Election 2025: Arvada, Jeffco, and state ballot guide
Learn more about the candidates and ballot initiatives below that will be on the Arvada resident’s ballot in November 2025.
Candidates on the 2025 ballot
Below you will find local Arvada/Jeffco 2025 candidates.
(All candidates running from ALL parties were invited to attend the candidate forum and asked to complete a survey on the issues. Those surveys are linked below IF the candidate responded. Endorsements are given to candidates who have received 60% or more of the vote from our APA voting member endorsement survey.)
APA hosted an Arvada City Council Candidate forum on July 12th.
APA contributed to and attended a Jeffco School Board candidate forum on September 29th, 2025.
Arvada City Council – At Large
Denise Vargas
Vargas’ Survey Answers – Vargas’ Website
Arvada City Council – District 1
Eric Bodenstab
Bodenstab’s Survey Answers – Bodenstab’s Website
Arvada City Council – District 3
Aaron Skoff
Did not respond to survey – Skoff’s Website
Nathan Mudd – Withdrawn from race
Mudd’s Survey Answers – Mudd’s Website
Jeffco School Board – District 1
Denine Echevarria
Candidate forum – Candidate survey – Echevarria’s website
Michael Yocum
Candidate forum – Candidate survey – Yocum’s website
(APA has not endorsed a candidate in this race because no candidate received 60% of the vote from the endorsement survey.)
Jeffco School Board – District 2
Samuel Myrant
Candidate forum – Candidate survey – Myrant’s website (N/A)
Jeffco School Board – District 5
Tina Moeinian
Candidate forum – Candidate survey – Moeinian’s website
Mary Parker
Candidate forum – Candidate survey – Parker’s website
Terri Rascon
Candidate forum – Candidate survey – Rascon’s website
(APA has not endorsed a candidate in this race because no candidate received 60% of the vote from the endorsement survey.)
2025 ballot initiatives and measures
APA has endorsed a vote YES on this ballot measure.
Ballot language:
QUESTION NO. 1 – AMENDMENT TO THE CHARTER FOR THE CITY OF ARVADA
Shall Chapter VIII, Section 8.2, “Judiciary,” of the Arvada City Charter be amended to remove the requirement that each judge of the Municipal Court be a resident of the City of Arvada?
More information on the ballot initiative:
Currently, the City Charter mandates that all Municipal Court judges, including part-time Relief Judges, must live within Arvada city limits. Arvada is one of only seven cities out of 215 with municipal courts in Colorado that maintains this residency requirement. While this requirement may have been practical when established, it now presents recruitment and retention challenges, limiting the court’s ability to build a reliable, diverse and qualified team of judges.
Arvada currently has only three Relief Judges available to cover for the Presiding Judge during absences due to illness, meetings or other conflicts. Nearby cities of similar size have removed this requirement and have done so while maintaining high ethical standards and strong community oversight.
More information on this city initiative can be found here: https://www.arvadaco.gov/1305/Relief-Judge-Ballot-Measure
Ballot language:
PROPOSITION LL: Retain and Spend State Revenue Exceeding the Estimate for Proposition FF
Proposition LL, if approved, would:
- Allow 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.
Colorado PTA endorses a YES vote for this proposition.
Colorado Working Families Party endorses a YES vote for this proposition.
For more information on this proposition, visit: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/initiative%2520referendum_2025-2026%20hb25-1274%20section%202v2.pdf
Ballot language:
PROPOSITION MM: Increase State Taxes for the Healthy School Meals for All Program
Proposition MM, if approved, would:
- increase state income taxes paid by households earning $300,000 or more annually; and…
- Use the new tax revenue to increase funding for the Healthy School Meals for All Program in order to continue offering free meals to all K-12 public school students in Colorado, rather than restricting eligibility to only low-income students and schools.
Colorado PTA endorses a YES vote for this proposition.
Colorado Working Families Party endorses a YES vote for this proposition.
For more information on this proposition, visit: https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/initiative%2520referendum_2025-2026%20hb25-1274%20section%203v2.pdf