Republican incumbents knocked out at convention in Utah and Salt Lake Counties.

                                    Greg Graves defeated incumbent Gary Anderson at convention with 64.47% of the votes.

Gary Anderson knocked out of Utah county commission race.

Over 1,400 county Republican delegates, who packed Mountain View High School's auditorium on Saturday, choose to replace Anderson with Greg Graves, of Springville, who after hearing the results of the election said he was shocked as he was not expecting to find himself as the winner at the convention.

"This was definitely not what I expected to have happen," said Graves. "I didn't think I would make it to the primary."

"My message to the voters is that we are going to reclaim our country and get back to running our government in the responsible way our founding fathers envisioned," Graves said.

Graves will have no challenger in the general election, as no other party put forward county candidates for the 2014 election cycle. Baring any unforeseen circumstances he will take over Anderson's seat in the county commission come January.

Graves said his first order of business when he takes the seat will be to work to pay down the amount of debt the county has in bonds. He said once the county is able to lessen its debt load, residents of the county will be able to see real economic prosperity.

Billy Hesterman Herald Extra.com

Salt Lake County GOP reject 2 incumbents

Salt Lake County Republican delegates ousted one-term county auditor incumbent Greg Hawkins and Rep. Jim Bird, R-West Jordan. Bird, a four-term incumbent, was knocked out by Kim Coleman, a GOP activist and political consultant. She is the founder of Monticello Academy, a charter school.

Lee Davidson and Lindsay Whitehurst Salt Lake Tribune