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.

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Elections before 1995

1995

1995 Salt Lake City mayoral election
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← 19914 October and 7 November 1995 1999  →
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Nominee Deedee Corradini Rich McKeown
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote21,35320,826
Percentage50.63%49.37%
Mayor before election

Deedee Corradini
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Deedee Corradini
Democratic

The 1995 Salt Lake City mayoral election was held between 4 October and 7 November 1995 in order to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake City. Incumbent Mayor Deedee Corradini won re-election against her foremost opponent and fellow Nonpartisan candidate Rich McKeown.

Primary election

The Nonpartisan primary election was held on 4 October 1995 and saw Rich McKeown and incumbent mayor Deedee Corradini advance towards a run-off.

1995 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election [1]
CandidateVotes %
Rich McKeown 7,45237.35
Deedee Corradini 6,41432.15
Stephen Harmsen5,26226.37
Donald R. Green2911.46
Nelson González2321.16
Ken Larsen1520.76
Frank Joseph Irish750.38
Lawrence Rey "Larry" Topham740.37
Total votes19,945 100

General Election

The general election was held on 7 November 1995. Incumbent Mayor Deedee Corradini won re-election by a margin of 527 votes against her run-off opponent and fellow Nonpartisan candidate Rich McKeown, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah.

Salt Lake City mayoral election, 1995 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisanism Deedee Corradini (incumbent) 21,353 50.63
Nonpartisanism Rich McKeown20,82649.37
Total votes42,179 100.00
Democratic hold

1999

1999 Salt Lake City mayoral election
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←  1995 November 2, 1999 2003  →
Turnout36.29%
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Candidate Rocky Anderson Stuart Reid
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote24,26215,961
Percentage60.32%39.68%
Mayor before election

Deedee Corradini
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Rocky Anderson
Democratic

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. [3]

Primary election

The nonpartisan primary election was held on October 7?, 1999. [4]

1999 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election [5]
CandidateVotes %
Ross "Rocky" Anderson 6,11523.17
Stuart Reid 5,13919.47
Dave Jones 5,11119.36
Jim Bradley4,66517.67
Steve Harmsen3,67013.90
Mark Zuhl9253.50
Mark E. Anderson2941.11
John M. Renteria1940.73
Niko M. Linardakis1390.53
Ken Larsen1180.45
Lawrence Rey Topham270.10
Total votes26,397 100
Voter turnout36.29%

General election

1999 Salt Lake City mayoral election [6]
CandidateVotes %
Ross "Rocky" Anderson 24,26260.32
Stuart Reid 15,96139.68
Total votes40,223 100
Voter turnout47.95%

2003

2003 Salt Lake City mayoral election
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←  1999 November 4, 2003 2007  →
Turnout47.94%
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Candidate Rocky Anderson Frank R. Pignanelli
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote22,25419,140
Percentage53.76%46.24%
Mayor before election

Rocky Anderson
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Rocky Anderson
Democratic

The 2003 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 4, 2003, [4] 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. [7] [8]

Primary election

The nonpartisan primary election was held on October 7, 2003. [4]

2003 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election [9]
CandidateVotes %
Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson (incumbent)11,42444.85
Frank R. Pignanelli 7,77030.23
Molonai T. Hola6,18524.28
F. Joseph Irish1020.40
Lawerence Rey Topham290.23
Total votes25,510 100
Voter turnout29.28%

General election

2003 Salt Lake City mayoral election [8]
CandidateVotes %
Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson (incumbent)22,25453.76
Frank R. Pignanelli 19,14046.24
Write-in candidates 20.00
Total votes41,396 100
Voter turnout47.95%

2007

2007 Salt Lake City mayoral election
←  2003 November 6, 2007 2011  →
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Candidate Ralph Becker Dave Buhler
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote27,55615,524
Percentage63.77%35.93%
Mayor before election

Rocky Anderson
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Ralph Becker
Democratic

The 2007 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 6, 2007, [4] 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

The nonpartisan primary election was held on September 11, 2007. [4]

2007 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election [10]
CandidateVotes %
Ralph Becker 10,48638.50
Dave Buhler7,57027.79
Jenny Wilson 6,36423.36
Keith S. Christensen2,2958.43
J.P. Hughes3781.39
John M. Renteria530.19
Quinn Cady McDonough420.15
Rainer Huck370.14
Robert "Lot" Muscheck140.05
Total votes27,239 100

General election

2007 Salt Lake City mayoral election [11]
CandidateVotes %
Ralph Becker 27,55663.77
Dave Buhler15,52435.93
Write-in candidates 1290.30
Total votes43,209 100

2011

2011 Salt Lake City mayoral election
←  2007 November 8, 2011 2015  →
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Candidate Ralph Becker J. Allen Kimball
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote14,1894,519
Percentage74.91%23.86%
Mayor before election

Ralph Becker
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Ralph Becker
Democratic

The 2011 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 8, 2011, [4] 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

Challenging incumbent mayor Ralph Becker was Republican retired businessman J. Allen Kimball. Kimball was widely unknown to voters, and was considered an underdog candidate. [12]

2011 Salt Lake City mayoral election [13]
CandidateVotes %
Ralph Becker (incumbent)14,18974.91
J. Allen Kimball4,51923.86
Write-in candidates 2341.24
Total votes18,942 100

2015

2015 Salt Lake City mayoral election
←  2011 November 3, 2015 2019  →
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Candidate Jackie Biskupski Ralph Becker
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote19,89618,702
Percentage51.55%48.45%
Mayor before election

Ralph Becker
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Jackie Biskupski
Democratic

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, [14] 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. [15]

Candidates

Declared
Withdrawn
Declined

Primary election

2015 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election [23]
CandidateVotes %
Jackie Biskupski 13,27846.06%
Ralph Becker (incumbent)8,82330.61%
Luke Garrott3,76413.06%
George Chapman1,8756.50%
Dave Robinson1,0853.76%
Total votes28,825

General election

2015 Salt Lake City mayoral election [24]
CandidateVotes %
Jackie Biskupski 19,89651.55%
Ralph Becker (incumbent)18,70248.45%
Total votes38,598

2019

2019 Salt Lake City mayoral election
←  2015 November 5, 2019 2023  →
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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.

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". [25]

A primary election was held on August 15 to determine the two candidates that moved on to the November general election. [26] Erin Mendenhall defeated Luz Escamilla in the runoff.

Primary election

2019 Salt Lake City mayoral primary election [27]
CandidateVotes %
Erin Mendenhall 9,04624.27
Luz Escamilla 8,01521.51
Jim Dabakis 7,53120.21
David Garbett6,23816.74
David Ibarra3,0468.17
Stan Penfold2,5286.78
Rainer Huck5661.52
Richard N. Goldberger2960.79
Voter turnout11.66%

General election

2019 Salt Lake City mayoral election [28]
CandidateVotes %
Erin Mendenhall 25,50258.17%
Luz Escamilla 18,34241.83%
Voter turnout %

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