Paul D. López
2019 - Present
2027
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Paul López is the Denver City Clerk and Recorder in Colorado. López assumed office on July 15, 2019. López's current term ends on July 19, 2027.
López ran for re-election for Denver City Clerk and Recorder in Colorado. López won in the general election on April 4, 2023.
López was a member of the Denver City Council in Colorado, representing District 3. He was first elected to the council in 2007 and served until July 2019.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Denver, Colorado (2023)
General election
General election for Denver City Clerk and Recorder
Incumbent Paul López won election in the general election for Denver City Clerk and Recorder on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Paul López (Nonpartisan) | 100.0 | 128,772 |
| Total votes: 128,772 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marcus Luszko (Nonpartisan)
2019
See also: City elections in Denver, Colorado (2019)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Denver City Clerk and Recorder
Paul López defeated Peg Perl in the general runoff election for Denver City Clerk and Recorder on June 4, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul López (Nonpartisan) | 50.1 | 72,596 |
 | Peg Perl (Nonpartisan) | 49.9 | 72,199 | |
| Total votes: 144,795 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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General election
General election for Denver City Clerk and Recorder
Paul López and Peg Perl advanced to a runoff. They defeated Sarah McCarthy in the general election for Denver City Clerk and Recorder on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Paul López (Nonpartisan) | 36.9 | 53,347 |
| ✔ | | Peg Perl (Nonpartisan) | 32.7 | 47,284 |
| Sarah McCarthy (Nonpartisan) | 30.4 | 44,040 | ||
| Total votes: 144,671 | |||
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2015
The city of Denver, Colorado, held elections for mayor and city council on May 5, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was March 11, 2015. All 13 city council seats were up for election. In District 3, incumbent Paul D. Lopez was unopposed.[2]
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Paul López did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Paul López completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by López's responses.
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
Expanding access to the ballot, implementing campaign finance reform, preventing unnecessary foreclosures, and improving access to city records are among my top priorities. Specifically, I want to arm residents with information regarding foreclosures, so homeowners have the resources to manage what can be a very difficult and overwhelming situation. I believe there are many opportunities for the Clerk and Recorder’s office and Election Division to improve and expand the interaction they have with our communities in a way that fosters a spirit of inclusion and ensures Denver is the best place to vote in the country. I also want to make sure that city contracts and the business that the city does is more transparent and accessible to the public. I believe that public contracts, deeds, and other documents should be fully digitized, available online, accessible to the public, and come without a trip downtown where you have to dig quarters out of your car seat. The Clerk and Recorders office has done an amazing job modernizing our elections, digitizing records, and taking the office to another level. I hope to build on that progress as the next Clerk and Recorder.
What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?
I'm passionate about community engagement, voter participation, transparency, and making Denver the best place to vote in the country
What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?
I believe what partially defines an outstanding Denver Clerk and Recorder is a person that will not only work to fulfill the base duties of the role, but be able to engage people across the political, age, gender, and socio-economic spectrum to participate in their communities and the electoral system at a time when so many have lost faith in its ability to affect positive change. I’ve built those partnerships to accomplish this vitally important work over the course of my life, which has been entirely dedicated to public service. Finally, it is our responsibility to ensure that the people of our city not just know of upcoming elections, but that civic participation is not just about Election Day. When we work together on a local level, neighbor to neighbor, fulfill the highest ideals of elected representation and increase overall voter turnout. Democracy works best when everybody participates.
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Debra Johnson |
Denver City Clerk and Recorder 2019-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Denver City Council District 3 2007-2019 |
Succeeded by Jamie Torres |
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