The 2019 Colorado Springs elections were held in two segments. The April 2, 2019, elections included mayor of Colorado Springs, three Colorado Springs City Council at-large positions, and one ballot issue. The election on November 5, 2019, included four Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Education seats.
Mayor
Republican incumbent mayor John Suthers ran for re-election for mayor of Colorado Springs. He was re-elected.
All candidates are confirmed on the Colorado Springs City Clerk website.
Declared Lawrence Martinez Juliette Parker John Pitchford John Suthers
Results CandidateVotes%Lawrence Martinez5,0005.20%John Pitchford9,98510.39%John Suthers69,70372.51%Juliette Parker11,43811.90%
City Council
Unaffiliated incumbent city council member Merv Bennett is term-limited and cannot run for another term on the city council. Unaffiliated incumbent city council members Bill Murray and Tom Strand ran for re-election.
All candidates are confirmed on the Colorado Springs City Clerk website.
Wayne Williams and incumbents Bill Murray and Tom Strand were elected to the Colorado Springs City Council.
Declared Regina English Tony Gioia Gordon Klingenschmitt, former state representative 2014–2016 Terry Martinez, primary candidate against Marc Snyder for House District 18 Bill Murray, incumbent Athena Roe Val Snider, former city council at-large member 2011–2015 Dennis Spiker Tom Strand, incumbent Randy Tuck Wayne Williams, former Colorado secretary of state 2015–2019
Results CandidateVotes%Gordon Klingenschmitt28,35211.09%Bill Murray31,57812.35%Val Snider14,7715.78%Wayne Williams47,58118.61%Tony Gioia20,5068.05%Terry Martinez27,41010.72%Regina English19,8167.75%Tom Strand31,08212.16%Randy Tuck6,9132.70%Athena Roe17,7276.93%Dennis Spiker9,8633.86%
Withdrew from race John Pitchford, running for mayor
Issues on ballot
The following issues were on the April election ballot.
Issue 1 - Collective Bargaining for all Uniformed Fire Department Employees
Issue 1 was struck down.
Results DecisionVotes%Yes31,54731.10%No65,29567.42%
Colorado Springs School District 11 Board of Education
Unaffiliated incumbent school board members Nora Brown and Elaine Naleski were term-limited and could not run for re-election. Unaffiliated incumbent school board members Theresa Null and Mary Coleman were eligible to run for re-election. Mary Coleman ran for re-election; Theresa Null did not.
Ballot list School board candidates were pulled on 9/3/2019 and appeared on the El Paso County ballot on November 5, 2019.
Mary Coleman, incumbent Darleen Daniels, D11 community member Jason Jorgenson, D11 community member Parth Melpakam, former chair of D11 Accountability Committee Vincent Puzick, D11 community member Conner Sargent, former D11 student Joseph Shelton, alumnus of Colorado Springs School District 11 Chris Wallis
Results Results shown per the El Paso County Clerk and Recorder office.
Mary Coleman, Darleen Daniels, Parth Melpakam and Jason Jorgeonson were elected to the School Board of District 11.
CandidateVotes%Mary Coleman24,97719.32Darleen Daniels21,04516.28Joseph Shelton10,2377.92Conner Sargent9,3737.25Jason Jorgenson16,72712.94Parth Melpakam17,81413.78Vincent Puzick12,94410.01Chris Wallis16,16912.51
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