(COLORADO SPRINGS) — The City of Colorado Springs holds elections on the first Tuesday of April in odd-numbered years. The next General Municipal election will be held on April 4, 2023.
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Below is a voter guide for this April’s election.
What’s on the April 4 ballot?
Elected positions will include Mayor, three at-large City Council seats for a four-year term, and the unexpired term for City Council District 3 to serve the remaining two years of the term.
The following are finalized lists of verified candidates who will appear in a randomly-drawn order on the ballot, according to the City of Colorado Springs.
Mayoral Candidates:
Sallie Clark
Kallan Reece Rodebaugh
John Tig Tiegen
Yemi Mobolade
Christopher Mitchell
Lawrence Joseph Martinez
Longinos Gonzalez Jr.
Tom Strand
Andrew Dalby
Jim Miller
Darryl Glenn
Wayne Williams
One candidate in the mayoral race must receive more than 50% of the vote to win the election. If there is a tie, City Charter dictates a run-off election between the two candidates who received the most votes. That run-off election would take place on May 16.
City Council Candidates:
Jaymen Johnson
David Leinweber
Lynette Crow-Iverson
Katherine “Kat,” Gayle
Brian Risley
Roland Rainey, Jr.
District 3 (unexpired 2-year term):
Michelle Renee Talarico
Scott Hiller
Glenn Carlson
Jay Inman
Chineta Davis
Gordon Kiingenschmitt
Jane Northrup Glenn
Ballot Issue:
To extend the Trails, Open Space and Parks (TOPS) sales and use tax for 20 years with no increase to the tax.
Voter Information
The City Clerk began mailing ballots on Friday, March 10. City elections have been mail ballot only since 2005.
Ballots must be received (not just postmarked) by the City Clerk’s Office or at a designated drop-off location listed here by 7 p.m. on election night. The City highly encourages the community to use one of the 24/7 ballot drop-off boxes across the city.
Voter turnout daily report
The daily summary report shows the daily volume of scanned ballots for the April 4, Municipal Election.
To see the number of scanned ballots since March 13, click here.
For more information on the April 4 election, go to the City of Colorado Springs’ webpage.
