Denver City Council
Encyclopedia
Legislature
A legislature is a kind of deliberative assembly with the power to pass, amend, and repeal laws. The law created by a legislature is called legislation or statutory law. In addition to enacting laws, legislatures usually have exclusive authority to raise or lower taxes and adopt the budget and...
of government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
for the City and County of Denver,
Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Area
The Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area is a United States Census Bureau defined Metropolitan Statistical Area in the State of Colorado that includes the City and County of Denver and nine suburban counties. The Census Bureau estimates that the population was 2,357,404 on...
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. The council is made up of elected officials from 11 city and county designated districts and two at-large elected members. Although the offices are officially non-partisan
Politics
Politics is a process by which groups of people make collective decisions. The term is generally applied to the art or science of running governmental or state affairs, including behavior within civil governments, but also applies to institutions, fields, and special interest groups such as the...
, the members are allowed to be affiliated with a political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
. Most commonly in Denver history, members are almost always members of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
, making a virtual monopoly on city politics favoring the party. Currently, council member Jeanne Faatz is the only Republican. Charlie Brown is unaffiliated
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
. Elections for all members are held every four years, the next being in 2011. The council elects a president to serve as a leader annually.
Members
The current city council members are:- Dist 1 - Susan Shepherd
- Dist 2 - Jeanne Faatz
- Dist 3 - Paul D. López
- Dist 4 - Peggy Lehmann
- Dist 5 - Mary Beth Susman
- Dist 6 - Charlie Brown
- Dist 7 - Chris Nevitt
- Dist 8 - Albus Brooks
- Dist 9 - Judy Montero
- Dist 10 - Jeanne Robb
- Dist 11 - Chris Herndon
- At-Large - Debbie Ortega
- At-Large - Robin Kniech