Aurora’s municipal election is less than a month away, so let’s take a look at the breakdown of the electorate.
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Aurora City Council Campaign Rally Embraces Right-Wing Rhetoric
Municipal elections in Aurora are supposed to be non-partisan, but while Aurora’s elections are many things, non-partisan is not one of them. Last week, Aurora City Councillor Danielle Jurinsky and her slate of Republican-backed candidates held a rally at the Stampede Bar and Grill in South Aurora. Speeches from city council members became increasingly steeped in right-wing talking points, ending with one implying that leftists murdered Charlie Kirk.
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NAACP Protests Aurora City Council Republicans’ Vote To Dissolve the Human Relations Commission
Last week’s vote by the conservative members of Aurora’s City Council to dissolve the Human Relations Commission (HRC), a citizen-run board that addresses concerns around inequities, racism, gender, and ableism, prompted outcry from the Aurora National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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An Update on Aurora City Council Races
Aurora’s municipal elections are underway. The last update CTR had on the election was back in April.
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Who’s Running for Aurora City Council, Part II
Aurora’s municipal elections are underway, and while we have previously looked at who’s running for the at-large city council seats, there are three other wards up for election in November.
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Aurora City Council’s At-Large Race Draws 6 Candidates So Far
Elections in Aurora could reshape its city council’s ideological makeup. Although Aurora’s municipal elections are non-partisan, in the fast-growing Denver suburb, partisan politics have increasingly played a role in city elections.
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Aurora’s Public Defender Privatization Plan Faces Scrutiny Ahead of Council Vote
The Aurora City Council's decision to consider privatizing the Public Defender's Office has been met with resistance from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Colorado.
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Why Did Employers of Neo-Nazis Remain Silent? And Should an Aurora City Council Member Have Done More?
Three people knew that two neo-Nazis were hosts of a Medicaid-funded host home dating back at least as far as 2019. As of today, nothing has changed.
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Why Was One Republican Excluded From the Conservative Slate Running for Aurora City Council?
Five conservatives running for Aurora City Council have joined together to form a slate to promote their campaigns and key slogans. But one Republican candidate was excluded from the group.
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CO Republicans Go Undercover To Try to Win in Left-Leaning Aurora
Republicans are mounting a comeback in Colorado. You wouldn’t know it looking at the election results from the past few years, but really, they’re trying.