Denver is a consolidated city and county,the capital,and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the western United States,in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. With a population of 715,522 as of the 2020 census,a 19.22% increase since 2010,Denver is the 19th most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood metropolitan statistical area,with almost 3 million people the most populous metropolitan area in Colorado. Denver is the economic and cultural center of the broader Front Range Urban Corridor,home to more than 5 million people.
Aurora is a home rule municipality located in Arapahoe,Adams,and Douglas counties,Colorado,United States. The city's population was 386,261 at the 2020 United States Census with 336,035 residing in Arapahoe County,47,720 residing in Adams County,and 2,506 residing in Douglas County. Aurora is the third-most-populous city in the State of Colorado and the 52nd-most-populous city in the United States. Aurora is a principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and a major city of the Front Range Urban Corridor.
The City of Northglenn is a home rule municipality located in Adams and Weld counties,Colorado,United States. Northglenn is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood,CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census the city's population was 38,131. It was built as a master planned community in 1959 by Jordon Perlmutter.
Morrison is a home rule municipality in Jefferson County,Colorado,United States. The population was 396 at the 2020 census.
Ann Womer Benjamin is the mayor of Aurora,Ohio,a position she has held since 2014. She is former executive director of the Northeast Ohio Council on Higher Education. Womer Benjamin served in the cabinet of the former Governor of Ohio Bob Taft as director of the Ohio Department of Insurance. Prior to that appointment,she was a member of the Ohio House of Representatives in 1995–2002. She represented a district which encompassed Portage County.
John Wright Hickenlooper,Jr. is an American politician,geologist,and businessman serving as the junior United States senator from Colorado since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 42nd governor of Colorado from 2011 to 2019 and as the 43rd mayor of Denver from 2003 to 2011.
August William Ritter Jr. is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 41st Governor of Colorado from 2007 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the district attorney for Denver before his election to the governorship in 2006.
The R Line or Aurora Line/I-225 Rail is a Regional Transportation District (RTD) light rail line that serves stations in Aurora,Denver,Greenwood Village,Centennial and Lone Tree. Opening on February 24,2017,the line was designated as the “R”line,reflecting the letter R’s in “Aurora”and “Ridgegate”.
Paul Tauer (1935–2022) was an American politician who served as the mayor of Aurora,Colorado. He was a member of the Republican Party. His son,Ed Tauer,also served as the mayor of Aurora until November 2011,when he left office due to term limits.
Federico Peña Boulevard,named for former Denver Mayor Federico Peña,is an 11.1-mile-long (17.9 km) freeway located in Adams County and the City and County of Denver,Colorado. The freeway,which opened in 1993,provides the primary vehicular access into Denver International Airport which opened at the same time. Peña Boulevard begins as an extension of Airport Boulevard in Aurora at an interchange with Interstate 70 (I-70) and travels north,then east to end at the airport,with an intermediate interchange with the E-470 tollway.
Bob Hagedorn is an American politician and journalist who served in the Colorado House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1993 to 2001. After serving eight years in the state house,Hagedorn was elected to the Colorado Senate in 2000 and again in 2004,representing Senate District 29,which includes central Aurora,Colorado.
Michael Harold Coffman is an American politician,businessman,and veteran of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps serving as Mayor of Aurora,Colorado since 2019. A Republican,Coffman served as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 6th congressional district for five terms,as well as Secretary of State of Colorado and Colorado State Treasurer.
Michael B. Hancock is an American author and politician who served as the 45th mayor of Denver,Colorado from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,he was in his second term as the Denver City Councilor from the 11th district at the time he was elected to the mayorship.
On July 20,2012,a mass shooting occurred inside a Century 16 movie theater in Aurora,Colorado,United States,during a midnight screening of the film The Dark Knight Rises. Dressed in tactical clothing,24-year-old James Eagan Holmes set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms. Twelve people were killed,and 70 others were injured,58 of them from gunfire.
Stephen Douglas Hogan was an American politician who served as the mayor of Aurora,Colorado,from November 2011 until his death in May 2018. Hogan was a member of the Republican Party,and previously sat on the Colorado House of Representatives between 1975 and 1977.
Marion DeKalb Van Horn was an American politician who served as the mayor of Denver,Colorado from 1893 to 1895. He died when he fell from a third story window of the Grand Central Hotel of which he was the proprietor.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 6,2018,to elect the seven U.S. representatives from the state of Colorado,one from each of the state's seven congressional districts. The Republican and Democratic Party primaries in Colorado were held on June 26,2018. The elections coincided with the gubernatorial election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
The 2022 Colorado Secretary of State election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the Secretary of State of Colorado. Incumbent Democrat Jena Griswold won re-election to a second term,improving on her 2018 results.
Nonpartisan elections are currently held every four years to elect the mayor of Aurora,Colorado.
