SLC Mayor Candidate Profile: Erin Mendenhall

Posted: Jun 30, 2019 / 02:00 PM MDT / Updated: Jun 29, 2019 / 02:00 AM MDT

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah- (ABC4 News) – There’s an open seat to lead Utah’s capital city, and the opportunity is drawing a crowded field.

Eight candidates are in the running to be Salt Lake City’s next mayor. Salt Lake City Councilwoman Erin Mendenhall is one of them.

She joins us this week on Inside Utah Politics to discuss her background, why she thinks she’s the best person for the job and her views on the big issues.

Glen Mills

Chief Political Correspondent

For this Beetdigger and Ute it’s an honor to be doing what he loves in his home state! Glen is an award-winning journalist, who joined the ABC4 News team in June 2013. You can catch him anchoring ABC4 News at 5 and 6, Monday through Friday. He also serves as our Senior Political Correspondent, keeping you up to date on issues that impact your life at the city, state and national level. His political reports run throughout the week, and he hosts Inside Utah Politics, Sunday mornings at 8. The Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists has recognized Glen as the best government and military television reporter in the state. Before returning home to Utah, he spent 11 1/2 years developing his journalism skills in other states. He held various on-air and management positions at KPVI in Pocatello, Idaho, WGBA in Green Bay, Wisconsin and KKCO in Grand Junction, Colorado during that time. Read More...