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Election 2019

Aspen Public Radio is your source for in-depth coverage of local and state issues this election season. Voters will see two state-wide initiatives: Proposition CC, which removes revenue limits put in place by the TABOR amendment, and Proposition DD, which takes sports-betting revenues to fund water initiatives. Locally, Basalt residents decide on the town's property tax rate, the Roaring Fork and Aspen School Districts both select new school board members and initiatives to tax tobacco products appear on ballots throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. Ballots are due on November 5. Listen to Aspen Public Radio and check our website and social media for analysis and election results.

Roaring Fork School Board Candidates Announced

Aspen Public Radio

Published September 9, 2019 at 2:53 PM MDT

Three open seats on the Roaring Fork School Board will be contested in November, But, some candidates won’t have their names on the ballot.

The Roaring Fork Board of Education’s website announced Amy Connerton and Jasmin Ramirez will run against incumbent Shane Larson for the District D seat, which represents areas in north and west Glenwood.

Candidate Natalie Torres will run for the District B seat, which represents west Carbondale, and Maureen Stepp will run for District C, which covers areas south of Glenwood and west Missouri Heights.

Two additional candidates filed intentions to run for Districts B and C seats, but lacked a sufficient amount of signatures. Those candidates, Matthew Cova and Molly Peterson, will not be on the ballot, but will be official write-in candidates for those seats.

The Roaring Fork School Board contests will be on the November 5th ballot.