Aurora, Colorado
| Aurora, Colorado | |
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| General information | |
Mayor of Aurora Mike Coffman | |
| Last mayoral election: | 2023 |
| Next mayoral election: | 2027 |
| Last city council election: | 2025 |
| Next city council election: | 2027 |
| City council seats: | 11[1] |
| City website | |
| Composition data | |
| Population: | 386,261 |
| Race: | White 47.1% African American 15.9% Asian 6.4% Native American 1.4% Pacific Islander 0.4% Multiple 15.1% |
| Ethnicity: | Hispanic or Latino origin 30.3% |
| Median household income: | $84,320 |
| High school graduation rate: | 86.6% |
| College graduation rate: | 32.9% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau,2020 census and2023 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%. | |
| Related Aurora offices | |
| Colorado Congressional Delegation Colorado State Legislature Colorado state executive offices | |
Aurora is a city inColorado. The city's population was 386,261 as of 2020, according to theUnited States Census Bureau. It spans three counties:Arapahoe County,Adams County andDouglas County.
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- Mayor
- City council
- Other elected officials
- Elections
- Census information
- Budget
- Contact information
- Ballot measures
City government
- See also:Council-manager government
The city of Aurora utilizes a council-manager system. In this form of municipal government, an elected city council—which includes the mayor and serves as the city's primary legislative body—appoints a chief executive called a city manager to oversee day-to-day municipal operations and implement the council's policy and legislative initiatives.[2][3]
Mayor
The mayor presides over city council meetings and official city ceremonies. The mayor also represents the city on the state, national, and international levels. The current Mayor of Aurora isMike Coffman. Coffman assumed office in 2019.
City manager
The city manager is the city's chief executive. The responsibilities of the city manager include overseeing the city's day-to-day operations, planning, and implementing the city's operating budget, and appointing departmental directors and other senior-level positions.[3]
City council
The Aurora City Council is made up of eleven members, including the mayor. Six members are elected by the city's six wards, while four other members and the mayor are elected at large. The council is the city's primary legislative body. It is responsible for adopting the city budget, approving mayoral appointees, levying taxes, and making or amending city laws, policies, and ordinances.[2]
The widget below automatically displays information about city council meetings. The topic list contains a sampling of keywords thatVoterheads, a local government monitoring service, found in each meeting agenda. Click the meeting link to see more info and the full agenda:
Other elected officials
Ballotpedia does not cover any additional city officials in Aurora, Colorado.
Mayoral partisanship
Aurora has a Republican mayor. As of February 2026, 67 mayors in thelargest 100 cities by population are affiliated with theDemocratic Party, 22 are affiliated with theRepublican Party, one is affiliated with theLibertarian Party, three are independents, five identify as nonpartisan or unaffiliated, and two mayors' affiliations are unknown.Click here for a list of the 100 largest cities' mayors and their partisan affiliations.
Mayoral elections are officially nonpartisan in most of the nation's largest cities. However, many officeholders are affiliated with political parties. Ballotpedia uses one or more of the following sources to identify each officeholder's partisan affiliation: (1) direct communication from the officeholder, (2) current or previous candidacy for partisan office, or (3) identification of partisan affiliation by multiple media outlets.
Elections
2025
The city ofAurora, Colorado, held general elections for city council on November 4, 2025. The filing deadline for regular candidates in this election was August 27, 2025, and the filing deadline for write-in candidates was September 2, 2025. The withdrawal deadline was September 6, 2025.
2023
The city ofAurora, Colorado, held general elections for mayor and city council on November 7, 2023. The filing deadline for this election was August 29, 2023.
2021
The city ofAurora, Colorado, held general elections for city council on November 2, 2021. The filing deadline for this election was August 24, 2021.
2019
The city held general elections for mayor and five city council seats on November 5, 2019. The filing deadline for this election was August 27, 2019.
2017
The city ofAurora, Colorado, held elections for city council on November 7, 2017. Wards I, II, and III were up for election, as well as two at-large seats. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 29, 2017.[4]
2015
The city ofAurora, Colorado, held elections formayor and city council onNovember 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was August 27, 2015. Five of the 10 city council seats were up for election.[5]
Mayor Steve Hogan ran unopposed for re-election. Ward IV incumbentMolly Markert and Ward VI incumbentBob Broom did not file for re-election.Charlie Richardson was elected to replace Markert, andFrancoise Michelle Bergan was elected to replace Broom. Ward V incumbentBob Roth won re-election against two challengers.Angela Lawson and incumbentBob LeGare were successful in the at-large race, defeatingMaya Wheeler and incumbentDebi Hunter Holen.[6][7]
Census information
The table below shows demographic information about the city.
| Demographic Data for Aurora | |
|---|---|
| Aurora | |
| Population | 386,261 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 163 |
| Race and ethnicity** | |
| White | 49.2% |
| Black/African American | 15.8% |
| Asian | 6% |
| Native American | 1.2% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.8% |
| Other (single race) | 11.9% |
| Multiple | 15.6% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 30.7% |
| Education | |
| High school graduation rate | 86.6% |
| College graduation rate | 32.9% |
| Income | |
| Median household income | $84,320 |
| Persons below poverty level | 11.2% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau,"American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | |
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the censushere. | |
Budget
The city's budget process operates by fiscal years running from January 1 through December 31 of each year. The city manager provides the city council with a proposed budget. A public workshop is held to discuss the proposal. The budget may be adjusted and then the city council must approve it by a vote in a formal city council meeting.[8]
Fiscally standardized cities data
The fiscally standardized cities (FiSC) data below was compiled by theLincoln Institute of Land Policy to make municipal budgets comparable across cities in the United States.[9]
| “ | FiSCs are constructed by adding revenues and expenditures of each central city municipal government to a portion of the revenues and expenditures of overlying governments, including counties, independent school districts, and special districts. The allocations to FiSCs are estimates of the revenues collected from and services provided to central city residents and businesses by these overlying independent governments. Thus FiSCs provides a full picture of revenues raised from city residents and businesses and spending on their behalf, whether done by the city government or a separate overlying government.[10] | ” |
| —Lincoln Institute of Land Policy[11] | ||
The tables below show estimated finances within city limits. As such, the revenue and expenses listed may differ from the actual city budget.
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Historical total revenue and expenditure
To see the historical total revenue or expenditures as a rounded amount in this city, hover over the bars.[9]
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Contact information
Mayor's office
15151 E. Alameda Parkway
1st Floor
Aurora, CO 80012
Phone: 303-739-7015
City Clerk's office
15151 E. Alameda Parkway
1st Floor
Aurora, CO 80012
Phone: 303-739-7094
Clickhere for city council contact information.
Ballot measures
The city of Aurora spans three counties. These areArapahoe County,Adams County andDouglas County. A list of ballot measures in Arapahoe County is availablehere; in Adams County,here; and in Douglas County,here .
Noteworthy events
2020: Events and activity following the death of George Floyd
During the weekend of May 29-31, 2020, demonstrations and protests took place in cities nationwide, including Aurora, following the death of George Floyd. Events inAurora, Colorado, were held on Sunday, May 31, 2020.[12] No curfews were issued. The national guard was not deployed.
2015: Study on city's nondiscrimination laws
In July 2015, theMovement Advancement Project described Aurora, Colorado, as a city or county that prohibited discrimination in employment on the basis of gender identity via ordinances that apply to public andprivate employers. At that time, a total of71 ofAmerica's largest 100 cities prohibited private employers from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation, while69 of those cities also prohibited discrimination based on gender identity. This did not include those jurisdictions that prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity for government employees.[13]
Nondiscrimination laws can cover a variety of areas, including public employment, private employment, housing, and public accommodations. Such laws may be enacted at the state, county, or city level.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑The mayor is included in this number as one of the city council members.
- ↑2.02.1City of Aurora, "City Hall," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑3.03.1City of Aurora, "City Management," accessed October 23, 2014
- ↑City of Aurora, "Current & Upcoming Elections," accessed February 21, 2017
- ↑City of Aurora, "2015 Candidate Election Dates," accessed October 21, 2014
- ↑City of Aurora, "Certified Candidates," accessed August 31, 2015
- ↑City of Aurora, "Unofficial Election Results 2015," November 3, 2015
- ↑City of Aurora, "What is a Budget?" accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑9.09.1Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities database," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, "Fiscally Standardized Cities," accessed August 23, 2023
- ↑Colorado Sun, "Day and night: Organizers of Denver protests say mayhem after dark is muddying their message," June 2, 2020
- ↑Movement Advancement Project, "Local Employment Non-Discrimination Ordinances," accessed July 7, 2015
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