In what looks to be a rough-and-tumble election season, the Salt Lake City Council is in for a makeover and Mayor Ralph Becker is being challenged by four candidates.
As of 5 p.m. Monday — the deadline for candidate declarations — Becker, Councilman Luke Garrott, former state legislator Jackie Biskupski, community activist George Chapman and businessman Dave Robinson had all filed for the mayor's race. Robinson, who filed Monday, said he's running to better protect open space and watersheds and to continue to strengthen ties between City Hall and the LGBT community.
Ted Wilson was the last Salt Lake City mayor to be elected to three terms, although he left in 1985 before completion of his last four-year stint.