@media only screen and (min-width: 600px) { Ballots mailed out this week. This section lists noteworthy endorsements issued in this election, including those made by high-profile individuals and organizations, cross-party endorsements, and endorsements made by newspaper editorial boards. .election_results_text { }. The election is April 4, 2023. background-color: #6db24f; U.S. President | She also was a university professor for 15 years. March 1, 2023 / Brian Heuberger / Elections, Politics /. The 2023 Pueblo mayoral election is scheduled to be held on November 7, 2023, to elect the mayor of Pueblo, Colorado.Incumbent Democratic mayor Nick Gradisar is running for re-election to a second term in office. of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce in 2009 and left in 2021 to become chief strategy officer at Metropolitan State University of Denver. The race to replace term-limited Mayor Michael Hancock includes big political names, three current or former state lawmakers and a handful of prominent activists. width: 100%; This section includes a selection of up to three campaign advertisements per candidate released in this race, as well as links to candidates' YouTube, Vimeo, and/or Facebook video pages. width: 100% !important; function defer() { The 2023 Akron mayoral election will be held on November 7, 2023, to elect the mayor of Akron, Ohio. Write by: . position: relative; Denver's mayoral race is so crowded the candidates would fill half a city bus. Denver Mayoral Candidates Race to Get Money Before Public Financing Deadline. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please email us. Matt Brady, who we havent been able to connect with yet. About: As an at-large member of the Denver City Council, Ortega is the only candidate who has been elected citywide three times, in fact. Herod co-founded New Era Colorado, a youth civic engagement organization. A ton of people will run for Denver mayor in 2023. [16], On Feb. 16, 2023, 13 candidates participated in a debate hosted by 9News and Metropolitan State University of Denver. She wants to continue her focus on affordable housing and food access, and grow access to mental health resources. overflow-x: scroll; Heres his promise to the city: The city government in its day-to-day operations are: Pick up the trash, make sure the streets are in good condition, move the snow out of the way after a bad storm. Be smart: Here's a quick primer on the candidates for Denver mayor in the 2023 election. width: 50px; background-color: #db0000; padding-top: 8px; Thats who I am and who I always will be.. max-width: 75px; } Responding to customer needs and providing services thats what local government is so good at, and I think ultimately that is the main objective of what the mayors office needs to do.. .mw-body #mw-content-text .votebox .race_header h3.votebox-header-office-name { display: block; } .answers-container { Denver mayoral candidate Robert Treta sits down with Denver7 to discuss the issues facing the city ahead of the April mayoral election. Read more about her work in Colorado politics here. Ballotpedia did not come across any campaign ads for Deborah Ortega while conducting research on this election. He doesnt see himself as anti-development, but he wants neighborhoods to have more of a say. } .mw-content-ltr td.votebox-results-cell--text, } margin-top: 5px; border-top: 1px solid #ddd; Ortega said, while in office, she "has been an independent voice for neighborhoods left behind by city hall standing up to powerful mayors and siding with people. .votebox-scroll-container { A new mayor will be declared on or after the April 4 2023 election, depending on if there's a runoff. display: block; Ready to tell your networks why? .inner_percentage.Libertarian { margin-bottom:16px; Incumbent Michael Hancock (D), first elected in 2011, is term-limited. } State and local courts | } text-align: left; This section includes a timeline of events leading up to the election. Ballot measures, Who represents me? Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman comes to the race with a background in corprate America. Pictured on top row, from left . background-color: grey; color: #aaa; Mike Johnston's 2023 campaign website, "Home," accessed Feb. 15, 2023;LinkedIn, "Mike Johnston," accessed Feb. 15, 2023. .inner_percentage { margin: 0; } Support local journalism by becoming a member. Voters must be in line to vote by 7 p.m. on Election Day, April 4, 2023. She also chaired the 2020 Census. Denver has a strong mayor government, where the mayor serves as chief executive and the city council operates as a legislative branch. margin-right: 10px; You can ask candidates in this race to fill out the survey by clicking their names below: (function() { Incumbent Democratic mayor Michael Hancock is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a fourth term in office. margin-bottom: 0px; The 2023 mayoral election is up for grabs. .mw-body #mw-content-text th.votebox-results-cell--text { top: -5px; Ballotpedia invites candidates to participate in its annual survey. .results_table { If Martinez wine, he would draw on decades of experience in neighborhood advocacy and as a small business owner. .votebox-results-metadata-p { Hes also a prolific fundraiser. They are problems he is promising to help fix via much stricter enforcement of the citys camping ban and a drive to hire 400 more police officers. Read more about his plans for Denver here. text-align: center; .race_header.democratic { An official list of qualified candidates will be released by the clerk's office on Feb. 3. Since arriving in Denver in 1986 from her native Montana, she has compiled a long resume that touches on everything from day-to-day government operations to economic development work on a regional level. How to run for office | We have a homeless problem. Will Colorados car theft bill do enough to curb states record rate of theft? background-color: #6db24f; Denver has a Democratic mayor. padding-bottom: 5px; 100% remote. Updated: Feb 28, 2023 / 10:14 PM CST. mayoral candidate (2023) Anna Burrell, Frmr. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook font-size: 0.9em; .votebox { Join the Westword community and help support Instead, he has been relying on his high name recognition due to his 2015 campaign against Emanuel and long career in public life, but he is expected to spend more as Election Day draws near. margin: 5px 0 5px 0; Click here to fill out the survey. } Paul Fiorino, dance teacher and perennial candidate (Party affiliation: Ken Simpson, tech consultant and perennial candidate, Anna Burrell, sustainability consulting executive, David Stevens, language tutoring school founder, Albus Brooks, construction executive and former, Stephan Evans, activist and candidate for mayor in, This page was last edited on 1 March 2023, at 04:01. } } Roberts sees running for office as a continuation of his community work. position: relative; display: table; Those released are linked below:[45], On Feb. 9, 2023, 16 candidates participated in a debate hosted by CBS News Colorado and Regis University.[33]. If you are aware of other links that should be included, please email us. No Denver mayoral candidate has reached even 20% first-choice support, and 47% of voters are undecided. .multi-survey-header p { Brough worked for former Mayor John Hickenlooper (D) from 2003 to 2009, finishing as his chief of staff. font-weight: 300; If no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top-two vote-getters will advance to a runoff on June 6, 2023. ", Johnston said he "is running for Mayor of Denver with real plans to make Denver America's best city by making sure it is vibrant, affordable, and safe for everyone. A jury found Roberts not guilty of attempted murder in 2015. Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations. The countdown has begun. But during nearly three decades as a City Council member, shes often proved a wildcard a skeptical voice and self-described taxpayer advocate who, at times, has been a thorn in the side of three mayors. participation so voters can learn more about all the candidates on their ballots. Incumbent Michael Hancock defeated Jamie Giellis in the general runoff election for Mayor of Denver on June 4, 2019. He says he wants to be Denvers neighborhood mayor, in the footsteps of former mayor Wellington Webb. Two mayors' partisan affiliations were unknown. need only 300 registered voter signatures. What to know: Her daughter is a major in the Denver Sheriff's Department. Four people are running as write-in candidates, which means they didnt get enough signatures to qualify, but you can write their name in on election day. What to know: He is self-funding his campaign, loaning himself $500,000 giving him more campaign cash than all candidates entering the election year. Johnston worked as a teacher and principal from 1997 to 2009. In his view, the city leadership has failed over the past several years to address crises around crime, homelessness and housing affordability. .inner_percentage.Green { Al Gardner, information technology professional and member of the Denver Civil Service Commission (Party affiliation: Aurelio Martinez, tech worker and former boxer. About: Johnston served two terms in the state Senate until 2017 and previously worked as a high school principal. .votebox-scroll-container { [13] Based on 2020 population estimates, 76.1% of the population of the top 100 cities lived in cities with Democratic mayors, and 16.2% lived in cities with Republican mayors at the start of 2022. } After her first tenure on the city council, Ortega became the executive director of the Denver Homeless Commission and chairwoman of the Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corporation, an affordable housing non-profit. padding-left: 75px; padding-left: 20px !important; Governor George Brown (D) and former U.S. Sen. Floyd Haskell (D) before accepting a position with former City Councilman Sal Carpio in 1979. Read more about his campaign here. His political experience comes instead from his work with the theater group Romero Troupe, which works with community organizations to create plays about political issues. .race_header { of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce from 2009 to 2021, and chief strategy officer at Metropolitan State University of Denver from 2021 to 2022. DENVER There are 17 people on the 2023 ballot for Denver Mayor, all vying to replace Michael Hancock after three terms in office. | Gardner said if elected mayor hed move to change the culture within Denvers law enforcement agencies, ensuring that whoever helms the departments is willing to disrupt how theyve operated in the past. Before that, she worked as a chief of staff to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper for three years before he became governor. position: absolute; Her rsum includes a year as the Chief Strategy Officer at the Metropolitan State University of Denver, a decade as CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, and time as then-Mayor John Hickenloopers chief of staff. .non_result_row div { Interns wanted: Get paid to help ensure that every voter has unbiased election information. Caldern has also worked as chief of staff to Denver City Council member Candi CdeBaca. Heres why she wants to run for Denvers mayor. What to know: He ran unsuccessful campaigns for governor in 2018 and U.S. Senate in 2020. As mayor, he wants to focus on affordable housing, safety and homelessness. State Senator Chris Hansen grew up on a farm on the Kansas-Colorado border. ", Sources: The results have been certified. The candidate's team flyered cars with "All Votes Matter" ads at a predominantly white organization and flyered cars with "Black Votes Matter" ads at a historically Black church, Anderson said. margin: 0px 10px; Looking to his next term, Hinds wants to focus on pedestrian infrastructure and homelessness. Conor McCormick-Cavanagh August 2, 2022 5:59AM. } Herod worked as a policy advisor to former Gov. overflow-y: hidden; Caldern, who is running for mayor a second time, said shes spent most of her career as an educator, community activist, city employee and frequent critic of the term-limited Mayor Michael Hancock, steeped in the world of policing and crime. color:white; } The election will be officially Non-Political. The fund provides public matching funds to candidates for municipal offices in the next municipal election cycle beginning January 1 . Kelly Brough, state Rep. Leslie Herod, former state Sen. Michael Johnston, At-large City Councilwoman Deborah Ortega, and Andy Rougeot lead the field in fundraising and media coverage. width: 50%; . overflow-x: auto; } Governor George Brown (D) and former U.S. Sen. Floyd Haskell (D) before accepting a position with former City Councilman Sal Carpio in 1979. } Together, we can reimagine a city that works for all of us.. a[aria-expanded=false] .fa-chevron-down { Of note: The top candidates are listed in order of how they appear on the ballot, which was decided by random selection. She knows this city and knows how to lead it. Yet all is not well in the Queen City of the Plains. Hes lived in Denver for over 20 years, but in 2019, unsuccessfully ran for President of his native country, Cte dIvoire. In 2020, Johnston became president and C.E.O. Denver's general election is scheduled for April 4 following a voter-approved move from its traditional date in early May with a runoff scheduled for June 6 if no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote. 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