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City elections in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2025)

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2023
2025 Colorado Springs elections
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Election dates
Filing deadline: January 21, 2025
General election: April 1, 2025
Election stats
Offices up: City council
Total seats up: 6
Other municipal elections
U.S. municipal elections, 2025

The city of Colorado Springs, Colorado, held general elections for city council on April 1, 2025. The filing deadline for this election was January 21, 2025.


Elections

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Candidates and results

City council

Colorado Spring City Council general election, 2025

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Candidates
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngDave Donelson (i)
Lee Lehmkuhl  Candidate Connection
District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngTom Bailey  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Frank Chrisinger 

District 3

Rick Gillit 
Maryah Lauer  Candidate Connection
Christopher Metzgar 
Greg Thornton  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngBrandy Williams 
District 4

Sherrea Elliott-Sterling 
Green check mark transparent.pngKimberly Gold  Candidate Connection
Chauncy Johnson 
Jeannie Orozco-Lira 
District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Henjum (i) Candidate Connection
Christopher Burns  Candidate Connection
Cass Melin  Candidate Connection
Jim Miller  Candidate Connection
District 6

Parth Melpakam 
Green check mark transparent.pngRoland Rainey Jr.  Candidate Connection
Aaron Schick  Candidate Connection

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About the city

See also: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a city in El Paso County, Colorado. As of 2020, its population was 478,961.

City government

See also: Mayor-council government

The city of Colorado Springs uses a strong mayor and city council system. In this form of municipal government, the city council serves as the city's primary legislative body while the mayor serves as the city's chief executive.[1]

Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs Colorado
Population 478,961 5,773,714
Land area (sq mi) 195 103,636
Race and ethnicity**
White 77.3% 81.5%
Black/African American 6.3% 4.1%
Asian 2.8% 3.2%
Native American 0.9% 0.9%
Pacific Islander 0.3% 0.2%
Other (single race) N/A 4.1%
Multiple 7.9% 5.9%
Hispanic/Latino 18% 21.7%
Education
High school graduation rate 94% 92.1%
College graduation rate 39.6% 41.6%
Income
Median household income $67,719 $75,231
Persons below poverty level 11.3% 9.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.


See also

Colorado Springs, Colorado Colorado Municipal government Other local coverage
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