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.
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).
Aurora’s municipal elections are underway. The last update CTR had on the election was back in April.
Religious fervor, especially when it claims to side with God against demonic forces, can be a powerful motivator.
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.
As part of our weekly roundup of articles on political extremism in Colorado, the Colorado Times Recorder is featuring Jason Salzman’s article documenting which candidates who have denied the results of the 2020 election through some form or another, Erik Maulbetsch’s coverage of the Colorado Chamber of Commerce not endorsing Republican Matt Burcham, who has pushed election conspiracy theories. We’re also featuring an article from Susan Green at Aurora Sentinel on Aurora City Councilor Danielle Jurinsky’s verbal abuse of her colleagues, and 9News’ Darren Whitehead’s on the sentencing of a Douglas County man who participated in the January 6 Capitol insurrection.
Following through on his announcement, former President Donald Trump held a rally in Aurora today at the Gaylord Rockies Resort.
Referencing the 2012 Aurora theater shooting, which was not designated as a hate crime, Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky on Wednesday spoke out against labeling the Club Q massacre a ‘hate crime,’ due to the apparent targeting of LGBTQ people, saying, “All Lives Matter.”
Jurinsky After saying last month that the Aurora police chief should be fired, Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurisnky took aim Friday at the “entire staff” of the city of Aurora.
Aurora voters are selecting City Council members to represent Wards I, II and III, as well as two at-large members to represent the entire city.
