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Show Record number of Democrats meet at county convention primary election by narrowing candidates down to one. In the race for 2-year Utah County Commissioner, Gene Faux dropped out of ' the race, leaving Glen Hawkins of Spanish Fork uncontested un-contested for the position. Hawkins running for the seat now held by Gary Anderson, who has indicated he will not seek reelection. re-election. Sid Sandberg and Rex Behling have also filed for the position for the Republican Party, with Behling contemplating dropping drop-ping out of the race as well. Hawkins criticized the current County Commission for the way the commission, and specifically Anderson, An-derson, had handled responsibility with Timp Mental Health, and blamed a one-party system for making the current commission lax about its responsibilities. "With your support, I will be the first Democrat on the County Commission in many, many years," Hawkins said. He promised to have an independent audit of all county departments "to make sure that this misuse did not carry over into other departments, also." By MARC HADDOCK rhe largest gathering of Utah 'Unty Democrats in years met at nerican Fork High School turday to nominate candidates for :al offices and hear from can--lates for state office. Mien the convention was over, ,rty members had solidified their Jiport in two contested races -minating any primary election Uenges on the Democratic Party 'ket. 'democrats also adopted a i resolution calling for a grand jury investigation of the Timpanogos Mental Health Center, which was recently embroiled in controversy after an extensive audit claimed the center administrators had misspent over $3.5 million in the past three years. Tooele Rep. Beverly White keynoted the convention. "I have been to Utah County conventions when there were more people on the stand than in the audience." she told the crowd. "This is a great sight." Throughout the convention, speakers demonstrated a lack of satisfaction with the current administration ad-ministration at the state level, where Republicans hold every major elected office and a strong majority in both the Senate and the House. County Democratic delegates accepted most candidates by acclamation ac-clamation - since only one party member had filed for most offices. In two contested races, party members eliminated the need for a |