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2008 Salt Lake County mayoral election

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2008 Salt Lake County mayoral election

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Candidate Peter Corroon Michael Renckert
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 233,655 114,097
Percentage 65.78% 32.12%

Mayor before election

Peter Corroon
Democratic

Elected mayor

Peter Corroon
Democratic

The 2008 Salt Lake County mayoral election was held to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah on November 4, 2008, alongside the presidential, House of Representatives and gubernatorial elections. This marked the third election to the office since the post was created in 2000.

Popular incumbent Democrat Peter Corroon was elected in a nearly 2 to 1 landslide against token Republican opposition. In the same election cycle, Salt Lake County narrowly voted for Democrat Barack Obama for president, but also voted for incumbent Republican Governor Jon Huntsman Jr.

Candidates

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Democratic Party

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  • Peter Corroon, incumbent county mayor

Republican Party

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  • Michael Renckert, field supervisor for Adult Probation and Parole at the Utah Department of Corrections[1]

Dropped out

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  • Dell Schanze, businessman (switched to gubernatorial election, running as Libertarian)[2]

Constitution Party

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  • Leonard Olds

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Peter
Corroon
Michael
Renckert
Undecided
Deseret News/KSL[3] Oct. 24–30, 2008 498 ± 4.5% 68% 22% 10%

Results

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2008 Salt Lake County mayoral general election results
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Peter Corroon (incumbent) 233,655 65.78% +16.28%
Republican Michael Renckert 114,097 32.12% −10.42%
Constitution Leonard Olds 7,247 2.04%
Write-ins 203 0.06%
Total votes 355,202 100% -3.14%

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References

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  1. ^ Dethman, Leigh (March 18, 2008). "Political unknown to face Corroon". Deseret News. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Election Issue 2008 | Every Underdog Has His (or Her) Day". Salt Lake City Weekly. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
  3. ^ "Poll gives Republican Mark Crockett slight lead in Salt Lake County mayor race". Deseret News. October 3, 2012.
  4. ^ "GEMS ELECTION RESULTS". slco.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.