Elections 2025

A pair of statewide measures will increase funding for Colorado's free school meals program and let the state use leftover revenue to help cover SNAP costs.

Unofficial election results were announced Nov. 4 after 7 p.m. Aspen Public Radio has been following the announcements from clerks in Pitkin, Eagle and Garfield counties and compiled the most recent tallies.

2025 Issues and Answers Election Forum: Roaring Fork School District Board of Directors Candidates, Ballot Measure 7A and Ballot Measure 7C.

As school board races in Colorado and across the country become more politicized, clear partisan divides have emerged between the four candidates vying for two seats on the Roaring Fork School District board in the November election.

Eagle County and the town of Basalt ask voters to bump taxes on visitors by 2%. The questions come just a few months after the town voted to impose a hefty fee on short-term rentals.

Nine candidates are running for the five-member board to oversee the estimated $12 million in annual sales tax revenue, if 7A passes.

The department says the money is necessary to meet growing demand for fire and emergency services amid falling revenue. It would also go toward housing to make their volunteer-supported operations sustainable.

Pitkin County must ask voters permission to issue $340 million in bonds to support the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport reconstruction project, despite it not affecting local taxes.

Candidates discussed transit between Glenwood Springs and Silt, balancing the needs of new and existing businesses and affordable housing concerns at an election forum on Oct. 9. Five candidates are running for four seats.

Eight candidates are running to fill five open seats on the Rifle City Council.