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Colorado Springs 2025 City Council election: Updated results

Colorado Springs 2025 City Council election: Updated results

The results of Tuesday’s election for the Colorado Springs City Council seats showed the two incumbents set to win their races, a former council member set to return after more than a decade, and three new members taking a lead in the other districts.

Colorado Springs completed counting ballots for the council elections around noon on Wednesday. There were 78,185 ballots cast in the election, which means that voter turnout was a paltry 23.5%.

Between now and April 9, the city will accept late military and overseas ballots and allow voters with a disputed signature to cure their ballot. The final results will be certified by the Canvass Board on April 11. These are the final results as of Wednesday:

District 1, northwest

Council member Dave Donelson is heading for a second term on the Colorado Springs City Council. Donelson received 58% of the unofficial vote total in the northwest district, pulling ahead of challenger and Air Force veteran Lee Lehmkuhl who received 42% of the votes. Read more here.

District 2, north

Tom Bailey, the chairman of the El Paso County Planning Commission, easily won an uncontested race in District 2 with 7,048 votes cast in his favor. The other candidate for the district, Frank Chrisinger, has withdrawn and votes cast for him will not be counted. Read more here.

District 3, southwest

Former City Council member Brandy Williams emerged from a crowded field of five candidates to win the election in District 3, covering the southwest and downtown Colorado Springs. Williams received 37.4% of the vote count as of Wednesday, followed closely by former council intern and Stop Cop City COS organizer Maryah Lauer at 34.5% of the vote. Read more here.

District 4, southeast

In the southeast of Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs Black Chamber CEO Kimberly Gold held off two other major candidates in the race to be the new representative for District 4. Gold received 38.9% of the vote in the results Tuesday night, while Sherrea Elliott-Sterling had received 30% of the initial votes and Chauncy Johnson received 26.2% of the votes. Read more here.

District 5, central

Council member Nancy Henjum is holding strong in her re-election campaign. The current representative for Colorado Springs’ central District 5 received 49.1% of the vote count as of Wednesday. Former Colorado Springs police office Christoper Burns led three other candidates in the race with 28.5% of the initial votes. Read more here.

District 6, northeast

The early results for Colorado Springs’ District 6 election show Air Force veteran and entrepreneur Roland Rainey Jr. leading a close race to join the City Council for the northeast corner of the city. Rainey Jr. led the three candidates in the initial results with 42.5% of the total votes in the district.

Trailing behind him was Colorado Springs School District 11 board President Parth Melpakam with 36.9% of the vote total. Financial advisor Aaron Schick received 20.6% of the votes. Read more here.

Election workers were dropping off ballots at the Colorado Springs administration building after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett)
Election workers were dropping off ballots at the Colorado Springs administration building after 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (Jerilee Bennett)
A sample ballot and a poster for the Colorado Springs City Council elections on display in March 2025. Election Day was April 1 and the city began releasing initial results Tuesday night. (Brennen Kauffman
brennen.kauffman@gazettedev.gazette.com)
A sample ballot and a poster for the Colorado Springs City Council elections on display in March 2025. Election Day was April 1 and the city began releasing initial results Tuesday night. (Brennen Kauffman brennen.kauffman@gazettedev.gazette.com)
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