Boulder VotesCity of Boulder · November 3, 2026
Election year: 2026

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Running for Boulder City Council · 2026

Jamillah Richmond

Richmond is a first-time council candidate and a diversity and education consultant.

Money (city clerk; 14th day before election report, filed Oct. 20, 2026; retrieved Oct. 30, 2026): raised $7,866.37 · spent $4,890.85 · matching funds received $7,351.37.

About this candidate

Richmond is a first-time council candidate and a diversity and education consultant. She advocates community-led governance, affordable housing and support for workers and small businesses.

Bio sources: boulderreportinglab.org

In their own words

Short passages from questionnaires, interviews and the campaign website, by topic. If a topic is missing, we have no quote on it. That says nothing about their view.

Downtown

The DDA vote tells us something real about where this city is right now.

Source: Better Boulder · questionnaire · 2026-09-13 · 2026 City Council Candidate Questionnaire

I support the reconsideration of the DDA, it was not a plan without creativity, it was a plan that lacked community engagement, transparency and buy in.

Source: Downtown Boulder Partnership · questionnaire · 2026-09-21 · 2026 Mayoral and City Council Candidate Questions — Jamillah Richmond

Governance

This city seems to always be debating land, taxes and affordability.

Source: Better Boulder · questionnaire · 2026-09-13 · 2026 City Council Candidate Questionnaire

As the co-founder of a non-profit in Boulder, and previous owner of a for profit business and single parent with a job it is important to me that there is meaningful engagement between sectors, that…
As the co-founder of a non-profit in Boulder, and previous owner of a for profit business and single parent with a job it is important to me that there is meaningful engagement between sectors, that allow for business owners and employees alike to have a voice.

Source: Downtown Boulder Partnership · questionnaire · 2026-09-21 · 2026 Mayoral and City Council Candidate Questions — Jamillah Richmond

One of the reasons I am running is to bring more community-driven governance to how we operate as a city.

Source: Campaign website: Jamillah Richmond · campaign website · Campaign priorities: Jamillah Richmond

Housing

Yes. No additional comment submitted.

Source: Better Boulder · questionnaire · 2026-09-13 · 2026 City Council Candidate Questionnaire

Public safety

I think all community members should expect to feel safe from harm and that they can rely on city governance to help support that.

Source: Downtown Boulder Partnership · questionnaire · 2026-09-21 · 2026 Mayoral and City Council Candidate Questions — Jamillah Richmond

Transportation

Yes. No additional comment submitted.

Source: Better Boulder · questionnaire · 2026-09-13 · 2026 City Council Candidate Questionnaire

What reporters wrote

These are the reporter's words about the candidate, not the candidate's own.

Peter Constas (reporting the candidate) · economy
Her priorities also included affordable childcare and living wages.

Yellow Scene · 2026-09-05 · Profile source: Lisa Ann Jacobs

Boulder Reporting Lab reporter · housing
Jamillah Richmond is a first-time candidate for Boulder City Council running on a platform of climate justice, community-driven government, affordable housing and supporting workers and small businesses.

Boulder Reporting Lab · 2026-08-28 · Profile source: Jamillah Richmond

Endorsements

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What the labels on each endorsement mean
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“X campaign lists Y”
Only the candidate's (or ballot campaign's) own website says so. We didn't find the endorser saying it. It may be true, but it is the campaign's claim.
City filing
A committee's registration with the city clerk names the candidate or measure it supports.
News listing
A news outlet lists the endorsement, but we did not find the endorser's own statement.

Titles (e.g. “U.S. Representative”) are as printed on the cited page and describe the person, not an endorsement by their office. A blank title means the source did not give one.

Organizations and committees (9)

Current elected officials (2)

Former elected officials (3)

Organization roles on file

Endorsements they have given (2026)

These are personal endorsements, not ones made by any office they hold.

At the forums, in their own words

Short passages from 2026 candidate forums, by topic, with the question and a link to that moment in the recording. Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. If a topic is missing, we have no quote on it. Compare answers to the same question.

Housing

2026 · forum

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

If elected, name your top three priorities. And do you believe the city is moving in the right direction or wrong direction on those top priorities?

I am a single parent that lives in affordable housing. And so my first priority would be housing. Housing that is accessible to the lowest wages of us and our middle income earners.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 16:42 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

2026 · forum

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

Opening introduction (two minutes)

I care about my neighbors, my neighbors who are changing very, very frequently because they can't afford to stay here.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 15:59 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

2026 · forum

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Opening statement (one minute)

We have a lot of people that are working here but not living here because they can't afford to and I think that that is an issue.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 11:51 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

2026 · forum

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

If elected, name your top three priorities, and do you believe the city is currently moving in the right direction on those priorities?

We can have as many units as we want to build, but if people can't afford to move into them, then that doesn't create availability or accessibility.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 24:24 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

2026 · forum · Housing

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

What specific policies, development strategies, funding approaches, or partnerships would you pursue to increase or preserve housing affordable to families at approximately 30 to 40 percent AMI? (submitted by co-sponsor EFAA)

creating more collaborative partnerships between BVSC affordable housing initiatives

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 37:18 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

2026 · forum · Housing

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Ballot issue 2J, the residential vacancy excise tax, would be a tax of approximately $4,000 on residential property vacant for more than half the year. Do you support this tax and will it generate enough income to pay for administering this complex program? (30 seconds)

Yes on 2J (the vacancy tax), in their words below.

I say yes to this.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:29:29 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Budget, debt and the 2K bond

2026 · forum · Rec and safety bond

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Boulder voters are being asked to authorize $400 million in new debt through additional property taxes for recreation, public safety and other city facilities as part of ballot issue 2K. Do you support this measure? Why or why not?

No on 2K (the $400 million bond), in their words below.

Okay. Thank you. I do not support this bond measure.

Transcript note: Richmond was called twice; this is her second, complete answer.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 48:46 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

2026 · forum

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Tell us about one city issue on which you changed your position after considering new evidence or another perspective. What changed your mind?

Initially, I was a yes on the $400 million bond, but after listening and studying more and reflecting, I changed my mind.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:37:11 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Transportation

2026 · forum · Transportation

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

What are your feelings about the bus-only lanes and the core arterial network (CAN)? Should Boulder continue prioritizing protected bike lanes?

Yes on the Core Arterial Network / bus-only lanes, in their words below.

I'm a yes on the can.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:11:23 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

Climate and wildfire

2026 · forum · Wildfire resilience

PLAN / Open Boulder / Better Boulder forum · September 2, 2026

Wildfire question: mandatory home-hardening/defensible-space compliance and how to fund it (wording partly garbled in transcript)

I would also add having a requirement for the rental property permit, also having to have a detailed home assessment.

Speaker identified from speaking order; the moderator did not name them.

Transcript note: Sequence + renter perspective; no spoken name.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:13:52 · City of Boulder Colorado Candidate-Forum - 090226 (greenlight studios, YouTube)

2026 · forum

Empower Our Future council climate forum · October 13, 2026

Council opening introduction, climate and energy forum (one minute)

I helped to found a program called eco Rangers and an affordable property in Boulder, where I have kids from five to 13 years old, who are stewarding the earth.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 13:20 · Empower Hour 2026-10-13 Boulder City Council Candidates on Energy and Climate (Empower Our Future, YouTube)

2026 · forum · Climate

Empower Our Future council climate forum · October 13, 2026

Climate hushing: political leaders now seem reluctant to connect negative everyday experiences to climate change and its driver, carbon pollution. How do you plan to be vocal and lead on climate?

I want to approach this from the perspective, perhaps not as a climate leader, but as a good ancestor and a steward of the lands.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 35:51 · Empower Hour 2026-10-13 Boulder City Council Candidates on Energy and Climate (Empower Our Future, YouTube)

2026 · forum · Climate

Empower Our Future council climate forum · October 13, 2026

Xcel says it will deliver 100% clean electricity by 2050, not Boulder's 2030 goal, and has presented no concrete plan under the 2020 franchise agreement. What remedies would you propose for Xcel's failures to deliver, at the city level, at the PUC, or at the state level? And would you be open to inviting cities that have gone to market for their electricity to come to Boulder to educate us about life after Xcel?

If they want us to remain their customer, then they should work harder to do that.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:00:55 · Empower Hour 2026-10-13 Boulder City Council Candidates on Energy and Climate (Empower Our Future, YouTube)

2026 · forum · Climate

Empower Our Future council climate forum · October 13, 2026

Xcel is preparing a decade-long remediation of nearly 2 million tons of coal ash at the Valmont power station. Should Boulder use its franchise and partnership agreements with Xcel to require strong, independent air quality monitoring throughout the cleanup? And if so, how specifically would you do this?

So yes, I absolutely think that we should be leveraging our franchise agreement to ensure that they do this right.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:16:22 · Empower Hour 2026-10-13 Boulder City Council Candidates on Energy and Climate (Empower Our Future, YouTube)

Arts and culture

2026 · forum · Arts and culture

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

Final council-candidate arts question on implementing adopted plans/priorities (question wording partly lost at the Pt 2/Pt 3 video split)

Most of the artists that I know don't live in Boulder and I think that that's important.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 3:03 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

2026 · forum

Arts and culture forum · September 15, 2026

Final one-minute statement

It is important that as we look forward, that we think about creating funding and supporting funding for the arts

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 27:38 · (Pt 3/5) 2026 City Council Candidates Forum on Arts and Culture (Boulder County Arts Alliance, YouTube)

Other topics

2026 · forum · Business and the local economy

Boulder Chamber forum · August 26, 2026

What specific strategies would you recommend that the City of Boulder initiate to recruit and retain businesses in our community? What kinds of industries or businesses would you target?

I'd like to look at opportunities and ways for us to address the start of costs of creating businesses in the community.

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:27:39 · 2026 | Boulder City Council Candidate Forum (Boulder Chamber, YouTube)

2026 · forum · How the city is run

League of Women Voters forum · September 26, 2026

Do you agree or disagree that our city council is adequately representative of the social, political and economic interests of Boulder? Would you support a study session on proportional representation?

So we do need to have more representation, more diversity

Quoted from an automatic transcript. Check the recording. Watch at 1:23:00 · September 26, 2026 League of Women Voters of Boulder County Candidate Forum (City of Boulder, YouTube)

No earlier questionnaire answers on file.

Money

2026 · Jamillah, A New Voice for Boulder · 14th day before election report, filed Oct. 20, 2026; retrieved Oct. 30, 2026.

131 contribution lines, 37 expenditures. City clerk, not TRACER. Clerk statements · Everyone.

Who gave: all 131 contribution lines
NameTypeDateAmount
AB BarlowMonetary2026-09-22$100
Cynthia BeardMonetary2026-09-18$100
Daphne Benedis-GrabMonetary2026-08-18$100
Aaron BrockettMonetary2026-08-31$100
Alexandra BroinMonetary2026-09-29$100
Joyce BrooksMonetary2026-08-21$100
Derek BuranenMonetary2026-09-16$100
Crystal ChinnMonetary2026-08-14$100
Ann CooperMonetary2026-10-13$100
Lenora CooperMonetary2026-08-24$100
Paul CulnanMonetary2026-10-14$100
Annie DornbushMonetary2026-09-22$100
Kristen EllerMonetary2026-08-20$100
David EnsignMonetary2026-08-22$100
Mary FaltynskiMonetary2026-08-20$100
Ana Fernandez FrankMonetary2026-08-27$100
Yvonne FivianMonetary2026-09-11$100
Lauren FolkertsMonetary2026-09-15$100
Brenda FullerMonetary2026-09-15$100
Elisabeth Gardner-SweeneyIn-Kind2026-09-16$100
Gail GurneeMonetary2026-10-13$100
Alicia HaggeMonetary2026-09-16$100
Annett JamesMonetary2026-09-03$100
Jessica JamesMonetary2026-09-02$100
Jenn KaaoushMonetary2026-08-19$100
Kamal KaaoushMonetary2026-09-02$100
Ariel Kalishman-WalshMonetary2026-08-19$100
Lisa KunkelMonetary2026-08-18$100
Lisa KunkelMonetary2026-09-16$100
Kubs LalchandaniMonetary2026-09-02$100
William McGrewMonetary2026-09-22$100
Mardi MooreMonetary2026-09-25$100
Rebecca MorseMonetary2026-08-14$100
Kurt NordbackMonetary2026-08-19$100
Darren O'ConnorMonetary2026-08-19$100
Karen OberthalerMonetary2026-09-04$100
Akane OgrenMonetary2026-08-16$100
Philip OgrenMonetary2026-09-22$100
Graham PratherMonetary2026-09-16$100
Aidan ReedMonetary2026-08-27$100
Aiden ReedMonetary2026-09-16$100
Scott RendlemanMonetary2026-09-16$100
Jacquie RichardsonMonetary2026-09-06$100
Jack RosenthalMonetary2026-08-21$100
William SweeneyMonetary2026-09-06$100
Lisa Sweeney-MiranMonetary2026-08-17$100
Meg ThornburyMonetary2026-09-23$100
Jan Van BruggenMonetary2026-09-22$100
Katherine WhitemanMonetary2026-08-14$100
Dan WilliamsMonetary2026-08-16$100
Jane ZelikovaMonetary2026-08-31$100
Olivia FoulkrodMonetary2026-09-19$75
Sarah dawn HaynesMonetary2026-10-02$75
Mike MillsMonetary2026-09-01$75
Rebecca Caridad FacteauMonetary2026-09-16$70
Alejandra BeattyMonetary2026-09-22$55
Tekla AyersMonetary2026-08-14$50
Namarta BhasinMonetary2026-09-25$50
Erika BlumMonetary2026-08-31$50
Christine BrescollMonetary2026-10-20$50
Jed BrownMonetary2026-08-18$50
Jed BrownMonetary2026-09-22$50
Eric BuddMonetary2026-08-17$50
Eric BuddMonetary2026-09-16$50
Christine BurkeMonetary2026-09-22$50
Melissa CainMonetary2026-10-07$50
Peter CarneyMonetary2026-09-07$50
Peter CarneyMonetary2026-09-25$50
Chelsea CastellanoMonetary2026-08-19$50
Joseph CollinsMonetary2026-09-09$50
Hannah DavisMonetary2026-10-09$50
Arthur FigelMonetary2026-09-28$50
Amanda Gonzalez (from candidate)Monetary2026-09-25$50
Jill GranoMonetary2026-08-19$50
Jill GranoMonetary2026-09-16$50
Douglas HamiltonMonetary2026-09-13$50
Meghan HungateMonetary2026-08-27$50
Laura KaplanMonetary2026-09-01$50
Matt KelleyMonetary2026-09-22$50
Judith KingMonetary2026-09-04$50
Katie MalzbenderMonetary2026-08-26$50
Noah MaruskaMonetary2026-09-15$50
Meredith McLoughlinMonetary2026-09-22$50
Sepideh MillerMonetary2026-08-23$50
Alejandra Nieland ZavalaMonetary2026-08-28$50
Diana Rivera-FloresMonetary2026-08-14$50
Derek SabatkeMonetary2026-08-27$50
Murray SmithMonetary2026-09-16$50
II Armah SowahMonetary2026-10-18$50
Robin Vincent-MillerMonetary2026-08-20$50
Alex WeinheimerMonetary2026-08-20$50
Regan HammellMonetary2026-09-24$35
Daniel HowardMonetary2026-08-27$30.26
Rebecca Caridad FacteauMonetary2026-08-13$30
Michelle GabrieloffMonetary2026-08-16$30
Isabel SanchezMonetary2026-08-13$30
Elicia ArwenMonetary2026-09-04$25
Leslie BarrettMonetary2025-09-23$25
Ryan BonickMonetary2026-09-22$25
Niall CeaseMonetary2026-08-27$25
Chris ChinnMonetary2026-09-22$25
Tina Audrey FacteauMonetary2026-09-16$25
Adrian FineMonetary2026-09-22$25
Olivia FoulkrodMonetary2026-08-27$25
Sean HaneyMonetary2026-08-21$25
Sarah dawn HaynesMonetary2026-09-12$25
Brian KeeganMonetary2026-08-19$25
Vasiliy KisunkoMonetary2026-09-22$25
Tangi LancasterMonetary2026-09-03$25
Mike MillsMonetary2026-08-23$25
Monica MorrellMonetary2026-09-16$25
Margi NessMonetary2026-09-26$25
Sam RabinMonetary2026-09-22$25
Cheyenne SanchezMonetary2026-09-16$25
Anna SegurMonetary2026-09-16$25
Pedro SilvaMonetary2026-09-25$25
Michelle SolomonMonetary2026-09-25$25
Claudia ThiemMonetary2026-08-26$25
Ben TiceMonetary2026-09-22$25
Mark Van AkkerenMonetary2026-09-22$25
Jacqueline WeinheimerMonetary2026-09-16$25
Jorge De La RosaMonetary2026-09-16$15
Maggie AlpertMonetary2026-09-16$11.11
Nick AguileraMonetary2026-08-26$10
Kelly CramerMonetary2026-09-22$10
Junie JosephMonetary2026-08-28$10
Rinchen Indya LoveMonetary2026-08-15$10
Kerry ManleyMonetary2026-09-22$10
Jamillah Richmond (from candidate)Monetary2026-08-14$10
Lisa KunkelReimbursement2026-09-22$-100
Aidan ReedReimbursement2026-09-22$-100
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DRI SignsYard Signs2026-09-04$517.13
Rosetta HallElection Night Party Contribution2026-10-14$300
DonorboxProcessing Fees2026-09-21$297.32
DonorboxProcessing Fees2026-08-20$120.13
Squarespacewebsite2026-09-08$99.71
Campaign VerifyCampaign Identity Verification2026-10-13$95
StaplesMarketing Postcards2026-08-31$62.06
SquarespaceWebsite2026-08-15$54.51
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CanvaMarketing2026-09-02$33.03
Facebookads2026-10-19$33
Facebookads2026-10-19$33
PayPal, *Etsy IncMagnetic Pin Name Tag2026-08-25$28.17
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FacebookAds2026-10-19$22
Facebookads2026-10-19$22
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Facebookads2026-10-16$9
Facebookads2026-10-16$9
Facebookads2026-10-16$9
Facebookads2026-10-16$9
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Facebookads2026-10-15$5
Facebookads2026-10-15$5
Facebookads2026-10-15$5
Facebookads2026-10-16$5
Facebookads2026-10-15$3.08
FacebookAds2026-10-15$3.08
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Paypalverify account2026-08-20$0.28

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