The City and County of Denver has three elected citywide positions (Mayor, Auditor, and County
Clerk) and a 13-member City Council. 11 of the City Council Members serve districts and 2 serve
at-Large. All city positions are filled by non-partisan elections.
All 16 elected positions are up for election on the 1st Tuesday in May every four years.
The next municipal election will be May 3, 2011. If no candidate gets a majority of the votes in a race,
the top two candidates will compete in a run-off election on June 7, 2011.
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Mayor Incumbent John Hickenlooper (D) was elected Governor in Nov. 10. The Deputy Mayor, Bill
Vidal will be acting Mayor until the May 3 election. Vidal is not running in May.
Doug Linkhart - City Councilman.
Carol Boigan - City Councilwoman.
Chris Romer - State Senator.
Thomas Andrew Wolf
James Mejia - Former Dir. Parks & Rec.
Jeff Peckman - Proponent of 2010 "Extraterrestrial Initiative" (need I say more?)
Theresa Spahn
Michael Hancock - City Councilman.
Danny Lopez - 2007 candidate.
Ken Simpson
Auditor
Marcus Richardson
Dennis Gallagher - Incumbent
Bill Wells - 2003 Auditor candidate
County Clerk and Recorder - Incumbent Stephanie O'Malley (D) has announced she is not
seeking re-election
Sarah McCarthy
Jacob Werther - 2007 Candidate.
Debra Johnson - Aurora City Clerk
Tom Downey - Dir. of Business/Licensing, Sec. of State's office.
City Council at-Large - Both incumbents, Carol Boigon and Doug Linkhart are candidates for
mayor, making both positions open
Rich Gonzales Former Fire Chief
Jesse Shelmire
Josh Davies
Debbie Ortega - former City Councilwoman
Robin Kneich
Council District 1 - Incumbent Paula Sandoval (D) announced Mar. 3rd she was withdrawing from
the race.
Samantha Padilla Scheitler
Ken Padilla
Larry Ambrose
Susan Shepherd
John Haney
Katherine Cornwell
John Haney
Jeffrey Schitter (jokes about the amount of crap on the ballot anyone?) - 2010 candidate for
Congress
Council District 2
Eddie Valdez
Jeanne Faatz - Incumbent.
Council District 3
Paul Lopez - Incumbent
Council District 4
Peggy Lehmann - Incumbent
Council District 5 - Incumbent Marcia Johnson (D) has announced she will not seek re-election.
Steve Saunders
Red Tomkins
Meredith Voight Hartigan
Michele Fry
Mary Beth Susman
Leslie Twarogowski
Council District 6
Charlie Brown - Incumbent. Was a (D) when he ran last time.
Council District 7
Chris Nevitt - Incumbent.
Council District 8
Carla Madison - Incumbent
Council District 9
Juanita Gable
Judy Montero - Incumbent
Michael Sanchez
Council District 10
Jeanne Robb - Incumbent.
Council District 11 - Incumbent Michael Hancock (D) is running for mayor.
Chris Herndon
Chris Martinez - RTD Board Chair
Although the municipal elections are non-partisan, party affiliation is expressed here as a guide
to the viewer and color-coded as such:
Democratic Republican Green Libertarian American Constitution Unaffiliated
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Ballot Order
The order in which candidates appear on the ballot is
determine by lot. The list below reflects that order.
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