Mayor Yemi Mobolade announces re-election campaign, answers questions about audit report
Michael Logerwell
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Tonight, Mayor Yemi Mobolade kicked off his campaign for re-election.
In 2023, running as an Independent, candidate Mobolade bested Republican Wayne Williams in a run-off election. The final vote totals:
Mobolade – 71,491 (57.51%)
Williams – 52,812 (42.49%)
Now, years later, Mayor Mobolade is going back to the voters, this time with a track record.
“What I wanted to do, [with announcing early] was truly to call attention to this. To this day and a year from now, because April elections, Colorado Springs elections, we’re lucky if we get 40% turnout. I want people to remember this day and to show up for me, but also truly for the city of Colorado Springs,” Mayor Mobolade answered when asked why he announced his campaign so early in the election cycle.
The election for the mayor’s office is slated for April 6, 2027. For voter information and resources, click here.
KRDO13 also asked the mayor about the recent auditor’s report, which KRDO13 Investigates learned about.
PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Colorado Springs Mayor responds to audit regarding use of city resources
On Friday, Mayor Mobolade said that he supported a policy regulating the use of the city’s resources by elected officials.
Tonight, we asked him what tangible steps had been made.
He said his team has already begun looking into a policy to regulate the use of city resources by an elected official and found that Colorado Springs was behind the curve.
“Many large cities have already figured this out. We have not. So this is an opportunity for us to, to grow up in many ways. The city auditor is actually sorry to research other cities and then went, yeah, Colorado Springs. This doesn’t have any clear rules around this. But the good news is we have a lot of great examples of top 50 cities that are already doing this. And it’s not this is not this is not new or an issue for them,” said the Mayor.
The Mayor did not provide a specific timeline for when that policy could be introduced.