Mayor, council president run for reelection unopposed

Boulder Mayor Rusty Giulio and City Council President Drew Dawson will each be reelected to new four-year terms after running unopposed in this year’s election—and because they are unopposed, the elections did not appear on this year’s ballot.

Pat Lewis and Stacie St. Clair are vying for the council seat currently held by Sherry Lepley, who is not running for reelection. Lepley represents Boulder’s second ward, which covers the half of town west of Main Street, and registered voters in that ward received ballots allowing them to vote in that election. 

But in ward one, east of Main Street, voters didn’t receive ballots this year. That’s because, in Montana, a municipality can cancel an election in which a candidate is running unopposed, according to Boulder City Clerk Ellen Harne and Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder Ginger Kunz. That also meant that ballots mailed to residents in ward two showed only the race between Lewis and St. Clair.