Eleven File as Candidates for City Council Vacancy, District 1

Eleven candidates have filed with the Denver Elections Division to enter the race for the May 4th Special Election to fill the Denver City Council District 1 seat held by Rick Garcia, who resigned from the Council effective March 1 to accept a HUD appointment.

The deadline for filing was 5 p.m. on Wednesday, March 10.  There will be no additional candidates.  Those who filed have submitted petitions to enter the race, and once the signatures are verified by the Denver Elections Division, the candidates will be certified (+).  The DED is certifying candidates in the order they received the petitions, and they expect to finish the process by March 12th, or shortly thereafter.

The candidates, in alphabetical order, are as follows:

Larry Ambrose (+)

Jonathon Drout

Jerry Frangas (+)

John Haney (+)

Christopher Jeffrey (+)

Jon Lehman (+)

Ken Padilla (+)

Paula Sandoval (+)

Georgia Sigala (+)

Susan Shephard (+)

Randall Swan (+)

(+) certified by the Denver Elections Division.