2025 Election:
November 4, 2025
Background
The 2025 State and Clear Creek County Election will be held on November 4, 2025.
Ballot Box Locations:
-Clear Creek County Courthouse: 405 Argentine Street, Georgetown
-Health and Wellness Center/Common Spirit: 1969 Miner Street, Idaho Springs
-Clear Creek High School: 185 Beaver Brook Canyon Road, Evergreen
-Any Jefferson County drop box near you!
The 2025 Election ballot includes two statewide propositions to fund the Colorado Healthy School Meals for All program (LL and MM), and a county proposition to increase the mill levy for the Clear Creek County Emergency Services General Improvement District (R-25-01).
Additional elections for the Idaho Springs Mayor and three Council members will be on the November 2025 ballot for Idaho Springs residents.
The Clear Creek County School Board election has been canceled. There were three unopposed candidates for the three vacant positions. These positions were filled by acclamation (see Resolution 2025-13 Clear Creek School District).
Clear Creek County Democratic Party Endorsements
The Clear Creek County Democratic Party has endorsed “yes” votes on Propositions MM and LL, and Clear Creek County EMS Mill Levy Increase Measure R-25-01.
State Propositions LL and MM
Voting “yes” on Proposition LL will allow Colorado to keep money that has already been raised for Healthy School Meals for All. Proposition LL allows the state to keep and spend $12.4 million in tax revenue, including interest, that has already been collected under Proposition FF for the Healthy School Meals for All Program, rather than refunding it to households earning $300,000 or more annually; and maintain current tax deduction limits for households earning $300,000 or more annually, which would otherwise be modified for 2026 to lower the taxes paid by these households.
Voting “yes” on Proposition MM continues free school meals for all beyond December 2025, while also increasing wages for front-line school nutrition professionals, training and equipping schools to use fresh ingredients instead of processed products, and funding schools to purchase ingredients from Colorado farmers and ranchers. Proposition MM will increase state income taxes paid by households earning $300,000 or more annually and use the new tax revenue to provide funding for the Healthy School Meals for All Program, which offers free breakfast and lunch to all students at participating public schools, and for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which provides food assistance to low-income households.
Links to the Ballot Measure:
Clear Creek County EMS Mill Levy Increase Measure R-25-01
Voting “yes” on Clear Creek County EMS Mill Levy Increase Measure R-25-01 will increase the Clear Creek County Emergency Services General Improvement District (“District”) mill levy in the unincorporated areas of the county from 4.659 mills to 11.459 mills.
Since its creation in 1988, the District’s mill levy has been set at 4.659 mills. Increasing demands on fire protection and emergency medical services — including more frequent wildfires, higher visitor populations, growing residential development in wildland-urban interface areas, and an aging population—have placed a significant strain on local emergency service providers.
The revenue is intended to support the Clear Creek Fire Authority and Clear Creek EMS. Clear Creek Fire Authority:
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Supporting staff recruitment/retention,
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Improving wildfire prevention and suppression,
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Providing homeowner education on defensible space and home hardening,
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Improving watershed protection, and
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Leveraging state/federal funding.
Clear Creek EMS:
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Sustaining advanced medical services and response times,
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Adding a third ambulance crew, and
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Reducing reliance on mutual aid.
Links to the Ballot Measure:
Statement in favor of Measure R-25-01 (Measure "1A") from Chris Gould.
Clear Creek County is a community full of riches. Two of our brightest are the Clear Creek Fire Authority (CCFA) and Emergency Medical Services (CCEMS).
CCFA plays a significant community role, fighting structure and wildland fires, leading efforts in fire prevention, and assisting in medical emergencies. If you have not yet found the CCFA Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP), I strongly suggest that you go to clearcreekfire.com and click on CWPP at the top. The plan has mitigation suggestions for everyone, regardless of whether you live in one of our towns or in the forest, and can help you keep your homeowners’ insurance. Through the dedication of our professional fire service, they will help us not only keep our homes safe, but also preserve the wilderness that we value so much and protect the watersheds that we rely on.
CCEMS is a rare service in our state. All 16 of our paramedics are critical care certified, allowing them to carry lifesaving equipment that EMS in other counties cannot. They have fantastic outcomes for cardiac patients, and the quality of care that they can provide gives county residents emergency outcomes closer to those in the metro area, where hospitals are only a few minutes away.
Our emergency services are superb, but they can only help residents if they can get to them in a timely fashion. An increase in calls and congestion on I-70 make it challenging for both services to respond to calls, and while both respond to tourist emergencies, the vast majority of their time is spent on Clear Creek residents and their needs.
Both CCFA and CCEMS are facing a budget crisis, especially as they are operating with significantly less money than similar services. Evergreen Fire currently operates on about 11.5 mills while CCFA operates on about 4.5 mills from unincorporated Clear Creek and about 9 mills from our municipalities. Most area fire authorities operate with 14-18 mills, putting CCFA far behind financially. CCEMS does not even have a mill levy portion of their budget, but relies on sales tax to fund the service. The increase in calls and costs to operate are currently overwhelming both budgets.
In order to support CCFA and CCEMS, residents in unincorporated Clear Creek will see ballot initiative 1A this November. This question will ask voters outside of the municipalities to vote on whether to increase the mill levy for CCFA and CCEMS to allow them to continue to provide top-notch service to our residents. 1A would increase funding for both services by increasing the mill levy to 11.459. This increase will allow CCEMS to hire a third ambulance crew and CCFA to maintain adequate staffing, which all means more opportunity for these highly trained professionals to respond when residents need their help.
Local residents have banded together as Citizens for Clear Creek Emergency Services to support 1A. We hope that you will join us as we invest in the wealth, health and habitat of Clear Creek County through our emergency services.
2026 General Election, November 3, 2026
The list below includes all declared Democratic candidates for Colorado's statewide offices, the United States Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives, as listed on the Ballotpedia website as of September 19, 2025.
The Clear Creek County Democratic Party has not made endorsements for any of the candidates at this time.
Are you a candidate on this list?
Please get in touch with the Clear Creek Democratic Party to update your information.
Candidates in the tables below are listed alphabetically.