2020 Salt Lake County mayoral election

The 2020 Salt Lake County mayoral election was held to elect the next mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah on November 3, 2020, alongside the presidential, House of Representatives and gubernatorial elections. This marked the sixth election to the office since the post was created in 2000.

2020 Salt Lake County mayoral election

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DEM Candidate Jenny Wilson Trent Staggs Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 273,746 236,283 Percentage 51.9% 44.8%

Results by precinct

Mayor before election Jenny Wilson Democratic Elected mayor Jenny Wilson Democratic

On January 2, 2019, incumbent two-term County Mayor, Democrat Ben McAdams, resigned after being elected to represent Utah's 4th congressional district, triggering a 30-day deadline for the Salt Lake County Democratic Party Central Committee to vote for the replacement mayor.^[1] On January 26, 2019, the Committee elected county councilwoman at-large Jenny Wilson, unsuccessful 2018 Senate candidate, to succeed McAdams.^[2] No primary elections were held.^[3] Wilson was re-elected to a full term, beating Republican candidate, Riverton city Mayor Trent Staggs in the general election.^[4]

Candidates

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Democratic Party

• Jenny Wilson, incumbent County Mayor

Republican Party

• Trent Staggs, Mayor of Riverton, Utah

Green Party

• Michael W. Cundick, environmental activist^[6]

Results

2020 Salt Lake County mayoral general election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jenny Wilson (incumbent)	273,746	51.88	−7.48%
	Republican	Trent Staggs	236,283	44.78	+4.14%
	Green	Michael Cundick	17,556	3.34	+3.34%
Total votes			526,388	100.00	+30.78%