Victoria Petro-Eschler

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Victoria Petro-Eschler

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Nonpartisan

Salt Lake City Council District 1

Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

3

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Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 4, 2025

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Victoria Petro-Eschler is a member of the Salt Lake City Council in Utah, representing District 1. Petro-Eschler assumed office on January 3, 2022.

Petro-Eschler ran for re-election to the Salt Lake City Council to represent District 1 in Utah. Petro-Eschler won in the general election on November 4, 2025.

Elections

2025

See also: City elections in Salt Lake City, Utah (2025)

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 .

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Victoria Petro-Eschler	51.8	1,664	0	Won (1)
		Stephen Otterstrom	48.2	1,546	0	1

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,210
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Yussuf Abdi (Nonpartisan) (Unofficially withdrew)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Petro-Eschler in this election.

2021

See also: City elections in Salt Lake City, Utah (2021)

General election

General election for Salt Lake City Council District 1

Select round: Round 2 Round 1

The ranked-choice voting election was won by Victoria Petro-Eschler in round 2 . 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.

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Victoria Petro-Eschler	51.9	1,713	101	Won (2)
		Blake Perez	48.1	1,589	149	2
		Richard Barnes	0.0	0	-318	1

		Candidate	%	Total Votes	Transfer	Round eliminated
	Submit photo	Victoria Petro-Eschler	47.8	1,612	0	Won (2)
		Blake Perez	42.7	1,440	0	2
		Richard Barnes	9.4	318	0	1

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 3,370
= candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.

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2025

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Victoria Petro-Eschler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.

2021

Victoria Petro-Eschler did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.

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Footnotes

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Preceded by -	Salt Lake City Council District 1 2022 - Present	Succeeded by NA