Title: Leslie Herod for Mayor

URL: https://www.leslieformayor.com/

Collection: Western History

Description: In 2023, Leslie Herod ran for election to the office of Mayor of Denver. Herod previously served as a Representative in the Colorado House of Representatives (2017-2023), where she was elected as the first LGBTQ+ African American in the Colorado General Assembly’s history. She also worked for Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, and as a program officer with the Gill Foundation. Herod has volunteered on a number of boards and committees, including as Governor Ritter’s appointee to the Judicial Performance Commission, as mayoral appointee to Denver's Cultural Affairs Commission, on the board of the Museum of Contemporary Art, on the Board of Directors for Urban Peak, and as President of Colorado Black Women for Political Action. Herod also served as President Barack Obama’s Deputy Political Director in Colorado during his 2012 Reelection Campaign. The mayoral race in 2023 was a complicated one, featuring seventeen mayoral candidates on the ballot. Herod received 10.7% of the votes in the April election, as compared to first and second-place candidates Mike Johnston’s and Kelly Brough’s respective 24.5% and 20%. The race progressed to a June 6 runoff, which was won by Mike Johnston.

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Subject:   Gay politicians.,  African American politicians,  Women politicians -- United States.,  Politics & Elections ,  Society & Culture,  Elections – Colorado,  Mayors – Elections