2008 Salt Lake County mayoral election

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.

2008 Salt Lake County mayoral election
November 4, 2008
 
GOP
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

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

Democratic Party
  • Peter Corroon, incumbent county mayor

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

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

Constitution Party
  • Leonard Olds

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

Results
2008 Salt Lake County mayoral general election results
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Peter Corroon 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
  1. News, Deseret (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. "GEMS ELECTION RESULTS". slco.org. Retrieved August 17, 2020.
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