Colorado Springs voters have elected Yemi Mobolade, a 44-year-old Nigerian immigrant, to serve as the city’s 42nd mayor by a 57% to 43% margin in a runoff election. Mobolade is the first Black person to be elected mayor of the city
Colorado Springs voters have elected Yemi Mobolade, a 44-year-old Nigerian immigrant who moved to the city in 2010 and emerged as a business and church leader, to serve as the city’s 42nd mayor by a 57% to 43% margin in a runoff election. Mobolade is the first Black person to be elected mayor.
Final vote counting continued Wednesday morning, city clerk officials said, but Republican candidate Wayne Williams has conceded and Colorado Gov. Jared Polis issued a statement congratulating Mobolade, who is registered as unaffiliated and who has cast himself as a bridge-builder committed to prioritizing the quality of life and “loving your neighbor” over political party interests. About 37% of the city’s registered voters cast ballots in the runoff.
“Today is a new day in Colorado Springs — where our families are put first, where access to the mayor’s office is for the many and not for the few, and where we can be an inclusive, culturally rich, economically prosperous, safe, and vibrant City on a Hill that shines brightly,” Mobolade said in a victory statement Wednesday morning.
Colorado Springs’ position at the base of Pikes Peak and relatively large space – 195 square miles compared with Denver’s 153 square miles – has made the city a fixture among U.S. cities deemed most liveable and the population has grown to more than 483,000. Traditionally conservative with a strong military presence, the city has relied on trans-mountain diversions of water to sustain growth in a semi-arid region.
Mobolade prevailed with a message prioritizing public safety, infrastructure improvement, and overall economic vitality. He supported a Trails and Open Space initiative voters in April approved by an 80% to 20% margin – extending a tax that raises funds for ensuring open space, consistent with city founders’ emphasis on natural beauty. He has pledged to restore parks and recreation funding that city leaders cut following the 2008 economic recession.
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