Fillmore Leads Cunningham In State's Most Hotly Contested Legislative Race

Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, forged a strong lead Tuesday in a hotly contested race against Rep. Rich Cunningham in what had become the state’s most expensive legislative race. Fillmore led by a 54-46 percent margin in unofficial results early Tuesday evening. But because of by-mail voting in Salt Lake County, many ballots could still be in the mail — and final results will not be official for two weeks, although the county will update its count on Friday and again next Tuesday. Becaus... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>