Mayoral elections in Salt Lake City

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Mayoral elections are currently regularly held in Salt Lake City, Utah, every four years to elect the city’s mayor.

Elections before 1999[edit]

1999 Salt Lake City mayoral election
Turnout 36.29%

The 1999 Salt Lake City mayoral election was held on November 2, 1999, to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. It saw the election of Rocky Anderson.

Incumbent mayor Deedee Corradini did not seek reelection.[1]

Primary election[edit]

The nonpartisan primary election was held on October 7, 2003.[2]

2003 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election[3]
Candidate Votes %
Ross “Rocky” Anderson 6,115 23.17
Stuart Reid 5,139 19.47
Dave Jones 5,111 19.36
Jim Bradley 4,665 17.67
Steve Harmsen 3,670 13.90
Mark Zuhl 925 3.50
Mark E. Anderson 294 1.11
John M. Renteria 194 0.73
Niko M. Linardakis 139 0.53
Ken Larsen 118 0.45
Lawrence Rey Topham 27 0.10
Total votes 26,397 100
Voter turnout 36.29%

General election[edit]

2003 Salt Lake City mayoral election
Turnout 47.94%

The 2003 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 4, 2003,[2] to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Rocky Anderson, who defeated former Democratic Party minority leader of the Utah House of Representatives Frank R. Pignanelli.[5][6]

Primary election[edit]

The nonpartisan primary election was held on October 7, 2003.[2]

2003 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election[7]
Candidate Votes %
Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson (incumbent) 11,424 44.85
Frank R. Pignanelli 7,770 30.23
Molonai T. Hola 6,185 24.28
F. Joseph Irish 102 0.40
Lawerence Rey Topham 29 0.23
Total votes 25,510 100
Voter turnout 29.28%

General election[edit]

2007 Salt Lake City mayoral election

The 2007 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 6, 2007,[2] to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. It saw the election of Ralph Becker.

Incumbent mayor Rocky Anderson did not seek reelection.

Primary election[edit]

The nonpartisan primary election was held on September 11, 2007.[2]

2007 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election[8]
Candidate Votes %
Ralph Becker 10,486 38.50
Dave Buhler 7,570 27.79
Jenny Wilson 6,364 23.36
Keith S. Christensen 2,295 8.43
J.P. Hughes 378 1.39
John M. Renteria 53 0.19
Quinn Cady McDonough 42 0.15
Rainer Huck 37 0.14
Robert “Lot” Muscheck 14 0.05
Total votes 27,239 100

General election[edit]

2011 Salt Lake City mayoral election

The 2011 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 8, 2011,[2] to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. It saw the reelection of Ralph Becker.

Because only two candidates made the ballot, no primary election needed to be held.

General election[edit]

Challenging incumbent mayor Ralph Becker was Republican retired businessman J. Allen Kimball. Kimball was widely unknown to voters, and was considered an underdog candidate.[10]

2011 Salt Lake City mayoral election[11]
Candidate Votes %
Ralph Becker (incumbent) 14,189 74.91
J. Allen Kimball 4,519 23.86
Write-in candidates 234 1.24
Total votes 18,942 100
2015 Salt Lake City mayoral election

The 2015 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan.

Incumbent Mayor Ralph Becker, a Democrat in office since 2008, sought a third term in office,[12] but was defeated by Jackie Biskupski.

A primary election was held on August 11 to determine the two candidates that moved on to the November general election.[13]

Candidates[edit]

Declared
Withdrawn
Declined

Primary election[edit]

2015 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election[21]
Candidate Votes %
Jackie Biskupski 13,278 46.06%
Ralph Becker (incumbent) 8,823 30.61%
Luke Garrott 3,764 13.06%
George Chapman 1,875 6.50%
Dave Robinson 1,085 3.76%
Total votes 28,825

General election[edit]

2019 Salt Lake City mayoral election

The 2019 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 5, 2019, to elect the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections, and is officially nonpartisan.

In what was regarded to be a surprise, first-term incumbent mayor Jackie Biskupski announced on March 16, 2019, that she would not be seeking a second term, citing “a “serious and complex family situation”.[23]

A primary election was held on August 15 to determine the two candidates that moved on to the November general election.[24]Erin Mendenhall defeated Luz Escamilla in the runoff.

Primary election[edit]

2019 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election[25]
Candidate Votes %
Erin Mendenhall 9,046 24.27
Luz Escamilla 8,015 21.51
Jim Dabakis 7,531 20.21
David Garbett 6,238 16.74
David Ibarra 3,046 8.17
Stan Penfold 2,528 6.78
Rainer Huck 566 1.52
Richard N. Goldberger 296 0.79
Voter turnout 11.66%

General election[edit]

References[edit]

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  13. ^ “SALT LAKE CITY 2015 Notice of Municipal Election” (PDF). Salt Lake City Recorder. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  14. ^ a b Smart, Christopher (December 2, 2014). “Becker seeking third term; Garrott to challenge him as Rocky, Biskupski consider running, too”. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
  15. ^ Smart, Christopher (January 29, 2015). “Biskupski makes it a three-way race in Salt Lake City mayor’s contest”. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 24, 2015.
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  20. ^ “Mayor Becker Names Appointees to Top City Leadership Positions”. Salt Lake City Mayor’s Office. March 4, 2015. Archived from the original on June 14, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
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