Lisa Calderón

Candidate for Denver Mayor. The election is April 6, 2027.

Running for this seat

Not on the ballot yet: the official list comes from Denver Clerk and Recorder, Elections Division. How we list candidates.

Background

Executive director, Women Uprising; criminology faculty, Regis University; law and policy consultant

Ran for Denver mayor in 2019 and 2023, finishing third both times. Previously served as chief of staff to Denver City Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca, executive director of the City and County of Denver's Community Reentry Project, and legal director for a domestic violence victims' organization; has taught at CU Boulder and CU Denver. Co-chair of the Colorado Working Families Party State Committee. Holds a bachelor's from Metropolitan State University of Denver, a master's from the University of Denver, a law degree from the University of Colorado and a doctorate from CU Denver.

In their own words

  • Deeply affordable and social housing
  • Universal childcare and community healthcare access
  • A Department of Neighborhood Safety focused on prevention
  • Reinstating laid-off city workers
  • Contracting equity for small, women-owned and minority-owned businesses

From the candidate's own campaign materials.

Left–right placement

No published research score covers Lisa Calderón yet, so we don't place them on the spectrum.

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