Davis County Commission Seat A: Kendalyn Harris, John Adams, and Scott Fletcher
Learn more about the candidates for the June 2026 Republican primary for Davis County Commission Seat A
About this position
The Davis County Commission is a 3-member body that represents all of Davis County—with nearly 380,000 residents. The county commission makes administrative, legislative, and executive decisions for Davis County, working closely with local and state leaders.
County commissioners oversee many county departments. They work with local clerks, auditors, and sheriffs, and help manage natural resources and infrastructure on county land. They also create legislation for the county. Their budget comes from property taxes.
You can see the specific assignments of each of the three current commissioners here.
Candidates
Top priorities come from candidates’ official websites. We view this guide as merely a starting point. Please research more and reach out to the candidates directly to learn more about their issues and experience.
Find the values and attributes we’re looking for in candidates.
Kendalyn Harris
About: Ms. Harris is a lifelong Davis County resident, residing in Bountiful, Utah. Ms. Harris’ career has been in public service, communications, healthcare administration, entrepreneurship, and local government. She served as Mayor of Bountiful from 2022–2026. Prior to this she served 8 years on the Bountiful City Council.
Ms. Harris spent more than a decade in municipal government and has worked with numerous regional boards and organizations throughout Davis County. Throughout her campaign, she has emphasized experience, collaboration, fiscal conservatism, and local-government expertise.
Top priorities (from website): Open and responsive government, fiscal stewardship and responsible budgeting, safe communities, reliable infrastructure, thoughtful land use, support of economic opportunity while preserving quality of life, small business support
Insights: We believe county government benefits from leaders who already understand local government operations and can work effectively with cities throughout the county—and Ms. Harris is that leader. We’re impressed with her background and over a decade of municipal leadership experience. She’s already managed budgets for Bountiful City and served on regional boards related to transportation, fire services, sewer infrastructure, and regional planning.
She’s known for a collaborative governing style, steady leadership style, and focus on practical problem-solving rather than political conflict. We believe she will continue thoroughly considering all issues presented, listen to all sides, and make reasonable decisions for the county. We have interacted often with Ms. Harris, and we know her to be hardworking, smart, responsive, collaborative, and solutions focused. She works well with others, but is not afraid to use her voice to speak up and vote differently when necessary.
John Adams
About: Mr. Adams is a lifelong resident of Davis County, residing currently in Kaysville Utah for over 20 years. He is a senior sales professional and has served on the Kaysville City Council since 2019. Mr. Adams focused his campaign on repairing relationships within county government, increasing transparency, and improving collaboration among county leaders.
Top Priorities (from website): transparency and open communication, fiscal responsibility, respect for taxpayer, strong and safe community, manage growth responsibly
Insights: Mr. Adams frequently describes the current commission as “broken” and argues that his strength is bringing people together and building consensus. He emphasizes his experience on the Kaysville City Council and believes strong relationships and communication are needed to improve county governance.
We note that Mr. Adams has been critical of how recent property-tax decisions were handled. (To understand some misconceptions about property tax, see our piece for Davis County Commissioner Seat B). Mr. Adams also advocates for more public engagement in county decision-making.
Scott Fletcher
About: Mr. Fletcher is a lifelong resident of Davis County, and currently resides in Layton, Utah. Mr. Fletcher is an engineer, physicist, and business executive who has centered his campaign on data-driven decision-making, fiscal oversight, and government accountability.
Top Priorities (from website): lower taxes by running the county like a business, fair and transparent property tax, smart county-wide planning and zoning, preserve green space and quality of life, economic development, public safety, senior mentorship
Insights: Mr. Fletcher presents himself as an outsider with extensive experience managing large budgets and complex projects in the private sector. He has been highly critical of recent county spending decisions, property-tax increases, and what he views as insufficient transparency.
His campaign emphasizes analytical decision-making and careful scrutiny of county expenditures. While some supporters may view his technical background as a strength, we are concerned that he will indeed try to run the county too much like a business—as he claims—and question the transferability of his private-sector experience to county government.
Our Recommendations
We recommend Kendalyn Harris for Davis County Commission Seat A. Ms. Harris brings more than a decade of hands-on municipal government experience. We believe her background provides a strong understanding of how county government actually operates and how to manage growth, public safety needs, and fiscal responsibilities in a rapidly expanding county.
With the current potential loss of experience, controversy, and change in the Davis County Commission, we feel Ms. Harris would bring valuable experience, relationships, and quickly get to work.
While all candidates emphasize similar priorities such as transparency and responsible spending, we are most confident in Harris’s proven track record of collaboration, steady leadership, and practical problem-solving. Her experience working across regional boards and managing real city budgets positions her as the most prepared candidate to effectively serve Davis County at this time.
While we have no recommendation for or against Mr. Adams, we would like to note that Mr. Fletcher received endorsement and support from the Republican convention endorsement process, which often reflects more ultraconservative, ideologically engaged party delegates.