Gianina Horton (Ward 1)
Gianina Horton has been organizing for justice for more than a decade, and now she’s bringing that fight to Aurora City Council. She’s worked on everything from holding police accountable to protecting immigrant families to expanding affordable housing. Horton’s leadership is rooted in community, equity, and courage —values that are desperately needed in Aurora right now.

As a renter and longtime advocate, she knows what it means when housing isn’t affordable, when public safety isn’t accountable, and when immigrant neighbors are treated as scapegoats. She’s running to make sure Aurora is a place where every person belongs and has the chance to thrive. With Horton on the council, renters, young people, and working families will have a champion fighting for their future.

Amy Wiles (Ward 2)
Amy Wiles is a proven civic and community leader who has served on city commissions with a commitment to amplifying community voices. Wiles has a strong track record of delivering community-centered solutions, including launching literacy initiatives for low-income students and organizing winter relief programs for unhoused neighbors.

Her platform prioritizes equitable infrastructure for families, collaboration over politics, and combating harmful narratives about Aurora’s immigrant communities. She understands the unique needs of Ward 2, which has long been underinvested in, and is committed to bringing resources, such as recreation centers, libraries, and safe streets, to the district.

Ruben Medina (Ward 3)
Ruben Medina has deep roots in Aurora and a record of delivering results. He’s worked to make housing more affordable, passed policies to protect water resources, and pushed for safer, more connected neighborhoods. Medina has also spoken openly about his own struggles with mental health, using his story to help others and to show why expanding mental health support is critical for the community.

As a city councilmember, Medina would continue building on his work to ensure every resident can thrive. His priorities include tackling the housing crisis with affordable development, increasing support for seniors, and building a stronger local economy that puts workers and small businesses first. He also serves on boards that support immigrants and refugees, ensuring their voices are heard and their needs are met. Medina understands that young people and renters are too often left out of local decision-making, and he’s ready to change that. With Medina on the council, Aurora will have a leader who brings both experience and compassion to the fight for equity and opportunity.

Alexandra (Alli) Jackson (At-large)
Alli Jackson is a lifelong Aurora resident, social worker, mom, and foster mom who has spent her life serving people and fighting for change. She knows what it means to listen, to take action, and to lead with compassion. Jackson has already advocated for stronger city planning, served on the Aurora Charter Review Board, and made sure community voices were included in key decisions. She’s running for Aurora City Council to build a city where everyone feels like they belong.

Her priorities are clear: uplift young people by creating opportunities for them to lead, fight for renters by holding landlords accountable, and protect immigrant families by ending Aurora’s contract with the GEO Detention Center. She’s also passionate about protecting the environment and making sure every neighborhood has access to parks, community spaces, and safe housing. Jackson understands that Aurora’s future depends on centering equity and belonging, and she’s ready to lead on both. For young people, renters, and working families, Jacksonrepresents the kind of people-first leadership Aurora has been waiting for.

Nicole Speer
Nicole Speer is running for re-election to the Boulder City Council because she knows local government is one of our strongest defenses against injustice, and she’s proven she can deliver. Over the past four years, Speer has fought to protect wage increases for tipped workers, expand renter protections, and push through major reforms to strengthen local democracy, like moving city elections to even years when young people are most likely to vote.

Her priorities of funding housing and mental health programs, protecting renters by overturning the state’s rent control ban, and making city government more inclusive speak directly to the needs of young people and working families in Boulder. Speer has consistently shown that she’ll fight for equity, sustainability, and transparency, even when it means standing up to powerful interests.

She’s committed to making sure young people are not just consulted but centered in shaping Boulder’s future. With Speer on the council, Boulder will continue to have a bold, principled leader who gets results and puts people first.

Lauren Folkerts
Lauren Folkerts has been out front fighting for the changes people in Boulder care about most: affordable housing, higher wages, and bold climate action. She helped overturn Boulder’s outdated occupancy limits, raised the minimum wage, and pushed for building codes that actually match our climate goals.

Folkerts isn’t afraid to take on tough fights, whether it’s pushing for rent control, fighting for stronger tenant protections, or calling out developers who put profit over people. She also knows that young people need a real voice in our city’s decisions and has committed to building more ways for students and renters to be heard.

She’s proven she’s the kind of leader who delivers results, and with so much at stake in this election, we need her on the Boulder City Council to keep fighting for a Boulder where everyone can thrive.

Rachel Isaacson
Rachel Isaacson is running to be Boulder’s first Gen Z city councilmember, and she’s exactly the kind of leader young people need in power. At 28, she’s the same age as the average Boulderite and the only renter in the race. She knows firsthand what it’s like to get a no-fault eviction notice and is ready to fight for renters by pushing for stronger protections, emergency housing plans, and the repeal of Colorado’s ban on rent control.

Isaacson’s priorities of housing, climate resiliency, and equity are the big issues that matter to our generation. She wants to create climate solutions that also provide jobs, expand trauma-informed homelessness services, and make sure equity is at the core of city decision-making.

Isaacson has been stepping up since she was a teenager, when she helped pass a ban on conversion therapy in Columbus, Ohio, and later helped elect bold progressive leaders in Colorado. She’s ready to bring that same energy to the Boulder City Council and ensure young people have a seat at the table in shaping the city’s future.

Emily Francis (Mayor)
Fort Collins is at a turning point, and the decisions we make now will shape whether young people, working families, and renters can still afford to call this city home. Emily Francis has been on the frontlines fighting for young people, pushing for stronger renter protections, preserving affordable mobile home parks, and building the city’s first Office of Equity and Inclusion so that all voices are heard.

As mayor pro tem and a longtime city councilmember, Francis has proven she’s not afraid to take bold action on housing, climate, and equity. She’s the kind of leader who knows that government should work for the people, not special interests. – and she’s ready to keep fighting for a future where we can actually live, work, and thrive in Fort Collins.

We’re backing Francis because she gets what’s at stake and has the track record to make real change happen.

Christopher Conway (District 1)
Christopher Conway grew up in Fort Collins and has seen too many friends and neighbors, young people, working families, and even seniors, get pushed out because of skyrocketing housing costs. He’s not just talking about change; he’s been on the frontlines making it happen. Conway co-founded YIMBY Fort Collins, helped repeal the U+2 rule that unfairly targeted students and renters, and fought to pass Colorado’s first-ever “just cause” eviction protections so landlords can’t kick people out without reason.

Conway is running because he believes Fort Collins should be a city where young people can build their futures, not just a place they have to leave behind. On the city council, he’ll keep fighting for more affordable housing, climate action, and good jobs that actually support working people, not just corporations. He knows renters, students, and young workers are essential to the city’s future, and he’s ready to make sure their voices are heard at every step.

Zoelle Lane (District 5)
Zoelle Lane knows what it’s like to be priced out because she’s living it. As a renter, immigrant, and community advocate, she’s running to make sure the city council actually represents the people who keep Fort Collins running: students, workers, and young people who are getting squeezed out by rising costs.

Lane’s priorities are clear. She is focused on fighting for affordable housing by requiring new developments to include affordable units, expanding free public transit to lower-income neighborhoods, raising wages closer to a real living wage, and making it easier for workers to unionize. She’s also committed to protecting vulnerable communities by decriminalizing homelessness, advancing LGBTQ+ rights, and fighting for better schools and public services.

Lane is already organizing with students and young people at Colorado State University (CSU), helping them register to vote, understand ranked-choice voting, and plug into campaigns.  With experience in workforce advocacy through CSU’s Classified Personnel Council and national nonprofit program design, Lane brings both lived experience and policy acumen to the table.  She’s proof that when people who’ve been excluded from politics step up, we can build a city that works for all of us, not just the wealthy few. With Lane on the Fort Collins City Council, renters, students, and working families will finally have a seat at the table.