Mayor of Salt Lake County
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The Mayor of Salt Lake County is the head of the executive branch of the county government of Salt Lake County, Utah in the United States.
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Residence | Salt Lake County Government Center 2001 South State Street, Salt Lake City, Utah |
Term length | 4 years |
Inaugural holder | Nancy Workman |
Formation | 2001 |
Website | Mayor's Office |
As the mayor of the county, the mayor rules over one million people (1,160,437 according to 2019 estimates), making it the 37th most populous county in the United States, with population greater than 9 least populous states of the United States, and approximately 36 percent of Utah state population.
The mayor serves a four-year term without term limits, and is chosen in countywide partisan elections.
Since the election of Nancy Workman as the first mayor in 2000, five people have held the office, three of them elected. Peter Corroon, serving from 2005 to 2013, holds the longest tenure.
The current mayor, Jenny Wilson, was appointed by the Salt Lake County Democratic Party central committee on January 29, 2019, to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of two-term incumbent Ben McAdams on January 2, 2019 after being elected to represent Utah's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.