CACrown ArchivesThe cinema collection
EN/FR
Search
Menu
Research dossier · General Reference

Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado

elections for mayor in Aurora, Colorado

Cross-disciplinary reference desk with index cards, atlas, dictionary and catalogue
General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ118513670 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nonpartisan elections are currently held every four years to elect the mayor of Aurora, Colorado.

1999

The 1999 Aurora mayoral election was held on November 2, 1999. It saw the re-election of the incumbent mayor Paul Tauer.

2003

The 2003 Aurora mayoral election was held on November 4, 2003. It saw the election of Ed Tauer, a former member of the Aurora City Council.

2007

The 2007 Aurora mayoral election was held on November 6, 2007. It saw the reelection of the incumbent mayor Ed Tauer.

2011

The 2011 Aurora mayoral election was held on November 1, 2011. It saw the election of Steve Hogan, a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives.

2015

The 2015 Aurora mayoral election was held on November 3, 2015.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado” as elections for mayor in Aurora, Colorado. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mayoral, elections and Aurora.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1999, 2003, 2007, 2011—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mayoral, elections and Aurora providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado”, the useful work is to connect “elections for mayor in Aurora, Colorado” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q118513670. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011.

Critical limits

A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

Best used for
  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
Verify next

The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado primary sources, Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado archive and Mayoral research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado”?
  2. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
  3. What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
Subject index

Search terms from this dossier

Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Mayoral elections in Aurora, Colorado” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.