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.

2016 Salt Lake County mayoral election

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Candidate Ben McAdams David Robinson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 238,927 163,558
Percentage 59.36% 40.64%

Precinct results
McAdams:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Robinson:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      50%      No votes

Mayor before election

Ben McAdams
Democratic

Elected mayor

Ben McAdams
Democratic

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

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Democratic Party

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  • Ben McAdams, incumbent county mayor

Republican Party

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  • David Robinson, business consultant

Polling

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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

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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

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  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.