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Randy Helms, center, candidate for Colorado Springs City Council District 2, reacts with his Air Force Academy classmates Dr. James Colvin Jr., left, and Greg Roman, right, during a watch party Tuesday at Rhino’s Sports and Spirits in Colorado Springs
. Helms, a retired Air Force colonel, was leading the field of four candidates in the District 2 race in early results.
Chancey Bush, The Gazette
MARK REIS
Candidates faced competitive races in each of the prospective districts. Tuesday, three new Colorado Springs City Council members and three incumbents won in the six district races during the Tuesday elections, early returns showed. Here s a look at early election results:
District 1
Dave Donelson pulled ahead Tuesday in the four-way Colorado Springs City Council race for District 1 in the city s northwest. Donelson, a former Army Green Beret and retired physician assistant, led by 9,129 votes 48% updated results from the city clerks office showed Wednesday. The other three trailed with Glenn Carlson, a businessman, getting 29% of the vote; Jim Mason, a retired Army colonel, gaining 15.62% of the vote; and Michael Seeger getting 7%.
Fundamentally opposed Colorado Springs City Council District 2 candidates faced off Monday in a virtual debate on key city issues such as growth, housing policy and park management.
Councilman David Geislinger, a former lawyer and hospital chaplain, is facing three challengers in the race to represent northern Colorado Springs, an epicenter of city growth, in the April 6 election. The six district seats on the council are up for election this spring and voters will select a candidate specific to their district. The three at-large candidates are not facing re-election.
The virtual forum hosted by The Gazette and KOAA featured Geislinger as well as Randy Helms, retired Air Force colonel and substitute teacher, and David Noblitt, a Colorado Springs firefighter. Noblitt would retire if elected.
City council president hopes to defend seat in District 3
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) Colorado Springs City Council District 3 covers the Southwest part of the Springs including downtown, Old Colorado City, west to Gold Camp Road, and south to border Fort Carson.
Richard Skorman
Colorado Springs City Council President Richard Skorman is looking to fend off three opponents in District 3 as he runs for his fourth term. Skorman was elected to two previous terms from 1999 to 2006. He was most recently elected in 2017.
“This will probably be my last run for any office, but there s several really important issues that I want to make sure are moving forward before I hang up my hat,” said Skorman.