After hedging for months, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski offered her public endorsement Monday for state Sen. Luz Escamilla, one of two candidates seeking to replace her.
Biskupski, the city’s first openly gay mayor, pointed to Escamilla’s legislative record of advocating for underserved communities and argued that the candidate, a Latina immigrant who lives on the west side, will “bring a fresh and different perspective to City Hall.”
“I want young people to see an amazing, intelligent and compassionate woman who looks like them running the city they call home,” Biskupski said during her remarks at a news conference on the steps of City Hall.