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Show ( : - Maw And Colton Win Governor Nominations Returns Show A. F. Voters Picked Only Five Winners In Nine Party Contests also marked the election here. Grov-er Grov-er A. Giles, who won the nomination nomina-tion for attorney general on the Democratic ticket on the basis of the state returns, trailed his opponent, op-ponent, Allen G. Thurman, by one vote in the election here. The other extreme was represented in the balloting bal-loting for representative in Congress on the Republican side. A. Sherman. Christenson, a Utah county man, won 316 votes, as compared to 59 for his opponent, Reed E. Vetterli. Returns Re-turns from over the state gave Christenson the nomination. In the contests for governor, Herbert Her-bert B. Maw had almost a 2 to 1 advantage over Henry D. Moyle ia the balloting here. On the Republican Republi-can side, however, the logal voters favored Reed Stevens, the unsuccessful unsuc-cessful candidate, by a vote of 227 to 158. State Results In Tuesday's Runoff Election Democratic Ticket For Governor Herbert B. Maw nominated over Henry D. Moyle. For State Auditor Reese M. Reese nominated over Brigham H. Young. For Attorney General Grover A. Giles nominated over Allen G. Thurman. Republican Ticket For United States Senator Philo T.. Farnsworth Jr. nominated over Oscar W. Carlson. For Representative in Congress A Sherman Christenson nominated over Reed E. Vetterli. For Justice of the Supreme Court Joseph E. Evans nominated over Harvey H. Cluff. For Governor Don B. Colton nominated over Reed Stevens. For Attorney General Melvin C. Harris nominated over E. A. Rogers. For Superintendent of Public Instruction In-struction Calvin S. Smith nominated nominat-ed over Reynold C. Merrill. Democratic voters here picked these winners: Herbert B. Maw over Henry D. Moyle, for governor; and Reese M. Reese over Brigham H. Young, for state auditor. Republicans Repub-licans picked these winners: Philo T. Farnsworth over Oscar W. Carlson, Carl-son, for United States senator; A. Sherman Christenson over Reed E. Vetterli, for Representative in Congress; Con-gress; and Melvin C. Harris over E. A. Rogers, for attorney general. Democrats missed in the contest between Grover A. Giles and Allen G. Thurman for attorney general. Republicans missed in the contests between Joseph E. Evans and Harvey H. Cluff for justice of fee supreme court; between Don B. Colton and Reed Stevens for governor; and between be-tween Calvin S. Smith and Reynold C. Merrill for superintendent of public pub-lic instruction. The first-named candidate in each case proved to be successful, on the basis of statewide returns, while the local voters showed a preference for their unsuccessful un-successful opponents. Voters of American Fork picked the winners in five of the nine political po-litical contests, in the runoff election elec-tion Tuesday. Of the four "misses", the most salient was the local voters' vot-ers' choice for Reed Stevens over Don B. Colton for the Republican nomination for governor, whereas Colton won the nomination on the basis of returns from over the state. Somewhat heavier balloting than in the first primary election marked the runoff election here. Greater interest in Tuesday's election is shown by a total ballot of 670 for the Democratic candidates for governor, gov-ernor, as compared to 450 in the first primary; and 385 for the Republican Re-publican candidates for governor, as compared to a total of 312 in the first election. Very close balloting in some contests con-tests and large majorities in others |