Longmont

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

Longmont Demographics

Population	Median Age	Median Household Income	Registered Voters	Presidential Results (Boulder County)	Religion (Boulder County)	Poverty	Cost of Living Index	Median House Value	Median Rent	Race	Age	Education	Foreign Born	Marital Status	Unemployment	Air Quality Index
90,237 (Female: 52.4%) (Male: 47.6%)	36.8 years (+0.4 years to CO)	$59,333 (+$510 to CO)		2016: Clinton 71% Trump: 22% 2012: Obama 70% Romney: 28% 2008: Obama 72% McCain: 26% 2004: Kerry 66% Bush: 32%	None: 58.5% Catholic: 20.1% Evangelical Protestant: 9.8% Mainline Protestant: 6.5% Other: 4.9% Orthodox: 0.2%	13.9% Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 85.7% Hispanic/Latino: 31.6% Other Race: 31.2% Native American: 20.9% Black: 18.4% Two or More Races: 15.6% White: 7.5%	112.1 (+12.1 to US)	$282,800 (+$42,300 to CO)	$1,083	White: 66.7% Hispanic/Latino: 26.4% Asian: 2.9% Two or More Races: 2.5% Black: 0.9% Native American: 0.4% Other Race: 0.1% Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 0.01%	Older Adult 40-64: 33% Children 0-17: 26.2% Younger Adult 22-39: 25.2% Senior 65+: 11.1% College 18-21: 4.4%	Bachelor's: 23.6% Some College: 22.9% High School: 19.7% Master's: 9.8% Associate's: 7.3% Some High School: 7.2% Less than High School: 4.1% Doctorate: 2.3% Professional: 1.6% None: 1.5%	12.8% (+3.3% to CO)	Now married: 48.7% Never married: 30.7% Divorced: 13.6% Widowed: 4.9% Separated: 2.0%	3.1% (-0.2% to CO)	90.3 (+15.3 to US)

Longmont City Council

Mayor - 2 years; 3 terms City council - 4 years; 2 terms Pro-Tem, bolded, elected by council

GENERAL OBSERVATION: People connected to Real Estate tend to run. Keeps swinging back and forth between progressive and conservative.

Title	Name	Party	Next Election November	Contact	2019 Margin	2017 Margin	2015 Margin	2013 Margin	2011 Margin
Mayor	Dennis Coombs	Democrat Endorsed by GOP Gabe Santos Local RW blog calls him "mere sock puppet for the local hard left progressive ideologues"	2017	(303) 651-8602 Click Email Icon			30.07% (54.8%) 1 Sarah Levison 24.73% 2 Ron Gallegos 16.17% 3 1 $8,688 2 $5,439 3 $6,149	16.48% (54.47%) Bryan L. Baum 37.99%	0.78% (50.39%) Bryan L. Baum 49.61% Defeated GOP incumbent	8.1% (54%) (Bryan L. Baum) Roger Lange 45.9% Incumbent Defeated GOP for GOP
Ward 1	Brian Bagley (Pro-Tem)	Republican	2019	(303) 774-3613 Click Email Icon			UNOPPOSED	X	13.95% (41.09%) Brian Hansen 27.09% Suzzanne Painter 20.42% Paul Tiger 7.49% John Daniels 3.95%	X
Ward 2	Jeff Moore	Unaffiliated Pro-Fracking Ban	2017	(303) 774-3617 Click Email Icon			X	10.56% (45.01%) Rick Accountius 34.45% "Conservative leanings". Presents himself as having unique insight on the Norwegian economy after spending two weeks there.	X	21.7% (60.8%) (Katie Witt) Karen Benker 39.1% (GOP Defeated Dem Incumbent)
Ward 3	Bonnie Finley	Republican	2019	(303) 774-3612 Click Email Icon			11.12% (52.45%) Paul Rennix 41.33%	X	26.4% (63.2%) Sean McCoy 36.8% Endorsed by local progressives Vilified by local conservatives	X
At-Large	Pauline "Polly" Christensen	Democrat Called "Polly Progressive" on RW site	2017	(303) 774-3618 Click Email Icon			X	Won with 37.49% Defeated GOP Incumbent	X	Won with 26.8% (Alex Sammoury)
At-Large	Joan Peck	Democrat	2019	(303) 774-3619 Click Email Icon			1.65% (47.07%) Scott Dunn 45.43%	X	Won with 37.64% Heath R. Carroll 27.98% Ron Gallegos 25.07% James Young 9.3%	X
At-Large	Gabe Santos	Republican Worked for Tom Delay	2017	(303) 774-3615 Click Email Icon			X	Won with 43.28% Alex Sammoury 35.4% Trisha Baxter 25.07% ID'd as "most Libertarian" Ron Gallegos 18.91%	X	Won with 36.3% Bill Van Dusen 17.7% Kaye Fissinger 15.8% "Lifelong Democrat" who voted Green Edward Dloughy 3%

Véronique Bellamy is running for Longmont Mayor in 2017. She previously unsuccessfully ran for RTD District 1 in 2016. She has also filed to run for Governor in 2018 under the Green Party ticket. (Twitter)

Local Publications

The Nation Report 10/12/2017 Candidate Fourm Coverage

Blogs

Free Range Longmont (Active)

• Free Range Longmont Blog
• Progressive

Longmont Report (Inactive since 2009)

• Longmont Report Blog
• Left-wing

Mad Welshman (Defunct, as of June 2017)

• Mad Welshman Blog
• Ultra-right-wing. Calls everything "socialist".

Wrongmont (Inactive since Jan. 2014)

• Wrongmont Blog
• Right-wing

2017 Election

Candidates

(i) = incumbent

Seat	Name	Party	Endorsements/Info	Contact
Mayor	Brian Bagley	Republican	endorsed by current Mayor Dennis Coombs; progressives not happy
Mayor	Sarah Levison	Democrat	Move Longmont Forward
Mayor	Roger Lange	Republican	Former mayor
Ward 2	Marcia Martin	Democrat	Move Longmont Forward Colorado BlueFlower Fund	Website
Ward 2	Jeff Moore (i)	Unaffiliated
At Large	Aren Rodriguez	Democrat	Move Longmont Forward Boulder Daily Camera Candidate Interview	Website
At Large	Alex Sammoury	Republican	Boulder Daily Camera Candidate Interview	Website
At Large	Ron Gallegos	Democrat	Former Longmont City Councilman Boulder Daily Camera Candidate Interview	Website
At Large	Polly Christensen (i)	Democrat	Move Longmont Forward Colorado BlueFlower Fund Boulder Daily Camera Candidate Interview	Website
At Large	Catherine Jarrett	Republican	Times-Call Article "A self identified conservative"	Facebook

Former Candidates

Seat	Name	Party	Comment	Contact
Mayor	Véronique Bellamy	Green	Dropped out to run for Governor on Green Party ticket. Believes Russian leaks in the 2016 election is a "conspiracy theory". Believes Seth Rich at the DNC leaked the emails.
Mayor	Charlie Plagainos	?