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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

2D - various charter language clean-up and clarification amendments.

Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

2B - special elections will be held for mayoral vacancies with > 1 year remaining in term and > 90 days away from a regular municipal election.

2C - increases time for initiative petition gathering from 21 days to 120 days (and referenda petitions from 21 to 30 days).

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

All four @thorntonco.gov city charter amendments passed with comfortable margins:

2A - partial council/mayor term for < 2 years will not be considered a term in office for term limit purposes

#Thornton #Colorado #Election2025 #LocalGovernment

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

And the Ward 4 lead has flipped again, now with a 24-vote gap.

Vote results for City of Thornton Council Member - Ward 4: Drew Morris leading at 4,384 votes, Jason Anaya-Ledeboer second at 4,360 votes, and Amanda Pedrianes third at 1,567 votes.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

AS AN EXAMPLE: Aurora, Colorado. Dominated by conservative politics for over a decade. All five city council seats last night? Won by Democrats.

And not like, the kind of milquetoast centrist Democrats we've been told are the only kind of people who can win.

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Marianne Goodland @mgoodland.bsky.social · 1d

A dozen Democratic state lawmakers in Colorado are now facing ethics complaints, tied to a 3-day retreat at the Sonnenalp in Vail that was paid for by a group that funds electioneering communications that backed the lawmakers last year. www.coloradopolitics.com/2025/11/05/c...

Colorado watchdog files ethics complaints against 12 Democratic lawmakers over Vail retreat

Colorado Common Cause filed complaints Wednesday with the state ethics commission against 12 Democratic state lawmakers, alleging they accepted funding from the “dark money” group One Main Street Colo...

www.coloradopolitics.com

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Pop Heist @popheist.com · 1d

'Scooby-Doo' did something that 'Sherlock' never could: effectively separate solving mysteries from the police and copaganda.

'Scooby-Doo' Can Teach Us a Lot About Community Safety

'Scooby-Doo' did something that 'Sherlock' never could: effectively separate solving mysteries from the police and copaganda.

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

Pressuring people to drop ethics complaints reflects poorly, @coloradodems.org @cohousedem.bsky.social @cosendem.bsky.social

Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 1d

After word of the complaints leaked yesterday, Colorado Common Cause was pressured to drop the idea because, Common Cause’s attorney said, it would reflect poorly on Democrats. The attorney declined to identify who had pressured his group to drop the ethics complaints.

Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 1d

Colorado Common Cause alleges more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers violated the state's prohibition on gift-giving when they asked a prominent dark-money organization to help pay for an October mountain retreat // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

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Seth Klamann @sethklamann.bsky.social · 1d

After word of the complaints leaked yesterday, Colorado Common Cause was pressured to drop the idea because, Common Cause’s attorney said, it would reflect poorly on Democrats. The attorney declined to identify who had pressured his group to drop the ethics complaints.

Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 1d

Colorado Common Cause alleges more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers violated the state's prohibition on gift-giving when they asked a prominent dark-money organization to help pay for an October mountain retreat // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Colorado lawmakers face ethics complaints over Vail retreat — and how it was paid for

The complaints allege that the legislators violated a state constitutional prohibition on accepting gifts of more than $75 when the caucus’s leader sought a $25,000 donation to cover hotel ro…

www.denverpost.com

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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 1d

Colorado Common Cause alleges more than a dozen Democratic lawmakers violated the state's prohibition on gift-giving when they asked a prominent dark-money organization to help pay for an October mountain retreat // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social

Colorado lawmakers face ethics complaints over Vail retreat — and how it was paid for

The complaints allege that the legislators violated a state constitutional prohibition on accepting gifts of more than $75 when the caucus’s leader sought a $25,000 donation to cover hotel ro…

www.denverpost.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 1d

This is what you will see first about Alli Jackson when you hit her website.

This is not someone talking about public-private partnerships and paying homage to small business. She is prioritizing immigrants, unionization, the environment.

A photo of Alli Jackson, a Black woman, holding a mic and talking while wearing a flannel shirt.

Text: Alli Jackson is a foster mom and social worker who knows what struggling families face every day. She's running to bring affordable housing, dignity, and community first
to Aurora city council.

$The Platform Alli Jackson's priorities: Keep immigrant families safe and welcome in Aurora Aurora is home to more than 83,000 immigrants-21% of the population. As the daughter of an immigrant, Alli will ensure City Hall supports immigrant families and keeps them safe. Todos son bienvenidos en Aurora. Protect city workers with fair pay and safe workplaces Aurora's city workers keep the city running. Alli will push for: • Fair wages • Safe Workplaces • The right to organize a union Strong unions mean strong families, and Alli will support pro-worker city contracts. Ban fracking and protect clean air and water Fracking puts Aurora's health at risk. Alli will: • Ban fracking in Aurora's backyard • Create a community-led Environmental Commission • Use data to guide stronger protections for air, water, and land Ensure dignity for all with public trash cans and restrooms$

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NE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 1d

today, we will treat sewage.

we will manage the foul remnants of our past, the health of our present, the hope of our future.

days end, but the mission endures.

because there will be sewage to treat tomorrow. but this day is today.

and today, we will treat sewage.

puffy white and gray clouds in a blue sky above a treatment plant tank in the foreground and Cleveland skyline in the background.

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

The Ward 4 counting flipped over night. Former 2nd place now leads by 25 votes.

#Thornton #Colorado #COpolitics #Election2025

Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

As of 8:14 pm, @thorntonco.gov Ward 4 first place was leading by 35 votes.

In the last municipal election, the Ward 2 race took some days to be finalized. We may need to wait again in this election for the Ward 4 results.

Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 2d

Adams County CO unofficial results: results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/Adams/124...

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

Voters really want to have a direct say in how @thorntonco.gov fills mayoral vacancies:

#Election2025

Results chart for City of Thornton Ballot Question 2B on whether to hold a special election to fill mayoral vacancies with more than one year remaining in term. Votes for are at 81% and votes against are at 18%.

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

Adams County last to count all votes

A map from the Colorado Secretary of State's office showing the counties of the state and vote counting completion. Adams County is highlighted in yellow as the only one of 64 counties not done counting votes yet.

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Sarah @sosomanysarahs.bsky.social · 1d

Happy about Mamdani, happy about the other results, but especially glad Coloradans have agreed to properly fund the universal free scho lunch program and elect reasonable people to its school boards.

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

Ballot Question 2C for @thorntonco.gov, which extends time to collect petition signatures for ballot initiatives and referenda, has 61% for and 38% against.

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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 2d

Colorado Republicans had targeted school board races as their best opportunity in 2026 but teachers union and Democrat-backed candidates lead in Denver, Jefferson County, Cherry Creek, and even conservative Douglas County, per 9NEWS' Jennifer Meckles. #copolitics

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

This year's Ward 2 race first place is 700+ votes ahead.

Ward 3 is ahead by 99.

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 1d

As of 8:14 pm, @thorntonco.gov Ward 4 first place was leading by 35 votes.

In the last municipal election, the Ward 2 race took some days to be finalized. We may need to wait again in this election for the Ward 4 results.

Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 2d

Adams County CO unofficial results: results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/Adams/124...

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skelly 🩻 @skellyink.bsky.social · 1d

That feeling when participating in local elections matters (always). Progressives across the board in my district!

Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 2d

Adams County CO unofficial results: results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/Adams/124...

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Thornton Civic Observatory @thorntoncivics.net · 2d

Adams County CO unofficial results: results.enr.clarityelections.com/CO/Adams/124...

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Evan Sutton @evansutton.bsky.social · 2d

If you are a Democratic senator watching these results and the lesson you take is "I should cave and help Republicans reopen the government for nothing more than a promise written on toilet paper" then you shouldn't be in the Senate anymore

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2d

These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.

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tamara nopper @tamaranopper.bsky.social · 2d

In the intro issue of New Left Review, Stuart Hall noted, “The humanist strengths of socialism—which are the foundations for a genuinely popular socialist movement—must be developed in cultural and social terms, as well as in economic and political.“

Zohran Kwame Mamdani‘s campaign got the point!

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Ben K. @benjaminkabak.com · 2d

This to me is the game. I don’t care if Schumer doesn’t like Mamdani, but for him to stand silently by while sex pest Cuomo leans into gutter racism and Islamophobia while accepting endorsements from Trump, Musk and Miller is outrageous from the Senate Minority Leader.

Rika⁷ @commanderrika.blacksky.app · 2d

Schumer had a chance to repudiate the gutter racism and Islamophobia of Cuomo's campaign and he just fucking didn't. And that is disqualifying. He should be ashamed and we the voters should make sure he feels that shame.

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d

Reporter: Today is election day in New York City. Did you vote for Mamdani or Cuomo?

Schumer: Look, I voted. And I look forward to working with the next mayor to help New York City.

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