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Ganahl: Is the Pueblo mayor on a Republican revenge tour?
Commentary, Local, Rocky Mountain Voice

Ganahl: Is the Pueblo mayor on a Republican revenge tour?

By Heidi Ganahl | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Pueblo, Colorado, has become the backdrop for a politically charged controversy involving Republican Mayor Heather Graham and Pueblo conservatives.  Graham’s election to mayor over incumbent Democrat Nick Gradisar was a shock in 2023.  After decades of Democratic rule, conservatives celebrated a new direction in their beloved city.  The celebration didn’t last long.  Mayor Graham’s relationship with the Republican Party has soured significantly since her primary election. Feeling betrayed by Republican leaders who supported other candidates in her primary election, Graham has taken several steps that suggest a personal vendetta against the party, and conservatives in her city. Her most striking move came yester...
Q&A with Heather Graham | Pueblo’s new mayor aims to set narrative for Colorado city
coloradopolitics.com, Local, Southern Colorado

Q&A with Heather Graham | Pueblo’s new mayor aims to set narrative for Colorado city

By Ernest Luning | Colorado Politics Heather Graham was sworn in as only the second mayor of Pueblo in more than a century on Feb. 1, following the first-term, at-large city council member's nearly 25-point win in a runoff against the incumbent mayor, Nick Gradisar. A Pueblo native and registered Republican, Graham traces her political awakening to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, when she organized protests over city policies that restricted operations at her three restaurants — Ruby's Wine Bar and two Graham's Grills. Known for its namesake Pueblo chile and as the Home of Heroes — it's the hometown of four Congressional Medal of Honor recipients — Pueblo is Colorado's ninth-largest city, with a current estimated population of just over 110,000 putting it behind Westminster an...