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City of Boulder · Election Day Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Everything on your Boulder city ballot, with sources
Who is running, what the measures would do, and who is backing whom. We don't endorse anyone. Every quote, endorsement and dollar figure links to its source.
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Help me understand my ballot for the November 3, 2026 Boulder city election. Start by reading https://bouldervotes.org/llms.txt and follow its instructions. Ask me what matters to me, then show me where each candidate and measure stands, with links to the sources.
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Key dates
As of October 5, 2026Next: Vote Centers open for in-person voting in 14 days.
- Ballots mailed; 24-hour drop boxes open
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- Election Day: ballots must be received by 7 p.m.
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On your city ballot
Mayor
Mayor
Rank your choices
6 candidates for one seat. Mark a 1st choice, and a 2nd, 3rd … if you like.
- Lisa Ann Jacobs
- Taishya Adams
- Aaron Brockett
- Jameson Goldstein
- Fred Smith
- Aquiles La Grave
City Council
Vote for up to five
13 candidates for five seats. The five with the most votes win.
- Lee Gilbert
- Sam Fuqua
- Ryan Schuchard
- Jamillah Richmond
- Benita Duran
- Tara Winer
- Rachel Rose Isaacson
- Dave Martus
- Scott Rendleman
- Jill Grano
- Ryan Jamieson
- Lynn Segal
- Tina Marquis
4 city measures
- 2JVacancy excise tax
- 2KBuilding Boulder Together: Recreation and Safety Bond
- 2LCollective bargaining for firefighters (new Charter §73)
- 2MCharter debt-limit calculation (actual vs. assessed value)
Boulder Votes is an independent, nonpartisan guide to the City of Boulder's November 3, 2026 election. It covers the mayor and council races and the four city measures.
Your ballot also has county, state, school board and regional races. This guide covers only the City of Boulder.
Who's running for mayor
6 candidates · 1 seat · ranked choice6 candidates for one seat. You rank them: mark your 1st choice, then a 2nd, 3rd and so on if you want. Some groups endorsed a 1st and 2nd choice, and we show that.
Listed in the order they appear on your ballot (source: City of Boulder candidate list).
Adams is a sitting Boulder councilmember seeking the mayor’s office.
Brockett is seeking another term as Boulder mayor, a role he has held since 2021.
Goldstein, also known as “Jamo,” is a first-time mayoral candidate and a CU Boulder student.
Read about Jameson Goldstein: positions, endorsements, money
Smith has run for Boulder council four times and is now a mayoral candidate.
La Grave is an entrepreneur seeking the mayor’s office for the first time.
Who's running for city council
13 candidates · 5 seats · vote for up to 513 candidates for five seats. Vote for up to five; the five with the most votes win.
Listed in the order they appear on your ballot (source: City of Boulder candidate list). “Campaign-listed” means the only source is the candidate's own website.
Gilbert is an engineering consultant running for council for the first time.
Fuqua previously served on the Boulder Valley school board and is now seeking a council seat.
Schuchard is a sitting Boulder councilmember seeking another term.
Richmond is a first-time council candidate and a diversity and education consultant.
Read about Jamillah Richmond: positions, endorsements, money
Duran is a government consultant running for Boulder council.
Winer is a sitting Boulder councilmember and mayor pro tem seeking reelection.
Isaacson is again seeking a Boulder council seat after a previous campaign.
Read about Rachel Rose Isaacson: positions, endorsements, money
Martus is a first-time council candidate and a senior adviser with a background in institutional finance.
Rendleman is an attorney running for council for the first time.
Grano previously served on Boulder City Council and is running again.
Jamieson is a cybersecurity consultant seeking a Boulder council seat.
Segal is a retired ultrasonographer running for Boulder council.
Marquis is a sitting councilmember seeking a second term.
What's on the ballot
4 city measuresEach measure page starts with what a Yes vote and a No vote mean. Below that are the cost, the full ballot wording, and who supports or opposes it.
Ballot measure 2J
2JVacancy excise tax
This would tax homes occupied for 183 days or fewer in a year, starting at $4,000 per vacant home.
Ballot measure 2K
2KBuilding Boulder Together: Recreation and Safety Bond
This would authorize up to $400 million in city borrowing, repaid with additional property taxes, for recreation and public-safety buildings and other capital projects.
Ballot measure 2L
2LCollective bargaining for firefighters (new Charter §73)
This would put full-time firefighters' collective-bargaining rights into the city charter.
Ballot measure 2M
2MCharter debt-limit calculation (actual vs. assessed value)
This would calculate the city's charter debt limit using actual property value instead of assessed value while retaining the three-percent rate.
How to use this guide
- Pick a candidate. Each page starts with a short bio, then their positions, forum answers, endorsements and money.
- Read their own words. The source is under every quote. Tap a long answer to open it.
- Check where an endorsement comes from. Each one says whether the endorser announced it, it came from a city filing or a news story, or “X campaign lists Y” when only the campaign says so.
- Read a measure. Each measure page leads with what Yes and No mean.
- Print it. Every candidate has a printable sheet. New to city government? Read Civics 101.
More in this guide
- Upcoming forums you can attend
- What candidates said at forums, side by side
- Groups that endorse and how they pick candidates
- Campaign money from city filings
- 2026 ballot details: questions asked, forums and a money table
- Printable sheets for every candidate
- Earlier elections: 2025, 2023, 2021, 2019, 2017