Shontel Lewis was born and raised in Five Points, displaced from it by rising housing costs, and has spent her City Council career fighting so that doesn't happen to anyone else. Now she's running for Mayor to bring that same collaborative leadership to the whole city.
Collaborative leadership
Community cabinets, participatory budgeting, and a Citywide Civic Assembly. Shontel believes Denverites should co-govern their city, not just be consulted on it.
SOCIAL HOUSING
From tenant protections to expanding pathways to homeownership, Shontel's building a Denver where housing is a right, not a gamble.
RESTORED CIty SerVICES
Sidewalks finished, roads repaired, public sector jobs rebuilt. Real investment in the people who keep Denver running, not more outsourcing.
TAX THE RICH
Universal basic income, social housing, and a fair-share tax structure that asks the ultra-wealthy to invest in the city that made their wealth possible.
Shontel is proudly endorsed by Denver DSA
From Five Points to City Hall
A proud Manual High School graduate and mother to her son Diego, Shontel has spent her career in public service, from RTD to City Council to Denver's nonprofit sector, always rooted in the neighborhoods that shaped her.
A decade of delivering FOR DENVER
Secured $162M in District 8 bond investment and $29M in budget amendments for housing, health, and transit
Passed collective bargaining for more than 6,000 Denver City employees
Won the East Colfax neighborhood its first library
Built the Quebec Corridor Taskforce and Budget Book Club to co-governDistrict 8 with residents
