Peter Corroon

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In November 2008, Corroon was re-elected to a second term as Salt Lake County Mayor over Republican challenger Michael Renckert with 66% of the vote. In January 2010, Corroon announced his candidacy for governor of the state of Utah to challenge incumbent Republican Gary Herbert. [4] In May, he announced his running mate would be Republican State Representative Sheryl Allen. Despite their eventual defeat in the 2010 Election, they were the first "bipartisan" gubernatorial ticket in Utah history. [5]

In addition to being mayor of Salt Lake County, Corroon also serves as a board member for the National Association of Counties, [6] the United Way, [7] the Economic Development Corporation of Utah, [8] the Utah Technology Council [9] and the Utah State Board of Tourism. [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Corroon to succeed Jim Dabakis as Democratic Party chair". Fox 13 Salt Lake City. 27 April 2014.
  2. ↑ California State Bar Membership Records
  3. ↑ Arthur Raymond (9 January 2010). "Democrat Peter Corroon set to launch run for governor". Deseret News . Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Corroon to run for governor". Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2010-01-12.
  5. ↑ "Corroon announces Rep. Allen as his running mate". KSL.
  6. ↑ "NACo Board of Directors". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on 2010-07-07. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
  7. ↑ "United Way Board of Directors". United Way of Salt Lake. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25.
  8. ↑ "Economic Development Corporation of Utah Board of Trustees". Economic Development Corporation of Utah.
  9. ↑ "Utah Technology Council Board of Trustees". Utah Technology Council.
  10. ↑ "Board of Tourism Development". Utah Office of Tourism. Archived from the original on 2010-06-17.
Peter Corroon
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Chair of the Utah Democratic Party
In office
April 2014 –June 2017
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