Editing Aurora, Colorado (section)

===Politics===

In national elections, Aurora leans to the left and the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], though not as much as neighboring [[Denver]] but more than other suburbs in the Denver metro area. Northern and Central Aurora, due to an extremely racially and culturally diverse voter base and high density for a suburban city, are some of the most Democratic areas in Colorado and vote similarly to Denver and Boulder; southern Aurora, similar to neighboring [[Centennial, Colorado|Centennial]], used to lean Republican but has swung Democratic entering the 2020s.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mason |first1=Kara |title=LEFT TURN: Aurora, area suburbs veering left politically |url=https://sentinelcolorado.com/news/metro/left-turn-aurora-area-suburbs-veer-left-politically/ |website=Aurora Sentinel |date=March 13, 2020 |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=June 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=2020 Elections Map |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/upshot/2020-election-map.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=February 21, 2021|last1=Park |first1=Alice |last2=Smart |first2=Charlie |last3=Taylor |first3=Rumsey |last4=Watkins |first4=Miles }}</ref>

Aurora anchors [[Colorado's 6th congressional district]] and is represented in Congress by [[Jason Crow]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Centennial, Colorado|Centennial]]). State representation is listed in the tables below (areas implied to be in [[Arapahoe County, Colorado|Arapahoe County]] unless noted: not all districts are fully in Aurora).

==== Colorado State Representatives ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |District
!Name
!Party
!Area Represented
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|District 30
|Dafna Michaelson Jenet
|Democratic
|North Aurora (Adams County)
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|District 36
|Michael Carter
|Democratic
|Eastern Aurora
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|District 37
|Tom Sullivan
|Democratic
|Southeastern Aurora
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|District 39
|Mark Baisley
|Republican
|Southern Aurora (Douglas County)
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|District 40
|Naquetta Ricks
|Democratic
|South-central Aurora 
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|District 41
|Iman Jodeh
|Democratic
|Central Aurora 
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|District 42
|Mandy Lindsay
|Democratic
|North-central Aurora 
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|District 44
|Kim Ransom
|Republican
|Southern Aurora (Douglas County)
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|District 56
|Rod Bockenfeld
|Republican
|Eastern Aurora (Adams and Arapahoe Counties)
|}

==== Colorado State Senators ====
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" |District
!Name
!Party
!Area Represented
|-
|bgcolor=red|&nbsp;
|[[Colorado's 4th Senate district|District 4]]
|Jim Smallwood
|Republican
|Southern Aurora (Douglas County)
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Colorado's 25th Senate district|District 25]]
|Kevin Priola
|Democratic{{efn|[[Kevin Priola]] was elected as a Republican, and crossed the floor to the Democratic Party in 2022.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1561728147376295939|user=KevinPriola|date=August 22, 2022|title=#coleg #copolitics #Elections2022 #democracy #Republican #DemocratsDeliver #colorado}}</ref>}}
|Northern Aurora (Adams County)
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Colorado's 26th Senate district|District 26]]
|Jeff Bridges
|Democratic
|South-central Aurora
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Colorado's 27th Senate district|District 27]]
|Chris Kolker
|Democratic
|Southeastern Aurora
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Colorado's 28th Senate district|District 28]]
|Janet Buckner
|Democratic
|South-central Aurora
|-
|bgcolor=blue|&nbsp;
|[[Colorado's 29th Senate district|District 29]]
|Rhonda Fields
|Democratic
|North-central Aurora
|-
|}