Salt Lake County Election Director Rozan Mitchell, a Republican, will face longtime Salt Lake County Clerk Sherrie Swensen, a Democrat, in this year’s election — a subordinate vs. boss contest that has become something of a pattern in the county.
“This is something different that we’ve never ever experienced in the clerk’s office that we’ve had somebody running,” Mitchell said. “There’s been other places in the county and in the state where that happens, so it’s not new and unique. But it is different for the elections office and the clerk’s office.”
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill, a Democrat, faces a challenge from one of his deputies as he seeks a third four-year term.