In the race to lead Salt Lake City’s District 6, Dan Dugan, a former Navy pilot, widened his lead over incumbent Councilman Charlie Luke, according to new election results released Thursday.
On election night, unofficial results showed the political newcomer in first place with a razor-thin margin of just five votes. Now, Dugan has a slightly wider lead of 152 votes, or 49.13% to Luke’s 50.87%.
There are still ballots left to be counted and election results won’t be final until the canvass in two weeks.
“This is an exciting time,” Dugan said in an interview shortly after the ballots dropped, declining to declare victory until he’d had more time to look at the numbers.