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Greg Thornton (Colorado city council candidate)
Greg Thornton ran for election to the Colorado Springs City Council to represent District 3. He lost in the general election on April 1, 2025.
Thornton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Greg Thornton was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Thornton earned a bachelor's degree from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1987. His career experience includes working as an investor. Thornton has been affiliated with Parks Board, Westside Community Center, and Adopt-a-Trail.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2025)
General election
General election for Colorado Springs City Council District 3
Brandy Williams defeated Maryah Lauer, Greg Thornton, Rick Gillit, and Christopher Metzgar in the general election for Colorado Springs City Council District 3 on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Brandy Williams (Nonpartisan) | 37.4 | 6,509 | |
 | Maryah Lauer (Nonpartisan)  | 34.5 | 5,995 | |
 | Greg Thornton (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 2,566 | |
 | Rick Gillit (Nonpartisan) | 11.4 | 1,982 | |
| Christopher Metzgar (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 337 | ||
| Total votes: 17,389 | |||
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Endorsements
Thornton received the following endorsements.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Greg Thornton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Thornton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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After moving here, I got in the fight to save Strawberry Field from being part of a land swap with the Broadmoor. Eventually that swap was completed, but I still believe the City should consider buying back the property since the original plans of a stable being built by the Broadmoor never came to fruition. My next form of activism occurred with protests to close the coal-burning Drake Power Plant in downtown Colorado Springs. Those efforts were eventually successful, which is helping keep our air, water, and entire City cleaner. I joined the Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Services Citizen Advisory Board over 7 years ago as an alternate, then active member. I feel the parks, trails, and open spaces are not only what attracts citizens to Colorado Springs, but essential to its’ success and vitality.
I am now running for City Council because I love this City and want to ensure it keeps growing and thriving in a way that maintains the character and history that General Palmer envisioned over 150 years ago.- Colorado Springs’ biggest threat, both fiscally and physically, is a catastrophic wildfire or flood that endangers lives and property. I will push for evacuation modeling, coupled with mitigation and communication improvements, to ensure we can safely evacuate our citizens. Some estimates put our evacuation times as high as 8.5 hours. That is scary to think and would lead to terrible consequences. We need to reassess our plans and use AI technology to create a plan that can be altered based on split-second changes during an emergency.
- We need to decide if we want to grow by annexing properties endlessly or grow by infill and creating more multi-family affordable housing and grow vertically. I think building height restrictions in the downtown central business district should be voted on by the citizens. We can grow, but need to do so in a way that doesn’t make us so dense that it hinders our most important issue: evacuating an emergency. Cities like Washington, D.C. have building height restrictions and their most dense square mile is still 6X what our is. We can build a lot more units without getting too dense. D.C. is also a very bikeable and walkable city, along with having a thriving Metro rail system.
- Green spaces are vital to the health, welfare, and happiness of our citizens. We need to continue to support TOPS and continue to buy and build parklands, open spaces, and trails for our citizens. People move to and choose to stay in Colorado Springs because it is simply a great place to live, work, and play. We need to make sure we never forget that and push for policy that adds more native trees, plants and grasses that use less water because water is the Oil of the 21st century. All of our growth opportunities always have to keep water in mind.
I also am passionate about expanding our multi-modal transportation choices. Buses, scooters, all types of bikes, walking, should all be available and work together to get people where they want to go.
Oh, and Lips Like Sugar by Echo and the Bunnymen…..love that song and musical era.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 21, 2025
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