BY FREDA MIKLIN
STAFF WRITER
On Nov. 8, two of the five seats on the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) were up for election. There were no incumbents because the current holders of the positions, Nancy Sharpe (R) in BOCC district two and Chair Nancy Jackson (D) in BOCC district four, were term-limited, having served 12 years each.
Election results as of Nov. 14 show that Jessica Campbell-Swanson (D) will replace Sharpe in BOCC district two, having bested former Centennial City Council Member Mark Gotto (R) by over 10 points. Campbell-Swanson is a political consultant with a law degree and a master’s degree in comparative politics from the University of Denver.
In BOCC district four, U.S. Navy veteran, small business owner, and mother of five Leslie Summey (D) defeated former Aurora City Council Member Bob Roth (R) by a whopping 31 points. Summey will replace Nancy Jackson in BOCC district four.
Campbell-Swanson and Summey will be sworn in and begin their first four-year terms in January 2023.
The four-year terms of Carrie Warren-Gully (D), who represents BOCC district one and is Chair Pro Tem, Jeff Baker (R) of BOCC district three, and Bill Holen (D), BOCC district five, will expire in 2024. Baker and Warren-Gully will be eligible for re-election. Holen will be term-limited after 2024.
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