support the county gave us last night. I hope we can now bury the hatchet, if there ever was one, and work together to build Summit County into an even better place to work and live." Ron Perry waited at the Summit County Courthouse until the wee hours of Wednesday morning while the final votes were counted. During many times in the evening the gap between the two candidates was less than er ol the incumbent." Hinders said "I knew it would be a close race. Perry knocked on hundreds of doors and gave it his best double-barrelled effort. I want to thank him for running a good clean campaign." Republican Stan leavitt had a greater margin in his race with Democrat Wendell Woolsten-hulme. Woolsten-hulme. Leavitt carried all but two Park City districts and had a county wide total of 2.891 to 2.217 for Woolstenhulme. "I feel real good about the race." said Leavitt. "I intend to start attending the county commission com-mission meetings right away so I can start to understand the issues and be ready to take over in January effectively." Woolstenhulme could not be reached by the Record for comment. Voters locally showed they were of independent thought from other state voters on two propositions. While Proposition 1 passed on the state level, voters here were narrowly against the plan to exempt cars and boats from the personal property tax: 2.4(M voted for and 2.815 against. And while statewide voters chose lo support Proposition 3. which dealt with judicial revision, local voters were opposed by a margin of 2,345 to 2.589. On other propositions county residents went along with other voters in the state. lYoposition 2. which called for 45-day annual legislative sessions locallv passed by 3.094 votes to 1.956. The state school fund amendment. Proposition Proposi-tion 4. passed in Summit County by 2.H03 to 2.194. And Proposition Proposi-tion 5. the right to bear arms amendment, passed locally with 3.013 in favor to 2.374 against. And like the rest of the state. Summit County residents opposed op-posed having their cable television televi-sion programs censored, voting no on Initiative A. Those against totaled 4.046 while those in favor were just 1.780. Running unopposed. Glen Brown. Republican state representative repre-sentative for District 54. which includes Summit County, received receiv-ed 3.833 votes countywide. Stan Leavitt a dozen votes. The final total was Flinders 2,756 and Perry 2,627. "The only thing I can say is, I guess this was a good year to be a Republican. I fought a good race. I have no remorse. I still can't believe it." said a blearv-t'yed Tom Flinders Perry. Perry actually canned eight out of the ten Park City-Snyderville districts, losing to Flinders only in Districts 7 and 10. Ironically, 10 is Perry's own district of Summit Park. "We underestimated the pow- |