The two mayoral candidates facing off in Denver's upcoming municipal election have agreed to pursue changing the way the city awards contracts by considering factors that strengthen the local economy, not just on the lowest qualified bid, a group backing the change said this week.
We asked Colorado's governor and the General Assembly's leaders their thoughts on the conclusion of this year's legislative session, including lessons they learned, strategies they deploy next year and relationships they've come to cherish.
Denver's mayoral candidates accused each other of bending the truth on Tuesday in an escalating volley of charges surrounding a TV ad that calls one of them a liar.
Colorado Springs mayor-elect Yemi Mobolade, an independent and political newcomer who will step into the mayor's office next month, has maintained over 18 months on the campaign trail and following his decisive victory in the May 16 runoff election that he is neither a Republican nor a Democrat. Though the city's elections are nonpartisan, Mobolade continues to refute the idea he is a "progressive" or "Democratic-aligned" candidate, despite those claims made by media, political action committees, his Republican opponent Wayne Williams and others.
In a victory speech Tuesday night, Colorado Springs Mayor-elect Yemi Mobolade said he would "get to work" addressing public safety, homelessness, infrastructure, water infrastructure, and affordable and attainable housing — hot-topic issues that were at the forefront of discussion in this year's mayoral race.
Kelly Brough and Mike Johnston debated immigration issues, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sending 41 to the city today, in a debate hosted by the Denver Gazette, Colorado Politics and the Univeristy of Denver.
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Ballot counting in the Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election between Yemi Mobolade and Wayne Williams was completed at 2 p.m. Wednesday, according to a city news release.
Yemi Mobolade, who was elected Tuesday night as the next mayor of Colorado Springs based on unofficial results from the City Clerk's Office, will inherit opportunity and challenge when he steps into the role June 6.
After a nearly uninterrupted career as an elected politician dating back to 2002, Wayne Williams' bid for the Colorado Springs mayorship fell short in decisive defeat Tuesday.
That sound you heard Tuesday night in Colorado Springs was a seismic shift in the political foundation under Colorado's second-largest city.
Denver's election season is not over, but it's close: Here's a list of important things to know about the upcoming runoff.
Tuesday is the last day voters in Colorado Springs can return their ballots for the mayoral runoff election between candidates Wayne Williams and Yemi Mobolade.
Denver mayoral candidate Kelly Brough hit the airwaves late Sunday with a new TV ad as ballots are set to go out to voters for next month's runoff election.
With less than a week to go before the Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election, voter turnout has outpaced participation at the same point in the last runoff election held eight years ago.
Mike Johnston got the support of former mayoral opponents as well as two sitting state senators.
Yemi Mobolade intends to blaze a new trail for Colorado Springs. The Nigerian-born mayoral candidate doesn't look like most of the men and the woman who've previously served the now 152-year-old city and its now roughly 479,000 residents as mayor.
It'd be hard to find someone with more solid credentials as a Republican than Wayne Williams.
Colorado Springs mayoral candidates continue their fundraising pushes with just under two weeks to go before the May 16 runoff, raking in the largest donations from local political action committees, businesses and business professionals. Campaign finance reports filed with the city on Monday show Wayne Williams raised $357,525 in the period between April 11-25 while his opponent in the mayor's race, Yemi Mobolade, raised nearly $60,565 in that same time.
Kelly Brough and Mike Johnston offer differing perspectives on education in Denver. Johnston recalled time as educator, Brough a political administrator.
As Colorado Springs grows ever closer to determining who its mayor will be for the next four years, candidates Wayne Williams and Yemi Mobolade on Sunday engaged in the fourth of five scheduled debates prior to the May 16 runoff election.
An audit by Denver City Auditor Timothy O'Brien last week revealed the city has no real mechanism for tracking expenses related to enforcing the city's camping ban.
Days after an immigration bill cleared the Colorado legislature, Denver mayoral candidates Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough tackled immigration issues at a mayoral candidate forum Thursday night in Denver.
Out of a field of 12 candidates, the race to be the next mayor of Colorado Springs is down to a runoff contest between Yemi Mobolade and Wayne Williams.
Out of a field of 12 candidates, the race to be the next mayor of Colorado Springs is down to a runoff contest between Yemi Mobolade and Wayne Williams.
One of El Paso County's formerly highest-ranking officials was seemingly caught between two Colorado Springs mayoral campaigns over the weekend after questions arose about whom he supported in the city's upcoming mayoral runoff election. Former El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder this weekend formally endorsed Colorado Springs mayoral candidate Yemi Mobolade in the race, about two months after his opponent, Wayne Williams, released a mail flier listing Elder among his own supporters.
Former El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder endorsed mayoral Candidate Yemi Mobolade for Colorado Springs Saturday, according to a campaign press release.
The state's largest marijuana trade association on Thursday endorsed Kelly Brough in Denver's mayoral runoff, her campaign announced.
Former Colorado first lady Dottie Lamm endorsed Denver mayoral candidate Mike Johnston on Thursday, saying his newly released plans to protect reproductive rights and expand childcare demonstrate the leadership the city needs.
A new digital ad from Colorado Springs mayoral candidate Wayne Williams' campaign hit social media this week, presenting him as the conservative Republican candidate Colorado Springs should choose over his "liberal" opponent in the nonpartisan race, Yemi Mobolade.
Former Denver mayor Wellington Webb and former rep. Wilma Webb endorse Kelly Brough for Denver mayor.
As the results of Colorado Springs' April 4 municipal election inch closer to being certified, updated unofficial election results posted Wednesday night show not much has changed in a week.
Former Denver Mayor Federico Peña Wednesday endorsed Mike Johnston's run for mayor, saying the former state senator is "the right person at the right time" to lead the city.
The field for Aurora’s city council races is growing more crowded as incumbents have begun to announce their re-election bids, and some are switching up which seat they hope to hold on the council.
About a week after Colorado Springs' April 4 municipal election, city clerk's officials are still accepting a small number of ballots before certifying and announcing final results by Friday.
Sallie Clark hasn't given up her fight in the race to become Colorado Springs' next mayor. Clark on Friday sent a letter to City Clerk Sarah Johnson saying she is considering requesting a discretionary recount of Colorado Springs' April 4 municipal election.
With a runoff election between Kelly Brough and Mike Johnston all but guaranteed, political experts said the two candidates, who offer largely similar solutions to Denver’s most pressing issues, would have to find a way to distinguish their campaigns from each other, capitalize on strategies that have worked so far and fine tune their messaging to voters.
The closely watched District 9 Denver City Council race has remained a nail-biter as more ballots are being reported, but incumbent Candi CdeBaca began gaining a lead after initially trailing one of her two opponents.
Mike Johnston earned endorsements from former Colorado House of Representatives Speaker Terrance Carroll and former Colorado Senate President Peter Groff.
Competing campaigns in the weeks ahead of Colorado Springs' mayoral runoff election next month could tell a tale of two cities.
To state the obvious, Denver and Colorado Springs, the state’s two principal cities and population centers, are very different places. Far more separates them than an ever-shrinking amount of open space.
For the first time in a dozen years, Denver residents can count on a new boss at city hall after this spring's election.
The former Park Hill Golf Course would stay undeveloped for now, if margins as of early returns in the 2O ballot measure hold steady.
Colorado Springs mayoral candidates Yemi Mobolade and Wayne Williams are the top two vote-getters, according to unofficial results posted at 10:40 p.m. Tuesday, likely heading to a runoff election after no one in the crowded 12-person race received more than 50% of the vote.
Voters backed the trails, open space and parks tax for an additional 20 years, initial election results indicate, ensuring future funding for a program preserving Colorado Springs' natural landscapes.
In the last weeks ahead of Tuesday's election in Colorado Springs, candidates and independent committees have poured hundreds of thousands of dollars into a get-out-the-vote push that may be stifled by poor voter turnout.
Denver voters cast over 18,000 ballots, a single day record high for the 2023 municipal election.
While Kelly Brough maintained the fundraising edge among direct contributions and matching funds, Mike Johnston catapulted to the front of the money race with strong backing from outside groups in the crowded contest for Denver's next mayor.
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With just under two weeks remaining before the April 4 municipal election in Colorado Springs, voter turnout is so far trailing slightly behind voter turnout at the same point in the last city election two years ago, data from the City Clerk's Office show.
