Stephen G. "Steve" Bach is an American politician who served as the mayor of
Colorado Springs, Colorado. Elected in a runoff
in May 2011, he was the city's first mayor under the new "
strong mayor" form of government. In 2014, Bach announced he would not seek a second term as mayor.
Early life and education
Bach was born in
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
and spent summers with family in
Colorado
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, where he later returned to serve in the
United States Army
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and graduated from the
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
The University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS) is a public research university in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It is one of four campuses that make up the University of Colorado system. As of Fall 2017, UCCS had over 12,400 undergraduate ...
.
Career
After graduation, Bach moved to
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line wi ...
, where he conducted business for a few years before returning to Colorado Springs. He stated that moving away from Colorado Springs was "The hardest day of my life. I know what it’s like to leave." He succeeded in selling
real estate
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in the community, and founded his own brokerage firm.
Mayor of Colorado Springs
Bach was one of at least 11 mayoral candidates who ran in the April 2011 election to determine the candidates for runoff. He campaigned in the non-partisan election on a platform of "shaking up City Hall" and bringing jobs to the city. Bach ran numerous television spots in both the primary round of voting and the runoff. The runoff election, held May 17, 2011, was between Bach and former City Councilman Richard Skorman, a downtown businessman and a moderate. When the final results were calculated the next day, Bach had received 56,466 votes to Skorman's 42,315. The turnout was 64%, a high number for a local election in an off-year.
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Bach was sworn in on June 7, 2011, at the city's historic Pioneers Museum downtown.
See also
* List of mayors of the largest 50 US cities
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
References
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Living people
People from Kansas
Mayors of Colorado Springs, Colorado
University of Colorado Colorado Springs alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)