SLC Mayor Erin Mendenhall looks to ‘regroup for a second term’; Anderson wishes her success
With a hefty lead, the incumbent lauds voters for rejecting the “politics of fear.” Former mayor says city still has “serious, serious problems.”
(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Holding a big lead in early returns, Mayor Erin Mendenhall walks out to cheers at an election watch party in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023.
Blake joined The Tribune in March 2022 to cover city and county government before becoming an editor in 2024. He is a University of Minnesota graduate who started his journalism career in Las Vegas, where he covered local government, state politics and the depletion of the Colorado River. He is dad to a Golden Retriever named Woodward.
Emily is a statewatch reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune, where she has worked since 2022. She received her master's degree in journalism from Northwestern University. There, she worked on investigative projects for The Washington Post and ProPublica. While writing, she's probably spinning something from her ever-expanding shelf of punk records.