SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson will make her pitch for another four years in office while challenger Erin Rider makes the case for change atop the county government during a televised debate Thursday night in Salt Lake City.
Wilson, a Democrat who was first elected county mayor in 2019 to fill the vacancy left by Ben McAdams, is seeking her second full term at the helm of Utah’s most populous county. She served on the Salt Lake County Council for two nonconsecutive terms from 2005-2011 and 2014-2019, and ran opposite Mitt Romney in the 2018 campaign for U.S. Senate.
It’s not the first time running for Rider, an attorney who challenged former Rep. Chris Stewart in a Republican primary for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District in 2022. She now has the endorsement of Stewart, along with U.S. Reps. Blake Moore and Burgess Owens, and three members of the Salt Lake County Council: Laurie Stringham, Sheldon Stewart and Dave Alvord.
The hourlong contest is hosted by PBS Utah and KUER at the Eccles Broadcast Center at the University of Utah. It will be moderated by KUER reporter Sean Higgins.
You can watch the debate live when it begins at 6 p.m.:
This story will be updated.
