Obi's 2026 Primary Election Endorsements: Vote by June 30
Obi’s 2026 Primary Election Endorsements
(and a special 2027 City Council candidate has filed)
June 28 is my birthday (!) but Election Day for the 2026 CO primaries is June 30 and you have until 7PM to return your ballots or vote in person (which began June 22). It is too late to mail your ballot.
First, a couple words about truth vs. mythology.
For decades, my constituents in Westminster were fed a mythology that government can either balance the budget or invest in the real needs of people…but not both. You’ve been told that only county, state and federal government can help lower your daily cost of living, not your local city government.
I do not subscribe to those beliefs.
I believe that policy and government must always be responsive to the evolving needs of the community.
I believe municipal government can invest in roads, open space, public safety, and core infrastructure while also taking direct, practical action to make life more affordable for working families.
The truth is that we can walk and chew gum at the same time.
I believe in a local government that stands with the working families of Westminster who are being priced out of the very city they help build.
I believe in a government centered on delivering on its promises, rather than managing expectations around why progress is impossible.
A government bold enough to turn the page on small politics, small thinking, and small ideas.
I am grateful to have earned the trust of Westminster voters in the 2025 election, where I was re-elected with over 17,000 votes, the highest Council vote total in city history. That support affirmed the affordability agenda I centered: lowering the cost of living across childcare, housing, groceries, and utilities.
Lowering the cost of living requires leaders at every level of government who are willing to fight for working families, challenge the systems making life unaffordable, and treat affordability as the defining moral and economic fight of this moment. It is a fight rooted in pothole politics, while also being bold enough to deliver transformative rental assistance, down payment assistance, and a new childcare future that treats working parents as essential to the strength of our city.
That is why I am using every tool at my disposal to deliver on this promise, including formal endorsements for the following 2026 primary candidates at all levels of government:
(Only showing endorsed candidates in contested June primaries that are actually relevant to Westminster constituents)
U.S. Senator: Julie Gonzales. I support Julie because she has already delivered on the fights I care about, from over $500 million for affordable housing to renter protections and safeguards against ICE using state databases.
Governor: Michael Bennet. Over the past year, I’ve worked directly with Michael and his team on childcare and seen how deeply he cares about Colorado’s childcare crisis, how thoughtfully he approaches it, and how serious his plan is to lower costs for families, support providers, pay workers fairly, and invest in the public education and care systems working families rely on.
Attorney General: Jena Griswold. Jena is a wonderful human with an agenda that directly targets the forces raising costs, including predatory corporate landlords, hedge funds, grocery monopolies, and illegal pricing practices.
Secretary of State: Jessie Danielson. Jessie is another incredible human with a big heart who helped build Colorado’s mail ballot system, worked on automatic voter registration, and has a real legislative record of expanding voting access.
Jefferson County Assessor: Andy Kerr. I support Andy because he brings deep property tax expertise, progressive values, and the courage to challenge the powerful Assessors Association so that families, small businesses, workers, and communities pay only their fair share in property taxes while holding those who game the system accountable.
Adams County Commissioner: Tyler Quick. Tyler has detailed a platform of specific local tools for affordability, including treating childcare as essential infrastructure, expanding childcare programs, supporting unions, and protecting renters.
Heidi Einholz Files for 2027 Westminster Municipal Election
One more thing: Heidi Einholz has officially filed for Westminster City Council in 2027, and I will be strongly supporting her candidacy. I will share more about her after this 2026 election cycle, but for now, know that she is a mom of young kids fighting from the lived reality of parents trying to keep their kids safe, afford this life, and build a city where every child can dream bigger than their circumstances. If you would like to connect early with Heidi, let me know!
About Obi Ezeadi
Obi Ezeadi is a first-generation American, first responder (EMT) and City Councilor who champions economic, democratic, and personal freedoms for all of Westminster. He was recently re-elected to Westminster City Council with a record-breaking vote total and is prioritizing affordability in this final term. Obi came in as an outsider and delivered:
Led integration of Childcare as essential infrastructure in Westminster’s Strategic Plan
Established zoning by-right for Childcare providers in 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Expanded open space and parks
Expanded housing options (condos, townhomes, housing people can afford)
Made water more affordable and secured clean water for generations
Increased Mental health support
First-ever gun violence proclamation
First-ever Collective Bargaining Agreement for Police
Led best-in-class Firefighter Collective Bargaining Resolution and Enhanced Firefighter Collective Bargaining Agreement
Led the establishment of free transport service for seniors & disabled residents
Drove police vacancies down from a region-worst 13% to an area-leading 1%
Cut car thefts by 50%
Invested to solve unhoused crisis
Elevated transparency and accountability with our residents
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