Maryah Lauer
Maryah Lauer ran for election to the Colorado Springs City Council to represent District 3. She lost in the general election on April 1, 2025.
Lauer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Maryah Lauer earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs in 2016 and a graduate degree from Lancaster University in 2018. Her career experience includes working as a landscape contractor and in the nonprofit sector.[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
Lauer received the following endorsements. To view a full list of Lauer's endorsements as published by their campaign, click here.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Maryah Lauer completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lauer's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Housing We have a severe housing crisis that requires a multi-pronged approach to successfully deal with it. I support expanding renter protections by providing free legal representation to residents facing eviction and banning landlords from using algorithmic software to raise rents. We should protect housing stock by restricting its purchase by private equity and investment firms, and require people to reside in housing used for short-term rentals. I support requiring community benefits agreements for all development projects, to protect communities from displacement and gentrification. I want to implement a housing first policy, which would provide stable housing with wraparound services for everyone experiencing homelessness.
- Democracy, Transparency, and Accountability We have a lot of work to do to increase local government accountability and transparency. We should raise the council pay to allow working-class people to represent their communities and change council meeting times so more residents can participate rather than holding them during a typical workday. City Council must respect the democratic outcome of ballot questions. I support the adoption of participatory budgeting, which would allow Colorado Springs residents to have input on how our tax dollars are spent in the city budget.
- Proactive Public Safety Real safety happens when communities are well-resourced rather than relying on punitive measures and over-policing. I want Colorado Springs to establish alternative response teams that do not include police to deal with emergencies like mental health calls and reduce the money spent on lawsuits from excessive use of force. We should also provide more funding for the Fire Department’s Homeless Outreach Program, which has much better outcomes for those experiencing homelessness than CSPD’s Homeless Outreach Team.
We also need council members who think towards the future rather than being reactionary as issues arise. We should have a positive vision to improve the city while preparing for problems caused by short-sighted decisions in the past, particularly around the budget and economic health of Colorado Springs.
El Paso County Democratic Party
Colorado Springs Area Labor Council
Democratic Socialists of America
New Era Colorado Action Fund
Pikes Peak Library Workers United
Beautiful Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs DSA
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 15, 2025
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