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Yemi Mobolade
2023 - Present
2027
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Yemi Mobolade (also known as Blessing) is the Mayor of Colorado Springs. He assumed office on June 6, 2023. His current term ends on April 20, 2027.
Mobolade ran for election for Mayor of Colorado Springs. He won in the general runoff election on May 16, 2023.
Mayoral elections in Colorado Springs are nonpartisan. Mobolade is an independent.[1][2][3]
Biography
Yemi Mobolade's career experience includes co-founding Good Neighbors Meeting House, The Wild Goose Meeting House, and Niche Coaching and Consulting, and working as a small business development administrator with the City of Colorado Springs, the vice president of business retention and expansion with the Colorado Springs Chamber & Economic Development Corporation, and the pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs. Mobolade co-founded COSILoveYou and CityServe Day.[4]
Elections
2023
See also: Mayoral election in Colorado Springs, Colorado (2023)
General runoff election
General runoff election for Mayor of Colorado Springs
Yemi Mobolade defeated Wayne W. Williams in the general runoff election for Mayor of Colorado Springs on May 16, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Yemi Mobolade (Nonpartisan) | 57.5 | 71,491 |
 | Wayne W. Williams (Nonpartisan)  | 42.5 | 52,812 | |
| Total votes: 124,303 | |||
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General election
General election for Mayor of Colorado Springs
The following candidates ran in the general election for Mayor of Colorado Springs on April 4, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Yemi Mobolade (Nonpartisan) | 29.8 | 32,429 |
| ✔ | | Wayne W. Williams (Nonpartisan) | 19.2 | 20,908 |
 | Sallie Clark (Nonpartisan) | 17.8 | 19,384 | |
 | Darryl Glenn (Nonpartisan) | 8.7 | 9,470 | |
 | Longinos Gonzalez Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 7.9 | 8,622 | |
| Johnathan Tiegen (Nonpartisan) | 5.0 | 5,405 | ||
| Andrew Dalby (Nonpartisan) | 4.4 | 4,825 | ||
 | Tom Strand (Nonpartisan) | 2.4 | 2,597 | |
 | Lawrence Martinez (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 1,823 | |
 | Christopher Mitchell (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 1,248 | |
| Kallan Rodebaugh (Nonpartisan) | 1.0 | 1,129 | ||
 | Jim Miller (Nonpartisan) | 0.9 | 948 | |
| Total votes: 108,788 | |||
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Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Yemi Mobolade did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Mayor of Colorado Springs |
Officeholder Mayor of Colorado Springs |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ Fox21 News, "Yemi Mobolade launches campaign for mayor," January 7, 2023
- ↑ KRDO, "Yemi Mobolade declares victory in Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election, Wayne Williams concedes," May 16, 2023
- ↑ The Gazette, "Colorado Springs mayor-elect Yemi Mobolade upholds independent political affiliation after historic election," May 21, 2023
- ↑ Yemi For Mayor, "Meet Yemi," accessed June 1, 2023
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| Preceded by John Suthers |
Mayor of Colorado Springs 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
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