2025 General Election

The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce has made it a priority to be the lead “voice of business” articulating the perspective of business and ensuring public officials and residents understand: the importance of a thriving business community to total community quality of life and the impact of the total business environment on business location decisions.

We are working to Advance a Business-Friendly Environment and elections are important to that effort. With Election Season fully upon us (ballots started being mailed last week), we invite you to take advantage of the resources and information about issues and candidates created by over 100 Chamber volunteers.

Use your business voice and VOTE! As a reminder, we are a mail ballot community and ballots need to be returned to the County Clerk by 7 pm on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Happy Election Season.

Ballot Issue Insights

Larimer County Issue 1A: .15% Sales and Use Tax for Transportation

- Chamber Supports: Vote Yes on Larimer County Ballot Issue 1A: Safety and Congestion Improvement Tax
- https://fortcollinschamber.com/vote-yes-for-county-transportation/

Larimer County Issue 1B: .25% Sales and Use Tax for Child Care

- Chamber Supports: Vote Yes on Larimer County Ballot Issue 1B: Help Larimer Kids Thrive
- https://fortcollinschamber.com/vote-yes-on-1b-larimer-county-childcare-tax/

City of Fort Collins Issue 2A: .25% Sales and Use Tax Renewal for Community Capital

- Chamber Supports: Vote Yes on City of Fort Collins Ballot Issue 2A: Community Capital Improvement Program Sales Tax Renewal
- https://fortcollinschamber.com/chamber-endorses-community-capital-improvement-program-sales-use-tax-renewal/

City of Fort Collins Issue 2B – 2G: Charter Updates

- No Chamber Position

City of Fort Collins Issue 2H: Multi-Use of the Hughes Site

- No Chamber Position

Ballot Issue 302: .25% Sales and Use Tax Renewal for Natural Areas

- No Chamber Position

Ballot Issue 303: Hughes 100% Natural Area

- No Chamber Position

City of Fort Collins Candidate Insights

The November 4, 2025 ballot will invite all voters to elect a Mayor, and voters in Districts 1, 3, and 5 to elect City Council representatives.

To be clear, the Fort Collins Area Chamber is not endorsing candidates this year. We’ve learned that our elected leaders are a more receptive audience when they recognize we go hard on policy, not the politics. That said, we are outspoken regarding the policy issues at stake in each election and on which side each candidate falls. After in-depth review of questionnaires, videos, public votes, public comments, websites and more by staff, the Election Committee and the Board, we are sharing insight into key business community interests at stake in this year’s City Council and Mayor election and what we’ll be looking for in each candidate. And make sure to pay attention to our change this year to Rank Choice Voting. The City and County have created wonderful tools to help you understand how this change in voting will work.

Finally, we are providing in-depth information about the various local ballot issues, tremendous community resources and more.

We are honored to be your resource and business voice.

Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce Candidate Scorecard
2025 Fort Collins Municipal Election – Mayoral Candidates

✓ = Alignment with FC Chamber Position | x = Misalignment with FC Chamber Position | ↔ = Mix of alignment with FC Chamber Position

Chamber Issues→ Candidate ↓	Economic Development	Small Business Friendly	Minimum Wages	Transportation Investments	Regionalism	Housing	Water	Local Government Acumen	Collaborator
Tricia Canonico Website	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	↔	✓
Adam Eggleston Website	✓	✓	✓	↔	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Emily Francis Website	✓	✓	x	↔	✓	✓	↔	✓	✓
Adam Hirschhorn Website	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Shirley Peel Website	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Jeffery Shumway Website	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Scott VanTatenhove “ScottyV” Website	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?

Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce Candidate Scorecard
2025 Fort Collins Municipal Election – District Candidates

✓ = Alignment with FC Chamber Position | x = Misalignment with FC Chamber Position | ↔ = Mix of alignment with FC Chamber Position

Chamber Issues→ Candidate ↓		Economic Development	Small Business Friendly	Minimum Wages	Transportation Investments	Regionalism	Housing	Water	Local Government Acumen	Collaborator
District 1	Christopher Bramhall -Conway Website	✓	✓	↔	✓	✓	✓	✓	↔	↔
District 1	Susan Gutowsky Website	✓	✓	↔	↔	x	x	✓	↔	↔
District 1	Daisy Montgomery Website	✓	✓	✓	↔	?	✓	↔	↔	✓
District 3	Joshua Fudge Website	✓	✓	↔	↔	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
District 3	Lance Smith Website	✓	✓	x	↔	?	↔	✓	↔	↔
District 3	Stephen Yurash Website	↔	✓	✓	↔	↔	x	x	↔	x
District 5	Amy Hoeven Website	↔	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	↔	↔	✓
District 5	Zoelle Lane Website	x	✓	x	x	x	✓	↔	x	↔

Fort Collins Area Chamber: Where We Stand Document

Resources

Ballots were mailed Friday, October 10, 2025

Chamber Provided:

Civic Conversations To Go
Slides for Red Carpet Committee

Other:

City of Fort Collins
- City of Fort Collins November 4, 2025 Election
- City of Fort Collins Voter Guide
- Ranked Voting in Fort Collins
  - In 2022, Fort Collins voters approved a change to the City Charter requiring that beginning in 2025, the offices of Mayor and of each District Councilmember will be elected using a “ranked voting method,” pursuant to the applicable Colorado statutes or City ordinance: https://www.fcgov.com/elections/ranked-voting
Larimer County
- Larimer County November 4, 2025 Election
- Larimer County TABOR Notice
- Ranked Voting in Fort Collins
  - Are you a registered voter in the City of Fort Collins? Fort Collins will be using ranked voting for City Council and Mayoral races in this year’s election. Learn more about how to fill in your ballot and find results by reading our FAQ today at vote.larimer.gov/ranked-voting!

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Meet the Candidates

Link to Candidates videos shared with the Chamber

Please note: The Fort Collins Area Chamber of Commerce is pleased to provide education, information and analysis of local issues and candidates specifically for its members. The opinions expressed in this website are meant to give Chamber members a perspective that advocates for the business community and the city’s overall quality of life, and to give members insight into the potential impacts of local issues and candidates. No Chamber Dues or Funds are being contributed to any of the issue campaigns.

Contact Us

If you’re interested in learning more about the Chamber’s political program or for more information about joining the Election Committee, contact Chamber President and CEO Ann Hutchison at [email protected] or (970) 482-3746.

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Fort Collins Chamber of Commerce media contact:

(970) 482-3746
[email protected]