Aurora

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado

Aurora Demographics

Population	Median Age	Median Household Income	Registered Voters	Presidential Results (Adams County)	Religion (Adams County)	Poverty	Cost of Living Index	Median House Value	Median Rent	Race	Age	Education	Foreign Born	Marital Status	Unemployment	Air Quality Index
353,108 (Female: 52.2%) (Male: 47.8%)	33.5 years (-2.9 years to CO)	$49,142 (-$9,681 to CO)		2016: Clinton 50% Trump: 42% 2012: Obama 56% Romney: 41% 2008: Obama 58% McCain: 40% 2004: Kerry 51% Bush: 48%	None: 70.6% Catholic: 16% Evangelical Protestant: 7.8% Other: 3.9% Mainline Protestant: 1.6%	18% Other Race: 37.4% Native American: 30.4% Hispanic/Latino: 29% Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 21.5% Black: 18.7% Two or More Races: 18% White: 9.5%	108.2 (+8.2 to US)	$176,200 (-$64,300 to CO)	$987	White: 45.4% Hispanic/Latino: 29.1% Black: 15.7% Asian: 5.1% Two or More Races: 3.8% Native American: 0.3% Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0.3% Other Race: 0.2%	Older Adult 40-64: 30.4% Younger Adult 22-39: 27.6% Children 0-17: 27.2% Senior 65+: 9.44% College 18-21: 5.32%	High School: 25.6% Some College: 24.6% Bachelor's: 18.3% Associate's: 9.3% Some High School: 7.3% Master's: 6.3% Less than High School: 5.4% None: 1.4%	19.7% (+10.2% to CO)	Now married: 47.5% Never married: 34.1% Divorced: 11.4% Widowed: 4.4% Separated: 2.6%	3.7% (+0.4% to CO)	107 (+32 to US)

Aurora City Council

Max of 3 consecutive 4-year terms. Extended term limit in 2011 with 5.1% majority.

Campaign Finance Reports: https://apps.auroragov.org/CampaignFinance/(S(00dxi255spsepg55njdla445))/Public/Default.aspx

Title	Name	Party	Next Election November	Contact	2019 Margin	2017 Margin	2015 Margin	2013 Margin	2011 Margin
Mayor	Steve Hogan	Republican	2019	303.739.7015 shogan@auroragov.org			UNOPPOSED (Markert considered running)	X	7.3% (37.5%) (Another GOP got 30.2%) (6-way race)	X
Ward I	Sally Mounier	Republican	2017	303.739.7502 smounier@auroragov.org			X	16% (58%)	X (Miller resigned 2012 / Council voted Mounier)	4.6% (33.7%) (Melissa Miller) (Dem incumbent out) (4-way race)
Ward II	Renie Peterson	Uncertain Registered Unaffiliated	2017	303.739.7506 rrpeters@auroragov.org			X	20% (60%)	X	14.5% (57.2%)
Ward III	Marsha Berzins	Republican	2017	303.739.7508 mberzins@auroragov.org			X	UNOPPOSED	X	5.1% (52.5%)
Ward IV	Charlie Richardson	Republican	2019	303.739.7516 crichard@auroragov.org			11.5% (55.7%)	X	43.9% (71.9%) (Molly Markert)	X
Ward V	Bob Roth	Republican	2019	303.739.7510 broth@auroragov.org			42.5% (62.5%)	X	32.3% (66.1%)	X
Ward VI	Francoise Bergan	Republican	2019	303.739.7015 broth@auroragov.org			19.4% (49.7%) (Declared Dem got 19.8%)	X	6.7% (36.2%) (Bob Broom)	X
At-Large	Barbara Cleland	Republican	2017	303.739.7524 bcleland@auroragov.org			X	Won with 19.9%	X	Won with 18.4%
At-Large	Angela Lawson	Republican	2019	303.739.7518 alawson@auroragov.org			Won with 28.5%	X	Won with 22.9% (Debi Hunter-Holen)	X
At-Large	Bob LeGare (Also served 1995-2003)	Republican	2019	303.366.0113 blegare@auroragov.org			Won with 28.1%	X	Won with 26.5%	X
At-Large	Brad Pierce	Republican	2017	303.739.7514 bpierce@auroragov.org			X	Won with 21.5%	X	Won with 23% (Bob Fitzgerald)

Aurora City Council Appointments

Position	Name	Contact
City Manager	George "Skip" Noe
City Attorney	Michael Hyman
Civil Service
Presiding Judge	Shawn Day
Court Administrator	Zelda DeBoyes

Aurora City Manager Appointments

Title	Name	Contact
Deputy City Manager	Jason Batchelor
Deputy City Manager	Nancy Freed
Deputy City Manager	Michelle Wolfe
Assistant City Manager	Janice Napper (also City Clerk))
Assistant City Manager	Roberto Venegas
Police Chief	Nicholas Metz
Fire Chief	Caine Hills (Interim)
Communications	Kim Stuart
City Clerk	Janice Napper (also Assistant City Manager)
Finance	Terri Velasquez

Aurora City Council Election 2017

Aurora will elect a city council rep from Wards I, II, and III, plus two At-Large seats on Nov 7, 2017. These are the candidates.

• NOTE: At-Large Council Member Barb Cleland will NOT be running for reelection. Plus Brad Pierce is termed out of his At-Large seat.

• Ward II and both At-Large seats are WIDE OPEN.

2017 City Council Candidates

(i) = incumbent

Ward	Name	Party	comment	Contact
Ward 1	Sally Mounier (i)	Republican		email: sallymounier@comcast.net web: http://sallymounier.com/
Ward 1	Crystal Murillo	Democrat	Emerge CO	email: murilloforaurora@gmail.com web: http://www.crystalmurillo.com/
Ward 2	Nicole Johnston	Democrat	Emerge CO	email: nicoleforaurora@gmail.com web: http://www.nicoleforaurora.com/
Ward 2	Bernard Celestin	Democrat	previously ran in 2013; lost by 20 pts	email: web:
Ward 2	Glenn Ressmeyer	Unaffiliated		email: web:
Ward 3	Marsha Berzins (i)	Republican		email: Marsha@MarshaBerzins.com web: http://www.marshaberzins.com/
Ward 3	Debi Hunter Holen	Democrat		contact form: http://www.debihunterholen.com/contact-debi/ web: http://www.debihunterholen.com/
Ward 3	Martha Lugo	Democrat		contact form: marthalugoforaurora@gmail.com web: http://marthalugoforaurora.com/
Ward 3	Robert Hargrove (?)
At-Large	Brian Arnold	Republican		email: votebrianarnold@gmail.com web: http://www.arnoldforaurora.com/
At-Large	Dave Gruber		Air Force vet	email: dave@votegruber.com FB: https://www.facebook.com/GruberforAurora/
At-Large	Allison Hiltz	Democrat	Emerge CO	email: allison.hiltz@gmail.com web: http://allisonhiltz.com/
At-Large	Timothy Huffman	Republican		email: electtimhuffman@gmail.com web: http://timhuffman.org/
At-Large	PK Kaiser	Democrat	Perennial candidate	email: vote4kaiser@gmail.com web: https://jsfulton.wordpress.com/
At-Large	Abel Gebre Laeke	Democrat		email: abelforaurora@gmail.com web: http://abellaeke.com/
At-Large	Eric Mulder	Libertarian	Has an empty CrowdPAC entry	email: web:
At-Large	Russell Wagner	Unaffiliated		email: WagnerforCouncil2017@yahoo.com web: https://www.wagnerforcouncil.com/

Former Candidates

Candidates who are no longer running in 2017 for Aurora City Council.

Ward	Name	Party	comment	Contact
Ward 3	Kevin Cox	Democrat	Instead running for Aurora Public Schools
At-Large	Julie Weinheimer	Unaffiliated	Votes for Mike Coffman	contact form: http://weinheimerforaurora.com/contact-us-or-volunteer web: http://weinheimerforaurora.com/

2017 Endorsements

Crystal Murillo - Ward I

• Colorado People's Action (Source)
• Conservation Colorado (Source)

Nicole Johnston - Ward II

• Colorado People's Action (Source)
• Conservation Colorado (Source)

Martha Lugo - Ward III

• Colorado People's Action (Source)

Allison Hiltz - At-Large

• Colorado People's Action (Source)