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New poll says Erin Mendenhall leads Luz Escamilla by 13 points in Salt Lake City mayor’s race

New polling numbers released by UtahPolicy.com Thursday show Salt Lake City Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall with a 13-point lead over her opponent, state Sen. Luz Escamilla, as Election Day draws nearer.

That’s a much wider lead than the councilwoman had in a Salt Lake Chamber poll conducted at the beginning of the month and which The Salt Lake Tribune reported on Thursday. In the earlier survey, Mendenhall’s apparent 5-point lead was roughly equal to the poll’s margin of error, plus-or-minus 5.23 percentage points.

“It’s certainly encouraging,” Mendenhall said of the new poll in a written statement Thursday, though she said the numbers are “not consistent with what we’re seeing at the doors.