Nancy Workman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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American politician
Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1940
Place of Birth: Pueblo, Colorado, United States
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Nancy Workman
- Nancy Workman (born December 9, 1940) is an American politician who was the first county mayor of Salt Lake County, and a member of the Republican Party.
- She is the last Republican to have held this office.
- She was born in Pueblo, Colorado, but grew up in Boise, Idaho where her father was an automobile dealer.
- She finally settled in the Salt Lake Valley during her senior year of high school. Workman went to college at the University of Utah and ran a construction business before seeking office as county recorder.
- After an unsuccessful bid in 1990 she was finally elected in 1994 to a six-year term.
- Later, after the post was approved by the county commission, Workman was elected to the newly-created post of county mayor of Salt Lake County. As County Mayor, Workman presided over a budget of nearly $700 million and never asked for a tax increase.
- She moved the county-owned planetarium from its historic but outdated facility on State Street to the new Gateway shopping development.
- Workman also worked to establish a fire district and supported self-determination of unincorporated areas in the county. In 2004, Democratic District Attorney David Yocum accused Workman of misusing funds to pay for an employee at a local chapter of the Boys and Girls Club of America.
- She faced two felony charges of misusing county monies by allegedly placing county employees at the club: one Second Degree Felony and one Third Degree.During the trial, it was revealed that the county employee was actually hired as a replacement for Workman's daughter at the Boys & Girls Club, rather than an assistant, as the D.A.
- had suspected.
- On February 10, 2005 a jury found Workman not guilty of all charges.Originally, Workman decided not to drop out of the 2004 county mayoral race, even when the Utah GOP dropped public support for her.
- The Republicans replaced her with Ellis Ivory as a write-in candidate.
- On October 12, 2004, Workman then dropped out of the race in an effort to give the Republicans a better chance at securing the office.
- She was succeeded in office by Democrat Peter Corroon. Workman later served as the President and CEO of the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce.
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