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City elections in Salt Lake City, Utah (2025)
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| 2025 Salt Lake City elections |
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| Election dates |
| Filing deadline: August 19, 2025 (regular candidate) September 2, 2025 (write-in) |
| General election: November 4, 2025 |
| Election stats |
| Offices up: City council |
| Total seats up: 4 |
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| U.S. municipal elections, 2025 |
The city of Salt Lake City, Utah, held general elections for city council on November 4, 2025. The regular filing deadline for this election was August 19, 2025, and the write-in candidate filing deadline was September 2, 2025.
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Elections
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Candidates and results
City council
District 1
General election
General election for Salt Lake City Council District 1
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Victoria Petro-Eschler in round 1 .
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Total votes: 3,210 |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Yussuf Abdi (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)
District 3
General election
General election for Salt Lake City Council District 3
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Chris Wharton in round 3 . The results of Round are displayed below. To see the results of other rounds, use the dropdown menu above to select a round and the table will update.
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Total votes: 4,990 |
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District 5
General election
General election for Salt Lake City Council District 5
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Erika Carlsen in round 1 .
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Total votes: 4,320 |
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District 7
General election
General election for Salt Lake City Council District 7
The ranked-choice voting election was won by Sarah Young in round 1 .
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Total votes: 2,934 |
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Additional elections on the ballot
- See also: Utah elections, 2025
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About the city
- See also: Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is a city in Salt Lake County, Utah. As of 2020, its population was 199,723.
City government
- See also: Mayor-council government
Salt Lake City utilizes a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city's chief executive officer.[1][2][3]
Demographics
The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.
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| Salt Lake City | Utah | |
| Population | 199,723 | 3,271,616 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 110 | 82,376 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 73.3% | 85.1% |
| Black/African American | 2.6% | 1.2% |
| Asian | 5.3% | 2.3% |
| Native American | 1.3% | 1.1% |
| Pacific Islander | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Other (single race) | 11.2% | 5.1% |
| Multiple | 4.6% | 4.2% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 21.2% | 14.2% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 90% | 93% |
| College graduation rate | 48.7% | 34.7% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $63,156 | $74,197 |
| Persons below poverty level | 15.2% | 9.1% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
| Salt Lake City, Utah | Utah | Municipal government | Other local coverage |
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Footnotes
- ↑ American Legal Publishing, "CHAPTER 2.02 GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION," accessed October 12, 2021
- ↑ American Legal Publishing, "Salt Lake City Municipal Code: CHAPTER 2.04 OFFICE OF THE MAYOR," accessed August 28, 2023
- ↑ American Legal Publishing, "Salt Lake City Municipal Code: CHAPTER 2.06 CITY COUNCIL," accessed August 28, 2023
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