SALT LAKE CITY — State Sen. Kathleen Riebe late Wednesday won the Democratic nomination to be the party’s candidate for the 2nd Congressional District’s upcoming special election to replace retiring Rep. Chris Stewart.
Democratic delegates used a ranked-choice election to choose their party’s nominee. Riebe, D-Cottonwood Heights, won 85.56% of the votes, cementing her position in the race to replace Stewart, who announced his resignation on May 31 citing his wife’s health concerns.
Riebe ousted technology executive Guy Warner, who received 12.67% of delegates’ votes, and former congressional candidate Archie Williams III, who received 1.76%.
Riebe will be running, among others, against Stewart’s chief legal staffer Celeste Maloy, who received the Utah Republican Party’s nomination last week.
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Written by CASSIDY WIXOM, KSL.com.
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