Ryan Schuchard
CO · Boulder City Council Member
Ryan Schuchard is a Boulder City Council member and climate solutions consultant with an MBA from Thunderbird. He focuses on cutting living costs and on wildfire resilience.
Where Ryan Schuchard stands, based on their records
Supports
Housing Affordability (5 records), Social Programs and Welfare (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record),
Opposes
Government Spending Reduction (2 records)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 oppose
Voted to send a $400 million bond for city buildings and a tax on empty homes to the November 2026 ballot. He voted against sending a downtown development authority to voters; that failed on a 4-4 tie.
August 6, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted for a new fee on property owners to pay for long-delayed street and transportation repairs. The fee passed 6-3.
October 23, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 5 support
Voted to send a $400 million bond for city buildings and a tax on empty homes to the November 2026 ballot. He voted against sending a downtown development authority to voters; that failed on a 4-4 tie.
August 6, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to keep studying whether Boulder should grow into a 493-acre area to the northeast that could one day hold up to 8,700 homes. The council voted 7-2 that the need exists.
February 12, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted for a new fee on owners who tear down homes and build bigger ones, to help fund affordable housing. It passed 7-2.
November 6, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted for zoning changes that let owners turn single-family homes into duplexes and triplexes in low-density neighborhoods. The changes passed 7-2.
February 6, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to approve 45 small micro-apartments on Pearl Street. The council approved the project 7-2.
September 5, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Track record — Social Programs and Welfare
Social Programs and Welfare · 1 support
Voted for a higher city minimum wage for 2025, set 15% above the state minimum, with a goal of matching Denver by 2027. The amendment failed 5-4.
October 10, 2024Supports Social Programs and Welfare
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Co-wrote a public opinion piece with Council Member Nicole Speer calling out antisemitism in Boulder. They said a fellow council member had posted antisemitic content.
July 29, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Voted to send a $400 million bond for city buildings and a tax on empty homes to the November 2026 ballot. He voted against sending a downtown development authority to voters; that failed on a 4-4 tie.
August 6, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Co-wrote a public opinion piece with Council Member Mark Wallach saying Boulder must fix its aging city buildings. They said it will take new money, hard choices, and better budgeting.
April 16, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted for a new fee on property owners to pay for long-delayed street and transportation repairs. The fee passed 6-3.
October 23, 2025Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Track record — General
General · 11 records
Voted to keep Boulder Municipal Airport open with no end date, after a change made the council approve the next federal grant request. The vote was 8-1.
July 23, 2026
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted for the city's $521 million 2026 budget, which cut some departments and removed 19 mostly empty jobs. It passed 8-1.
October 23, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Did not back a second request to reopen the city's investment policy on weapons makers. He said the work would pull staff away from affordability and services.
August 21, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to cancel open public comment at a council meeting after the June 1 attack on Pearl Street. The move passed 7-2.
June 5, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Supported reopening the city's investment policy to look again at weapons makers, linked to the war in Gaza. A 6-3 majority of the council said no.
February 6, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to approve a four-story expansion of the St. Julien Hotel downtown. The council approved it 6-3.
January 16, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to move city council meetings online for about a month after protesters kept disrupting meetings. The move passed 7-2.
January 9, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to pull a 45-unit micro-apartment project on Pearl Street up for a council public hearing. The motion passed 5-4, even though the Planning Board had already approved the project.
May 2, 2024
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted against starting a process for a city resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Only two of nine council members supported it.
February 15, 2024
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Won the fourth of four open seats on Boulder City Council in the Nov. 7, 2023 election. He finished 47 votes ahead of fifth place, which set off an automatic recount that did not change the result.
November 7, 2023
Source: bouldercounty.gov
Spoke against a city plan to fully reopen West Pearl Street to cars while serving on Boulder's Transportation Advisory Board. He said the city should first get feedback from the City Council.
September 12, 2022
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Past race Ryan Schuchard ran in:
- Boulder City Council Member · November 3, 2026 · Boulder city, Colorado · incumbent