Seven candidates are vying for a spot on the Erie Town Council, where a seat in each of the town\u2019s three voting districts is up for grabs.<\/p>\n
Polls close at 7 p.m. today. The Daily Camera and Colorado Hometown Weekly will have continued coverage on election results<\/a> tonight. This story will be updated as votes are counted.<\/p>\n Bob Braudes and Andrew Sawusch are running in District 1, where Councilmember John Mortellaro\u2019s term is expiring. Mortellaro did not run for another term, despite being eligible.<\/p>\n Dipak Basnet, Delaney Dreckman and Ben Hemphill are running for the District 2 seat, where current Mayor Pro Tem Brandon Bell is term limited. Bell plans to take the mayor\u2019s seat this month, following current Mayor Andrew Moore\u2019s expected resignation<\/a>.<\/p>\n Councilmember Brian O\u2019Connor of District 3, with a term also expiring in January, is running to keep his seat against Amy Becker.<\/p>\n Erie straddles the border between Weld and Boulder counties. A map of the town\u2019s voting districts is available via its Home Rule Charter webpage at tinyurl.com\/ErieHomeRule<\/a>.<\/p>\n The election could be a shakeup for the Erie Town Council, which, last sworn in January 2025 alongside Moore, has in several high-profile instances been split by 4-3 votes.<\/p>\n Among those occasions, councilmembers were divided 4-3 in a June 2025 vote to prohibit Pride flags from being flown on town-owned flagpoles, a lawsuit settlement over land known as Redtail Ranch, and, more recently, in a decision to approve a controversial sale of town-owned mineral rights to oil and gas operator SM Energy. That deal has since been abandoned by the company.<\/p>\n Moore, Bell, O\u2019Connor and Mortellaro have voted or sided together on those issues, opposite Councilmembers Anil Pesaramelli, Emily Baer and Dan Hoback.\n<\/p>\n