2019 Salt Lake City mayoral election

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2019 Salt Lake City mayoral election
  2015 November 5, 2019 2023  
  Erin Mendenhall (cropped).jpg
Candidate Erin Mendenhall Luz Escamilla
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote25,50218,342
Percentage58.17%41.83%

Mayor before election

Jackie Biskupski
Democratic

Elected mayor

Erin Mendenhall
Democratic

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.

Contents

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". [1]

A primary election was held on August 15 to determine the two candidates that moved on to the November general election. [2] Erin Mendenhall defeated Luz Escamilla in the runoff.

Primary election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Jackie
Biskupskie
Jim
Dabakis
Luz
Escamilla
David
Ibarra
Erin
Mendenhall
OtherUndecided
Dan Jones & Associates/Salt
Lake Chamber of Commerce
[3]
Jun 11-Jul 1, 2019149 (LV)30%15%8%12%10% [a] 25%
Lighthouse Research/Jim Dabakis [4] [A] Released December 10, 2018400 (LV)21%27%3%8% [b] 42%

Results

Salt Lake City mayoral primary election, 2019 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Erin Mendenhall 9,046 24.27
Nonpartisan Luz Escamilla 8,015 21.51
Nonpartisan Jim Dabakis 7,53120.21
Nonpartisan David Garbett6,23816.74
Nonpartisan David Ibarra3,0468.17
Nonpartisan Stan Penfold2,5286.78
Nonpartisan Rainer Huck5661.52
Nonpartisan Richard N. Goldberger2960.79
Turnout 37,26611.66

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [c]
Margin
of error
Luz
Escamilla
Erin
Mendenhall
Undecided
Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy [6] Oct 16–22, 2019751 (LV)± 3.6%43%53%4% [d]
Dan Jones & Associates/Salt
Lake Chamber of Commerce
[7]
Oct 3–10, 2019350 (LV)± 5.23%37%42%21%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [c]
Margin
of error
Jackie
Biskupskie
Jim
Dabakis
Undecided
Lighthouse Research/Jim Dabakis [8] [B] Released December 10, 2018400 (LV)31%42%27%

Endorsements

Erin Mendenhall

Local officials

Notable individuals

  • David Ibarra, former candidate and businessman [10]

Results

Salt Lake City mayoral election, 2019 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan Erin Mendenhall 25,502 58.17%
Nonpartisan Luz Escamilla 18,34241.83%
Turnout 43,844

Notes

  1. David Garbett and Stan Penfold with 5%
  2. Stan Penfold and Ross Romero with 4%
  3. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  4. Includes "not voting"

Partisan clients

  1. Poll sponsored by Jim Dabakis while he was exploring a bid
  2. Poll sponsored by Jim Dabakis while he was exploring a bid

References

  1. Stevens, Taylor (March 18, 2019). "Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski drops out of 2019 mayoral race, cites a 'serious and complex family situation'". The Salt Lake City Tribune. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  2. Nixon, Nicole (August 15, 2019). "Luz Wins: Dabakis Concedes SLC Mayoral Primary, Escamilla And Mendenhall To Face Off In November". KUER-FM . Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  3. Dan Jones & Associates/Salt
    Lake Chamber of Commerce
  4. Lighthouse Research/Jim Dabakis
  5. "Official Final Election Results – 2019 Primary Election Salt Lake County, Utah" (PDF). Salt Lake County, Utah. August 27, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
  6. Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy
  7. Dan Jones & Associates/Salt
    Lake Chamber of Commerce
  8. Lighthouse Research/Jim Dabakis
  9. Anderson, Rocky. "Rocky Anderson: to challenge LDS Church is not "bigotry"". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  10. Stevens, Taylor (October 3, 2019). "Businessman David Ibarra endorses Erin Mendenhall". The Salt Lake Tribune . Retrieved May 16, 2023.
  11. "Election Night Reporting – Salt Lake City Mayor (Vote For 1)". index.html.