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Preceded by
  
Ralph Becker

Children
  
Archie

Party
  
Political party
  
Succeeded by
  
Role
  
American Politician

Preceded by
  
Name
  
Jackie Biskupski


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Born
  
January 11, 1966 (age 58) Hastings, Minnesota (
1966-01-11
)

Office
  
Mayor of Salt Lake City since 2016

Similar People
  
Ralph Becker, Jim Dabakis, Jenny Wilson, Gayle Ruzicka

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Jackie Biskupski (born January 11, 1966) is an American Democratic politician, and the Mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah. Upon taking office, Biskupski became Salt Lake City's 35th mayor, first openly gay mayor, and second female mayor (after Deedee Corradini). She is a former member of the Utah House of Representatives, representing the 30th District in Salt Lake County from 1999 to 2011.

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Early life

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One of four siblings raised in Hastings, Minnesota, Biskupski, of Polish-American descent, says that her Catholic parents, Marvin and Arlene Biskupski, named her after former First Lady Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis. While learning about the civil rights movement in history class at St. Boniface School, she says she was immediately attracted to the idea of working one day to champion the rights of women and minorities.

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Later in life her collegiate activities would earn her a B.Sc. in criminal justice from Arizona State University. Biskupski decided to stay in Utah shortly after visiting for a ski trip.

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In 2010, Biskupski adopted a son named Archie. On August 14, 2016, she married longtime partner Betty Iverson, who also has a son (named Jack). She currently lives in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City.

Career

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After graduating, Biskupski opened her own private-investigation firm, and then later went to work for the auto-insurance industry. Biskupski decided to get involved in politics after a 1995 controversy erupted at East High School (Salt Lake City), when the Board of the Salt Lake City School District and the Utah State Legislature tried to eliminate a gay/straight student alliance club.

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When elected in 1998 to the Utah House of Representatives she became Utah’s first openly-gay person elected to a state office. She was re-elected 6 times after that, serving in the legislature for 13 years, before retiring in 2011. She then went to work as an administrator for the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office on January 31, 2015.

Biskupski was elected to the office of Salt Lake City Mayor on November 17, 2015, defeating two-term incumbent Ralph Becker with 51.55% of the vote. During her transition she called for the resignation of most City department heads, drawing criticism from former Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson and others.

During her first year in office as mayor, Biskupski made local air quality and climate change issues central to her platform, calling for Salt Lake City to be completely run on alternative energy by 2032 and a reduction in carbon emissions by 80% by 2040. Biskupski also focused on finding long-term treatment solutions to Salt Lake City's growing homeless population. In December 2016, the Mayor announced the locations of four new homeless shelters in the capital city, generating substantial controversy concerning the decision on where to put them and the cost of land acquisition.

On January 30, 2017, Biskupski announced a draft policy on the release of police body camera footage, putting her at odds with Sim Gill, the Salt Lake County District Attorney.

References

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