The 2015 Salt Lake City mayoral election took place on November 3, 2015, to elect the

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. The

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was held concurrently with various other local elections, and was officially nonpartisan. Incumbent Mayor Ralph Becker, a Democrat in office since 2008, sought a third term in office, but was narrowly defeated by

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. A primary election was held on August 11 to determine the two candidates that moved on to the November general election.

Candidates

Declared

* Ralph Becker, incumbent Mayor *

, former State Representative * George Chapman, community activist * Luke Garrott, City Councilman * Dave Robinson, businessman

Withdrawn

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, State Senator and former Chairman of the

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Declined

Rocky Anderson Ross Carl "Rocky" Anderson (born September 9, 1951), from the United States, is an attorney, writer, activist, civil and human rights advocate. He served two terms as the 33rd Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah from 2000 to 2008. He is now running f ...

, former Mayor and Justice Party nominee for

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* Kyle LaMalfa, City Councilman * Charlie Luke, City Councilman * Stan Penfold, City Councilman * Jill Remington Love, Director of the Salt Lake City Community and Economic Development Department and former City Councilwoman

Primary election

Polling

Endorsements

Results

General election

Results

References

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