TOWN OF VAIL COORDINATED MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD NOV. 4, 2025
UNOFFICIAL ELECTION RESULTS

Note: These results are as of midnight on Election Night. The Eagle County Clerk & Recorder is reminding the community that valid ballots are still being processed. Voters have eight days after the election to address any issues that prevented their ballot from being tabulated. Those voters have been alerted via a cure letter. The ninth day after the election is the final day to scan any remaining ballots and report results. Currently, there are no races in the range of a mandatory recount, which is 0.5% of ballots cast.

2025 Town Council Election
Per the Vail Town Charter, the three candidates receiving the highest number of votes are elected to four-year terms: 

Kim Langmaid            1,027
Kevin R. Foley            918
Barry Davis                 877

The candidate serving the fourth highest votes is elected to a two-year term:

Sam Biszantz              827

The remainder of the field has finished as follows according to the unofficial results:

Lauren Wallace         723
Dave Tucker                723

The election filled the terms of four of the town’s seven council positions. Of the four open seats, one was held by Travis Coggin, who was term limited. One seat was held by Pete Seibert, who decided not to run. The final two seats were held by Sam Biszantz and Barry Davis who ran for re-election. Terms of the remaining council members, Dave Chapin, Reid Phillips and Jonathan Staufer, run to November 2027.

Swearing-in ceremonies for the newly elected members will take place after the election results are certified. At that time the mayor and mayor pro tem will be selected by the council from among its members, and each will serve two-year terms. These activities are scheduled to take place during the afternoon Town Council meeting on Dec. 2. 

Town of Vail Ballot Issue 2A 
SHALL TOWN OF VAIL TAXES BE INCREASED $8,700,000 IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, BY THE LEVY OF A NEW TAX ON SHORT-TERM RENTAL ACCOMMODATIONS AT A RATE OF SIX PERCENT (6%) OF THE TOTAL CONSIDERATION PAID FOR SUCH ACCOMMODATIONS, TO TAKE EFFECT ON JANUARY 1 2026, WITH THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX TO BE USED TO FUND HOUSING ACTIVITIES, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, HOUSING PROGRAMS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE TOWN; AND SHALL THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX AND ANY INVESTMENT EARNINGS THEREON BE COLLECTED AND SPENT BY THE TOWN FOR THE ABOVE-STATED PURPOSES AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE, WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY SPENDING, REVENUE-RAISING OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? 

Yes: 863           No: 895

2025 Voter Turnout
Final preliminary unofficial election results for Vail include a total of 1,778 ballots cast, representing a 45.82% voter turnout based on 3,880 registered voters. All Eagle County election results and voter turnout numbers are available on the Colorado Secretary of State’s website. The deadline to certify coordinated election results is on or before Nov. 28. 

2023 Municipal Election Recap
During the 2023 regular municipal election, 1,821 votes were cast out of a total of 3,653 registered voters, representing an over 49% voter turnout. From a field of 10 candidates, elected to four-year terms were Dave Chapin, 854 votes; Reid Phillips, 806 votes; and Jonathan Staufer, 750 votes. Elected to a two-year term was Sam Biszantz, 720 votes. 

Historical Voter Turnout for Vail Regular Municipal Elections*

 1985   2,403 registered voters           358 voted        15 percent       8 candidates

 1987   2,537 registered voters           975 voted        38 percent       9 candidates

 1989   2,846 registered voters           1,042 voted     37 percent       12 candidates

 1991   2,522 registered voters           883 voted        35 percent       9 candidates

 1993   2,887 registered voters           922 voted        32 percent       7 candidates

 1995   3,553 registered voters           982 voted        28 percent       10 candidates

 1997   3,266 registered voters           380 voted        12 percent       6 candidates

 1999   3,621 registered voters           1,075 voted     30 percent       12 candidates

 2001   3,074 registered voters           923 voted        30 percent       7 candidates

 2003   3,587 registered voters           1,111 voted     31 percent       8 candidates

 2005   3,800 registered voters           1,356 voted     36 percent       8 candidates

 2007   3,900 registered voters           946 voted        24 percent       10 candidates

 2009   4,059 registered voters           1,001 voted     25 percent       9 candidates

 2011   4,312 registered voters           934 voted        22 percent       7 candidates

 2013   4,257 registered voters           831 voted        19.5 percent    7 candidates

 2015   4,012 registered voters           863 voted        22 percent       7 candidates

 2017   4,382 registered voters           968 voted        22 percent       10 candidates

 2019   4,316 registered voters           1,102 voted     25.5 percent    7 candidates

 2021   4,477 registered voters           1,814 voted     40.5 percent    10 candidates

 2023   3,653 registered voters           1,821 voted     49.9 percent    10 candidates

 *Excludes general and special elections.

Note: The most votes counted in any election in Vail’s history occurred during the 2020 general election when a total of 3,408 ballots were cast, representing an 85% voter turnout based on 3,997 registered voters.

For more information, contact Vail Town Clerk Stephanie Kauffman at skauffman@vail.gov or at 970-479-2460.