Competitive RTD races are attracting unusually big dollars

In 2016 and 2020, Kate Wiliams won her races for the Regional Transportation District board — and didn’t raise or spend a single dollar to do it.

Conservation Colorado dropped almost $100,000 on traditionally low-budget races

“I have embraced the underdog role. I am the bus driver,” Dinegar said. “I harbor no other future political aspirations.
I am the only one who has on-the-ground experience with RTD security, maintenance, governance, and operations.”

Meet the candidates in RTD’s District A race

What’s your elevator pitch for why voters should choose you?
Bob Dinegar
RTD’s success is crucial to our region. Public transportation is a vital service, 

Denver metro’s Regional Transportation District 2024 board member elections, explained

Voters from Lone Tree to Longmont in the Denver metro elect members to the Regional Transportation District’s board of directors, which oversees the largest…

How to move faster around metro Denver at stake in RTD election battles

The Regional Transportation District board that directs public transit around metro Denver could gain two front-line bus drivers, bringing street smarts, and a 25-year-old who vows to make rides safer for…

Three candidates seek RTD director seat for central Denver

This year’s election cycle includes seven up-for-grabs seats on the fifteen-member Regional Transportation Department (RTD) board, with three candidates in central Denver running for the title of RTD Director

RTD board election season is usually quiet. Not this year

Serving on the Regional Transportation District’s board of directors is not generally seen as a glamorous affair. One political analyst called it the “very bottom of the political food chain” two years…

Gov. Jared Polis plans to take a sharper interest in this fall’s RTD board elections

Gov. Jared Polis will meet with and endorse several candidates running for the Regional Transportation District’s board of directors, CPR News has learned. RTD board races are typically sleepy affairs,…