Incumbent Agriculture Commissioner Lester Spell survived criticism over his role in promoting a failed beef plant project to win Tuesday’s Republican primary.
Spell, who was running for the first time as a Republican after being elected three times as a Democrat, defeated Max Phillips of Taylorsville. Incomplete and unofficial returns show Spell with 54 percent of the vote. Phillips had 46 percent.
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