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Roland Rainey Jr.
2025 - Present
2029
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Roland Rainey Jr. is a member of the Colorado Springs City Council, representing District 6. He assumed office on April 15, 2025. His current term ends on April 17, 2029.
Rainey ran for election to the Colorado Springs City Council to represent District 6. He won in the general election on April 1, 2025.
Rainey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Roland Rainey Jr. was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1993 to 2022. Rainey earned a high school diploma from Assumption High School, a bachelor's degree from Colorado State University in 2003, a graduate degree from Troy University in 2008, and a second graduate degree from the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs in 2017. His career experience includes working as a director of business development, satellite command and control operator, space surveillance operator, intelligence community space operator, business owner, and football coach and scout. He has served as chairman of the Pikes Peak Area Council of Government Community Advisory Committee, member of the Banning Lewis School Board of Directors, commissioner of the 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission, vice-president of the Broadmoor Winter Night Club, and Precinct 402 Leader.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2025)
General election
General election for Colorado Springs City Council District 6
Roland Rainey Jr. defeated Parth Melpakam and Aaron Schick in the general election for Colorado Springs City Council District 6 on April 1, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Roland Rainey Jr. (Nonpartisan)  | 42.6 | 4,793 |
 | Parth Melpakam (Nonpartisan) | 36.9 | 4,152 | |
 | Aaron Schick (Nonpartisan) | 20.5 | 2,313 | |
| Total votes: 11,258 | |||
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Endorsements
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2023
See also: City elections in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2023)
General election
General election for Colorado Springs City Council At-large (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Colorado Springs City Council At-large on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | David Leinweber (Nonpartisan) | 15.4 | 43,649 |
| ✔ |  | Lynette Crow-Iverson (Nonpartisan) | 14.3 | 40,470 |
| ✔ | Brian Risley (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 39,662 | |
 | Katherine Gayle (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 28,205 | |
 | Glenn Carlson (Nonpartisan) | 8.9 | 25,362 | |
 | Gordon Klingenschmitt (Nonpartisan) | 7.9 | 22,424 | |
| Roland Rainey Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 20,038 | |
| Chineta Davis (Nonpartisan) | 6.5 | 18,488 | ||
| Jay Inman (Nonpartisan) | 5.8 | 16,384 | ||
| Jane Northrup Glenn (Nonpartisan) | 5.2 | 14,768 | ||
| Jaymen Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 14,534 | ||
| Total votes: 283,984 | |||
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Roland Rainey Jr. completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rainey's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Public Safety and Emergency Management
- Infrastructure and Growth
- Support our military families and veterans
“Be not afraid of growing slowly; be afraid only of standing still.” - Chinese Proverb
Wildflower - Tyrese Gibson
El Paso County Sheriff, Joe Roybal
Colorado State Senator, District 10, Larry Liston
Former County Commissioner, Stan Vanderwerf
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2023
Roland Rainey Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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Candidate Colorado Springs City Council District 6 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 10, 2025
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| Preceded by Mike O'Malley |
Colorado Springs City Council District 6 2025-Present |
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