The 2015 Colorado Springs mayoral election took place on April 7 and May 19, 2015, to elect the mayor of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The election was held concurrently with various other local elections. The election was officially nonpartisan.
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Turnout | 38.61% (first round)[1] 42.58 (runoff)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Mayor Steve Bach, in office since 2011, announced that he would not seek a second term in office.[3]
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.[4] Suthers defeated Makepeace in the runoff to become Mayor.[5]
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Amy Lathen |
Mary Lou Makepeace |
Joel Miller |
John Suthers |
Other | Undecided |
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Luce Research[14][15] | February 17–22, 2015 | 400 | ± ? | 7.75% | 22.25% | 2% | 30% | 2% | 33.25% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | John Suthers | 40,900 | 46.37 | |
Nonpartisan | Mary Lou Makepeace | 20,783 | 23.56 | |
Nonpartisan | Joel Miller | 13,794 | 15.64 | |
Nonpartisan | Amy Lathen | 10,352 | 11.74 | |
Nonpartisan | Lawrence Martinez | 1,125 | 1.28 | |
Nonpartisan | Tony Carpenter | 1,048 | 1.19 | |
Nonpartisan | Moses Humes (write-in) | 5 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 88,007 | 100 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | John Suthers | 65,991 | 67.57 | |
Nonpartisan | Mary Lou Makepeace | 31,666 | 32.43 | |
Total votes | 97,657 | 100 |