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Jonathan Gray
Jonathan Gray ran for election to the Aurora City Council to represent Ward IV in Colorado. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Gray completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Aurora, Colorado (2023)
General election
General election for Aurora City Council Ward IV
Stephanie Hancock defeated Jonathan Gray in the general election for Aurora City Council Ward IV on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Stephanie Hancock (Nonpartisan) | 53.7 | 7,257 |
 | Jonathan Gray (Nonpartisan)  | 46.3 | 6,248 | |
| Total votes: 13,505 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jonathan Gray completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Gray's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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husband and father of two daughters. I am a former preschool teacher for Aurora Public Schools. I work for Arapahoe County DHS and genuinely care for the people in my community. I am running because I am a black male who understands the struggles and needs of working families. I believe our community leaders can do better, and I am tired of the political status quo. My hope is for the City of Aurora to establish a true representative democracy that reflects the
values and perspectives of its community members.- Improve Public Safety - specifically in the areas of car theft, gunshots and traffic through equitable, root cause solutions.
- Increase the minimum wage from $13.65 to at least $17.29
- Expand Utah Park- Make Utah Park a full-service recreation center
a. Public Safety- It is imperative that we put safety first. One of the biggest issues in my Ward is crime (car theft and gunshots) and traffic fatalities. Last year, there were 50 traffic fatalities in total. As of mid-September 2023, there have been approximately 46 traffic-related fatalities in the city of Aurora. My priority is to ensure we slow speeds on some of our arterial roads (Peoria, Buckley, and Chambers primarily) and install traffic calming measures in residential areas with high traffic incident rates.
b. Increase Wages- Increase the minimum wage from $13.65 to at least $17.29 to keep up with the Denver minimum wage. It is my goal to see to it that those who live in Aurora also desire to work in Aurora.
PDA
AFSME
SMART
Sierra Club
AFL-CIO
CBWPA
SEIU
Rep Jason Crow
Sen Chris Coker
Sen Rhonda fields
Sen. Janet Buckner
Honorable Morgan Carol
Honorable Susan Williams
Rep Javier Mabrey
Rep Meg Froelich
Rep Jennifer Bacon
Rep Junie Joseph
Representative Mike Weissman
Representative David Ortiz
Representative Manday Lindsay
Honorable Andrew Romanoff
Honorable Karen Middleton
Commissioner Leslie Summey
Commissioner Carrie Warren-Gully
Commissioner Jessica Campbell-Swanson
commissioner Bill Holen
honorable Nancy Jackson
Mike Westerberg, treasurer
PK Kaiser, Arapahoe County Assesor
Councilmember Ruben Medina
CM Juan Marcano
CM Alison Coombs
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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