Yemi Mobolade, a Nigerian immigrant and businessman with no political experience, will be the first elected Black mayor of Colorado Springs after he defeated Wayne Williams on Tuesday night in the city’s runoff contest. Mobolade had received 57% of the vote to Williams’ 43% as of 7:15 p.m. Tuesday. Williams conceded at about 7:30 p.m. |
In the final days before Tuesday s mayoral runoff election in Colorado Springs, candidates Wayne Williams and Yemi Mobolade have raised hundreds of thousands of dollars collectively, with the largest donations coming from local businesses, trade associations, political action committees and private donors.
Mayoral candidate Wayne Williams has raised more money than Yemi Mobolade in the mayoral runoff election, to be decided May 16, but Mobolade drew money from eight times as many