2019 Salt Lake City mayoral election
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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".[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
[edit]Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Jackie Biskupskie |
Jim Dabakis |
Luz Escamilla |
David Ibarra |
Erin Mendenhall |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Jones & Associates/Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce |
Jun 11-Jul 1, 2019 | 149 (LV) | – | – | 30% | 15% | 8% | 12% | 10%[a] | 25% |
| Lighthouse Research/Jim Dabakis[A] | Released December 10, 2018 | 400 (LV) | – | 21% | 27% | – | 3% | – | 8%[b] | 42% |
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Erin Mendenhall | 9,046 | 24.27 | |
| Nonpartisan | Luz Escamilla | 8,015 | 21.51 | |
| Nonpartisan | Jim Dabakis | 7,531 | 20.21 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Garbett | 6,238 | 16.74 | |
| Nonpartisan | David Ibarra | 3,046 | 8.17 | |
| Nonpartisan | Stan Penfold | 2,528 | 6.78 | |
| Nonpartisan | Rainer Huck | 566 | 1.52 | |
| Nonpartisan | Richard N. Goldberger | 296 | 0.79 | |
| Turnout | 37,266 | 11.66 | ||
General election
[edit]Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[c] |
Margin of error |
Luz Escamilla |
Erin Mendenhall |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y2 Analytics/UtahPolicy | Oct 16–22, 2019 | 751 (LV) | ± 3.6% | 43% | 53% | 4%[d] |
| Dan Jones & Associates/Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce |
Oct 3–10, 2019 | 350 (LV) | ± 5.23% | 37% | 42% | 21% |
Hypothetical polling
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Endorsements
[edit]Erin Mendenhall
- Local officials
- Rocky Anderson, former mayor [4]
- Notable individuals
- David Ibarra, former candidate and businessman [5]
Results
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nonpartisan | Erin Mendenhall | 25,502 | 58.17% | |
| Nonpartisan | Luz Escamilla | 18,342 | 41.83% | |
| Turnout | 43,844 | |||
Notes
[edit]- Partisan clients
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Official Final Election Results – 2019 Primary Election Salt Lake County, Utah" (PDF). Salt Lake County, Utah. August 27, 2019. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
- ^ Anderson, Rocky. "Rocky Anderson: to challenge LDS Church is not "bigotry"". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ Stevens, Taylor (October 3, 2019). "Businessman David Ibarra endorses Erin Mendenhall". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved May 16, 2023.
- ^ "Election Night Reporting – Salt Lake City Mayor (Vote For 1)". index.html.