Preliminary results from the 2025 general election on Tuesday signal potential leadership changes in communities throughout southern and northern Utah.

Utah is holding municipal elections across the state Tuesday. A number of Utah cities including Riverton, Orem, Provo, Kearns, Lehi, Hurricane, Eagle Mountain, Cottonwood Heights and Sandy, have mayoral races that will be decided Tuesday.

Incumbent Provo City mayor, Michelle Kaufusi, leads the Provo City mayoral race by a narrow margin, according to unofficial results.

The 2025 election cycle is considered an "off election year" for Utah, where no major statewide races were to be decided. KUTV watched several of the races including the competitive races in Provo, St. George, and Tooele among several others.

Southern Utahns exercised their right to vote either early or in person on Tuesday, and among the local preliminary and unofficial results is the possibility of new mayors in Hurricane

Utah Sen. Mike Lee and other Republicans are backing a bill aimed at closing loopholes that allow foreign money to influence U.S. elections.

A new mayor will soon occupy the nearly completed St. George City Hall, one of several new southern Utah mayors set to take office as voters favored new blood over challengers on election day.

Three Utah County school districts born out of the November 2024 vote to split the Alpine School District are a bit closer to naming their inaugural board members following Tuesday's election.

Incumbent Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi has made an apparent concession in the Provo mayoral race, posting on Facebook.

With less than a week to go before the Nov. 10 deadline to decide which map will set Utah’s congressional boundaries for the 2026 election, a Utah judge will be back in the courtroom this week to hear oral arguments in the state’s ongoing redistricting legal battle.