2012 Salt Lake County mayoral election

2012 Salt Lake County mayoral election

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Candidate Ben McAdams Mark Crockett Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 203,170 169,418 Percentage 54.47% 45.42%

Precinct results McAdams:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Crockett:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      50%      No votes

Mayor before election Peter Corroon Democratic Elected mayor Ben McAdams Democratic

The 2012 Salt Lake County mayoral election was held to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah on November 6, 2012, alongside the presidential, House of Representatives, Senate, and gubernatorial elections. This marked the fourth election to the office since the post was created in 2000.

Incumbent two-term Democratic County Mayor Peter Corroon honored his two-term pledge and did not run for a third term.^[1]

During the election, despite the county voting for Republicans Mitt Romney in the presidential election, Gary Herbert in the gubernatorial and Orrin Hatch in the Senate election, Democratic State Senator Ben McAdams managed to keep the mayor's office Democratic, defeating Republican candidate, former county councilman Mark Crockett.^[2]