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2016 Salt Lake County mayoral election

The 2016 Salt Lake County mayoral election was held to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah on November 8, 2016, alongside the presidential, House of Representatives, Senate and gubernatorial elections. This marked the fifth election to the office since the post was created in 2000.

Incumbent Democratic County Mayor Ben McAdams ran and won re-election to a second term against Republican candidate David Robinson.[1][2][3][4]

Candidates

Democratic Party

  • Ben McAdams, incumbent county mayor

Republican Party

  • David Robinson, business consultant

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Ben
McAdams 		David
Robinson 		Undecided
Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics[5] Oct. 20–27, 2016 339 ± 5.32% 57% 31% 13%

Results

2016 Salt Lake County mayoral general election results
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Ben McAdams (incumbent) 238,927 59.36% +4.89%
Republican David Robinson 163,558 40.64% −4.78%
Total votes 402,485 100% +7.91%

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References

  1. ^ "McAdams has big lead over GOP mayoral foe". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  2. ^ "Challenger grills Salt Lake County mayor over Mountain Accord transparency". Deseret News. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  3. ^ "Salt Lake County mayor will stay, Snelgrove lagging behind Kanter". Deseret News. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  4. ^ "Mountain Accord process lacks transparency, county mayoral hopeful says; McAdams calls assertion 'baseless'". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  5. ^ Salt Lake Tribune-Hinckley Institute of Politics
  6. ^ "Salt Lake County Election Results". slco.org. Retrieved August 13, 2020.