2004 Salt Lake County mayoral election

The 2004 Salt Lake County mayoral election was held to elect the Mayor of Salt Lake County, Utah on November 2, 2004, alongside the presidential, House of Representatives, Senate and gubernatorial elections. This marked the second election to the office since the post was created in 2000.

2004 Salt Lake County mayoral election
November 2, 2004
Turnout76.27%
 
GOP
Nominee Peter Corroon Ellis Ivory Merrill Cook
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 174,580 153,536 22,524
Percentage 49.50% 42.54% 6.39%
Mayor before election

Alan Dayton
Republican

 Elected Mayor

Peter Corroon
Democratic

In 2000, Nancy Workman was elected as the first county mayor. However, in June 2004, she came under investigation for hiring two county-paid employees who had worked for her daughter at the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Valley, resulting in her being placed on paid administrative leave on July 9, replaced with Deputy Mayor Alan Dayton.

Democrat Peter Corroon won the election as one of two Democrats to win the county during the election cycle, alongside gubernatorial candidate Scott Matheson Jr., while the county backed Republicans George W. Bush for President and Bob Bennett for Senator.

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