Colorado Springs mayoral election, 2015

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Colorado Springs mayoral election, 2015
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Candidate John Suthers Mary Lou Makepeace
Popular vote65,99131,666
Percentage67.5732.43
Mayor before election

Steve Bach
Republican

Elected Mayor

John Suthers
Republican

The 2015 Colorado Springs mayoral election took place on April 7, 2015, to elect the Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. The election is officially nonpartisan.

Colorado Springs, Colorado Home rule municipality in Colorado, United States

Colorado Springs is a home rule municipality that is the largest city by area in Colorado as well as the county seat and the most populous municipality of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in the east central portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located 60 miles (97 km) south of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver.

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Incumbent Mayor Steve Bach, a Republican in office since 2011, has announced that he will not seek a second term in office. [1]

Steve Bach Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado

Stephen G. "Steve" Bach was the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elected in a runoff in May 2011, he was the city's first mayor under the new "strong mayor" form of government. In 2014, Bach announced he would not seek a second term as mayor.

Since no candidate won a majority of the vote, a runoff was held on May 19 between Mary Lou Makepeace and John Suthers, the top two finishers in the April general election. [2] Suthers defeated Makepeace in the runoff to become Mayor. [3]

Mary Lou Makepeace is an American former Republican Party member and became unaffiliated in 2017. She is the former mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. She was the first woman to hold that position.

John Suthers American lawyer

John William Suthers is the current Mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the former Attorney General of Colorado, U.S. Attorney for Colorado and Fourth Judicial District Attorney. He is a member of the Republican Party. Suthers is running for another term as Mayor of Colorado Springs in the 2019 Colorado Springs elections.

Candidates

A write-in candidate is a candidate in an election whose name does not appear on the ballot, but for whom voters may vote nonetheless by writing in the person's name. The system is almost totally confined to elections in the United States. Some U.S. states and local jurisdictions allow a voter to affix a sticker, with the write-in candidate's name, to the ballot in lieu of actually writing in the candidate's name. Write-in candidacies are sometimes a result of a candidate being legally or procedurally ineligible to run under his or her own name or party; write-in candidacies may be permitted where term limits bar an incumbent candidate from being officially nominated for, or being listed on the ballot for, re-election. In some cases, write-in campaigns have been organized to support a candidate who is not personally involved in running; this may be a form of draft campaign.

El Paso County, Colorado County in the United States

El Paso County is one of the 64 counties of the U.S. state of Colorado. The 2017 census estimate recorded an approximate population of 699,232 for El Paso County. The Census Bureau's 2017 estimate indicates it is the second-most populous county in Colorado, after the City and County of Denver. The county seat is Colorado Springs, the second most populous city in Colorado.

The Attorney General of the State of Colorado is the chief legal officer for the state of Colorado and the head of the Colorado Department of Law, a principal department of the Colorado state government. The incumbent Colorado Attorney General is Democrat Phil Weiser, who was elected in November, 2018, to a four-year term that began on January 8, 2019.

Disqualified

Declined

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Amy
Lathen		Mary Lou
Makepeace		Joel
Miller		John
Suthers		OtherUndecided
Luce Research [12] [13] February 17–22, 2015400± ?7.75%22.25%2%30%2%33.25%

Endorsements

Results

Colorado Springs mayoral general election, 2015 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John Suthers40,90046.37
Nonpartisan Mary Lou Makepeace20,78323.56
Nonpartisan Joel Miller13,79415.64
Nonpartisan Amy Lathen10,35211.74
Nonpartisan Lawrence Martinez1,1251.28
Nonpartisan Tony Carpenter1,0481.19
Nonpartisan Moses Humes (write-in)50.01
Total votes88,007100

Runoff election

Candidates

Results

Colorado Springs mayoral runoff election, 2015 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nonpartisan John Suthers65,99167.57
Nonpartisan Mary Lou Makepeace31,66632.43
Total votes97,657100

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References

  1. 1 2 Heilman, Wayne (December 16, 2014). "Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach: It's time to step aside". The Gazette . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hobbs, Stephen (April 8, 2015). "Colorado Springs election results updated; Suthers, Makepeace headed to runoff for mayor". The Gazette . Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Chalfin, Andrea (May 19, 2015). "John Suthers Elected Mayor of Colorado Springs". KRCC . Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Mendoza, Monica; Hobbs, Stephen (February 12, 2015). "Colorado Springs ballot will have more than 20 candidates". The Gazette . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ "April 7, 2015 - Official Candidates". City of Colorado Springs. March 3, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  6. ↑ Hobbs, Stephen (January 27, 2015). "County Commissioner Amy Lathen says she'll run for Colorado Springs mayor". The Gazette . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  7. ↑ Mendoza, Monica (January 27, 2015). "Mary Lou Makepeace officially joins race for Colorado Springs mayor". The Gazette . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  8. ↑ Mendoza, Monica (January 27, 2015). "Potential candidates pick up packets for Colorado Springs municipal election". The Gazette . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  9. ↑ Mendoza, Monica (January 27, 2015). "City Councilman Joel Miller resigns his seat, will run for mayor in 2015". The Gazette . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  10. 1 2 Mendoza, Monica (January 27, 2015). "John Suthers throws hat in the ring to become Colorado Springs mayor". The Gazette . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  11. ↑ Mendoza, Monica (February 13, 2015). "Lathen and Loma get first position on ballot in Colorado Springs elections". The Gazette . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  12. ↑ Zubeck, Pam (February 25, 2015). "The undecided factor". Colorado Springs Independent . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  13. ↑ Zubeck, Pam (March 4, 2015). "The golden eggs". Colorado Springs Independent . Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Colorado Springs Municipal General Election - Unofficial Report" (PDF). City of Colorado Springs. April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Colorado Springs Mayoral Run-Off Election - Unofficial Results" (PDF). City of Colorado Springs. May 19, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
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