Rocky Anderson concedes amid trouncing from Erin Mendenhall in SLC mayoral race
“It’s an honor to be trusted to lead Salt Lake City for another four years,” the incumbent mayor says. Former mayor says his blowout loss may mean most voters “are satisfied with the status quo.”
(The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City mayoral candidates Erin Mendenhall and Rocky Anderson. Anderson, a former mayor, conceded to incumbent Mayor Mendenhall on Wednesday, Nov. 22, 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.