After Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s surprising announcement earlier this week that she would not run for re-election, Salt Lake City Sen. Luz Escamilla has decided to enter the 2019 race for mayor.
“Since learning a few days ago of Mayor Biskupski’s decision to withdraw from the 2019 mayor’s race, I have fielded many questions about my future and whether I would consider a run for Mayor of Salt Lake City,” she said in a Facebook post Wednesday afternoon. “After an abbreviated process and enthusiastic expressions of support, I have decided today that I will be a candidate for Mayor in 2019.