From Deseret News archives:
Mayoral race a 2-party duel
It may not be wished by Buhler city residents haven't elected a GOP mayor since Jake Garn in 1971.
Becker, the minority leader in the Utah House who is not known for his partisan attacks on the body's heavily Republican majority, still likes the 2-to-1 Democratic voting odds in the city.
"We will do whatever candidate Becker wants of us," state Democratic Party executive director Todd Taylor said on Wednesday, the day after Becker made an unexpected strong showing by getting nearly 40 percent of the primary election vote. Buhler finished second with 28 percent of the vote.
"I'm sure I will take advantage of that offer," Becker said Wednesday afternoon. "We have yet to map out what we will be doing over the next seven weeks" until the Nov. 6 final election.
Still, "it is definitely an advantage to be a Democrat in a Salt Lake City race," said Becker, "just as it is an advantage to be a Republican in almost all of the rest of the state."
Salt Lake County GOP chairman James Evans says his group will stay out of the Salt Lake mayor's race no matter what Buhler wants.
"These municipal elections are nonpartisan for a reason," says Evans. "It would be a mistake for the Democrats to turn this into a partisan race. That could have far-reaching implications."
Buhler said Wednesday that he has not sought GOP help previously and won't ask for it now. "I've run my own campaign up to now, and I've done pretty well," he said. "I don't need their help.
"It is wrong to try to make these elections partisan," Buhler said, "just as it is wrong for some (GOP legislators) to try to make the state school board elections partisan. These offices are just better to be nonpartisan. The public is tired of partisan politics, anyway."
The last time 1991 the city mayoral final was between a Democrat and a Republican, Buhler was that Republican. (The rest of the races were one Democrat facing another Democrat.)
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