'“Today is a new day in Colorado Springs. My vision for our city is to be an inclusive, culturally rich, economically prosperous, safe, and vibrant City on the Hill that shines brightly.”
Colorado Springs voters have elected Yemi Mobolade — a 44-year-old Nigerian immigrant who moved to the city in 2010 and emerged as a business and church leader — to serve as the city’s 42nd mayor in a runoff election by a double-digit margin.
His Republican opponent, political veteran Wayne Williams, has conceded. City clerk officials, wrapping up vote counting Wednesday, said the margin was about 57.5% to 42.5%. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis congratulated Mobolade, who is registered as unaffiliated and has cast himself as an entrepreneurial bridge-builder committed to prioritizing quality of life and “loving your neighbor” over political party interests. About 37% of the city’s registered voters cast ballots in the runoff.
Colorado Springs’ position at the base of Pikes Peak and relatively big space – 195 square miles compared with Denver’s 153 square miles – has made it a leader among U.S. cities deemed most liveable in recent years and the population has grown to more than 483,000. Traditionally conservative as a hub for the U.S. military and the U.S. Olympic Committee, the city over 152 years has relied on trans-mountain diversions of water to sustain settlement on semi-arid high plains.
“I think about General Palmer and his vision for this city. What he saw is what we all saw when we came to Colorado Springs: the beauty of the landscape, the mountain. That’s what brought most of us to the city and that is what kept us here,” he said. “We must continue to invest in it.
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