2012 Salt Lake County mayoral election

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.

2012 Salt Lake County mayoral election
November 6, 2012
 
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

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

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.

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