2023 Salt Lake City mayoral election

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2023 Salt Lake City mayoral election
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Candidate Erin Mendenhall Rocky Anderson Michael Valentine
Popular vote25,77015,1833,113
Percentage58.48%34.46%7.06%
Mayor before election

Erin Mendenhall

Elected Mayor

Erin Mendenhall

The 2023 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 21, 2023, to elect the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. The election was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent mayor Erin Mendenhall won reelection to a second term in office, defeating former mayor Rocky Anderson and filmmaker Michael Valentine. This was the first mayoral election in the city's history to utilize ranked-choice voting, although Mendenhall won a majority of votes in the initial round, so no ranked-choice tabulation was necessary. [1]

Contents

Candidates

Declared

Endorsements

Rocky Anderson
State legislators
Individuals
  • David Ibarra, 2019 mayoral candidate [6]
Political parties
Erin Mendenhall
U.S. Representatives
State officials
State senators
State representatives
Municipal officials
Local officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Michael Valentine
Individuals
Organizations

Campaign finances

Campaign finances [25] Total spendingCash on hand
Erin Mendenhall$480,000$291,000
Rocky Anderson$231,000$83,000
Michael Valentine$2,000$367

Results

2023 Salt Lake City mayoral election
CandidateRound 1
Votes %
Erin Mendenhall (incumbent)25,77058.48%
Rocky Anderson 15,18334.46%
Michael Valentine3,1137.06%
Total44,066100.00%

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