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Collection: Western History
Description: Denver's 2023 mayoral election had an unusually large number of candidates. This Denverite article outlines the 16 candidates who had filed to run as of December 2022. Brief biographies are included for each candidate.
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Subject: Society & Culture, Mayors – Elections , Elections – Colorado, Politics & Elections
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Ben Markus, denverite.com
Type: Online news article
Date: 2022
Collection: Western History
Description: Denver’s 2023 mayoral race had an unusually high number of candidates running. The local news site Denverite.com featured ongoing coverage throughout, often with a humorous twist. This article gamifies the “get to know your candidates” process by turning their biographiess into a version of the game “Guess Who.” The site quipped “this is a ploy to make you civically engaged.”
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Subject: Gamification, Politics & Elections , Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections , Civics -- Study and Teaching -- United States
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Kevin Beaty, Denverite.com
Type: Online news article
Date: 2022
Collection: Western History
Description: Denverite.com featured unique coverage of the 2023 mayoral election, in which seventeen candidates ran for the office vacated by Mayor Michael Hancock. In this article, journalist Kyle Harris interviews four prior Denver mayors– Federico Peña (1983-1991), Wellington Webb (1991-2003), John Hickenlooper (2003-2011), and Michael Hancock (2011-2023)-- about the personal qualities they believe are most important in a mayor. Several of the former mayors noted the need for patience, strategic thinking, and an ability to work with multiple players. Mayor Hancock identified the role as like being “the CEO of the city….You’re executing and overseeing a $3 billion operation….almost 12,000 city employees, including three units that are considered paramilitary….in partnership with one of the best public-health hospitals in the country….and you are also in charge of the third busiest airport in the world….”
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Subject: Politics & Elections , Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Kyle Harris, Denverite.com
Type: Online news article
Date: 2023
Collection: Western History
Description: Denverite.com featured ongoing coverage of the 2023 Mayoral and City Council elections, often with a humorous twist. This article reports on a poll that showed record low percentages of support for all candidates, including the fact that no mayoral candidate hit 8% support as of the end of February, 2023. The article also notes an across-the-board poor showing for outgoing Mayor Michael Hancock and city council, with the police department showing a higher approval rate, during a time of low support for police departments nationwide.
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Subject: Politics & Elections , Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections , Local elections -- Colorado -- Denver., Denver City Council
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Kyle Harris, Denverite.com
Type: Online news article
Date: February 23, 2023
Collection: Western History
Description: In 2023, Ean Thomas Tafoya ran for election to the office of Mayor of Denver. Tafoya previously served as the Colorado Director of GreenLatinos (2019-2023), and is a community organizer involved in many local non-profit organizations and government task forces and agencies. He has volunteered on the board of the Rocky Mountain Public Banking Institute, as Co-Chair of the Colorado Latino Forum and the Colorado Environmental Justice Taskforce, and as a trustee with Historic Denver. The mayoral race in 2023 was a complicated one, featuring seventeen mayoral candidates on the ballot. Tafoya received 1.6% 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: Indigenous politicians, Hispanic American politicians, Politics & Elections , Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections
Collection: Western History
Description: Michael B. Hancock is an American author and politician serving as the 45th Mayor of Denver, Colorado since 2011. He was the second African American man to hold the position. A member of the Democratic Party, he was in his second term as the Denver City Councilor from the 11th district at the time he was elected to the mayorship, and served three terms as mayor. Hancock was raised in Denver, earned a B.A. from Hastings College and a Master of Public Administration from the University of Colorado, Denver. Prior to turning towards politics, he began his career at the Denver Housing Authority and the National Civic League. In the campaign documented here, his second reelection campaign, he won in a runoff against Jamie Giellis, receiving 56.3% of the vote to Giellis' 43.7%.
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Subject: Mayors – Elections , Elections – Colorado, Society & Culture, African American politicians., Politics & Elections
Collection: Western History
Description: Lisa Calderón ran for election as Mayor of Denver in 2019 and 2023. In 2019, she was full-time faculty at Regis University, teaching Criminal Justice and Sociology courses. Calderón was born in Denver and received a BA in English from Metropolitan State University; an MA in Liberal Studies, focusing on Native American Studies, from the University of Denver; a JD from the University of Colorado Boulder School of Law; and an Ed.D in Education from the University of Colorado. In the 2019 mayoral election campaign, Calderón ran against five other candidates. With close results, the race went to a runoff between incumbent Michael Hancock and Jamie Giellis, with Hancock winning with 56.3% of the vote. In 2023, Calderón ran for Mayor a second time. The mayoral race in 2023 was a complicated one, featuring seventeen mayoral candidates on the ballot. At the time, she was Executive Director of Emerge Colorado, which recruits and trains democratic women to run for office, and remained a faculty member at Regis University and CU Boulder. Calderón came in third in the April election, with 18.2% of the vote, 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: Politics & Elections , Mayors – Elections , Elections – Colorado, Society & Culture, Women politicians -- United States., African American politicians, Hispanic American politicians
Collection: Western History
Description: In 2023, Mike Johnston ran for election to the office of Mayor of Denver. Johnston previously served as a teacher and high school principal (1997-2009), in the Colorado Senate for Northeast Denver (2007-2019), and as CEO and President of of Gary Community Ventures (2020-2023). He served as an education advisor to President Barack Obama (2007-2008), and ran for the Governor’s office in 2018. 2023 was a complicated campaign year, featuring seventeen mayoral candidates on the ballot. After no candidates received a majority of votes in the April round, the election went to a runoff between Johnston and Kelly Brough. Johnston won on June 6, garnering 54.1% to Brough’s 45.9% of the vote.
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Subject: Mayors – Elections , Elections – Colorado, Society & Culture, Politics & Elections
Collection: Western History
Description: In 2023, Chris Hansen ran for election to the office of Mayor of Denver. Hansen previously served in the Colorado State Legislature (Senate 2020-2023, House 2016-2020), as co-founder of the Colorado Energy + Water Institute, and in various directorial roles at renewable energy and electricity company IHS (2005-2015). Hansen has volunteered on a number of boards, including the executive committee of the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation Board, the executive committee of the Central City Opera Board, and the advisory board for the University of Colorado, Denver Business School. The mayoral race in 2023 was a complicated one, featuring seventeen mayoral candidates on the ballot. Hansen received 4.8% 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: Politics & Elections , Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections
Collection: Western History
Description: In 2023, Debbie Ortega ran for election to the office of Mayor of Denver. Ortega previously served as Denver City Councilwoman-at-large (2011-2023), executive director of the Denver Homeless Commission (dates), City Councilwoman (1987-2003), and for the offices of City Councilman Sal Carpio, U.S. Senator Floyd Haskell, and Lieutenant Governor George Brown. Ortega has volunteered on a number of boards and committees, including the Del Norte Neighborhood Development Corporation, Denver Women’s Commission, Healthy Foods for Denver Kids, Opioid Abatement Council, and Denver’ Crime Prevention & Control Commission. Ortega also co-chaired Denver’s 2020 census. The mayoral race in 2023 was a complicated one, featuring seventeen mayoral candidates on the ballot. Ortega received 4.5% 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: Hispanic American politicians, Women politicians -- United States., Politics & Elections , Society & Culture, Elections – Colorado, Mayors – Elections
Collection: Western History
Description: Denver’s 2023 mayoral and city council races featured an unusually large number of candidates— seventy-six candidates plus eight write-ins – who were running to replace term-limited outgoing Mayor Michael Hancock, and a number of vacating city council positions. There were also three council-referred measures, including a controversial measure about the Park Hill Golf Course conservation easement. Denver’s Elections Division site tracks all of the candidates, including links to individual candidate affidavits, and includes the title language forms for all ballot measures.
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Subject: Denver City Council, Ballot measures, Mayors – Elections , Elections – Colorado, Society & Culture, Politics & Elections
Group: Elections and Ballot Measures
Creator: Denver Elections Division, City and County of Denver
Type: Website
Date: 2023
Collection: Western History
Description: In 2023, Kelly Brough ran for election to the office of Mayor of Denver. Brough previously served as a legislative analyst for Denver’s City Council (1990-1997), director for Denver’s Career Service Authority (2003-2005), Chief of Staff to Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper (2006-2009), CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce (2009-2021), and Chief Strategy Officer of Metropolitan State University of Denver (2020-2021). Brough has volunteered on a number of boards, including the Denver Public Schools Foundation, the Denver Zoo, and Visit Denver. 2023 was a complicated campaign year, featuring seventeen mayoral candidates on the ballot. After no candidates received a majority of votes in the April round, the election went to a runoff between Kelly Brough and Mike Johnston. Brough lost against Johnston on June 6, garnering 45.9% to Johnston’s 54.1% of the vote.
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Subject: Mayors – Elections , Elections – Colorado, Society & Culture, Politics & Elections , Women politicians -- United States.
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
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