Tara Winer
CO · Boulder City Council Member (Mayor Pro Tem)
Tara Winer is Boulder's mayor pro tem, on the council since 2021, and a small business owner with an economics degree from UW-Madison. She earlier served on the city's Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.
Where Tara Winer stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (4 records), Public Infrastructure (1 record)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (2 support · 1 oppose), Housing Affordability (4 support · 3 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 2 support · 1 oppose
Voted with a unanimous council to put a $400 million bond on the November 2026 ballot. It is repaid through property taxes and pays for recreation centers and city buildings.
August 6, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted against a new transportation maintenance fee on property owners to pay for streets, sidewalks, paths, and bridges. The fee passed 6-3.
October 23, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted with a unanimous council to give Boulder police a 4% raise, not the 6% the police union sought. She said the city had to be fiscally responsible.
August 7, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 4 support
Publicly supported the Safe Zones 4 Kids ballot measure, which many saw as a push to remove more homeless camps.
October 6, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to approve Boulder's Reimagine Policing plan.
September 7, 2023Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: boulderbeat.news
Voted for a set of gun safety laws in Boulder. They raised the gun buying age from 18 to 21 and banned assault weapons.
June 7, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: boulderbeat.news
Voted to let the Boulder Police Department assign an officer to an FBI joint terrorism task force.
February 1, 2022Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: boulderbeat.news
Track record — Housing Affordability
Housing Affordability · 4 support · 3 oppose
Voted 7-2 with the majority that there is a community need to keep studying growing Boulder into the Area III planning reserve. The land could hold up to 8,700 homes.
February 12, 2026Supports Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted for the final zoning changes that make it easier to turn single-family homes into duplexes and triplexes, especially near transit. Seven members voted yes and two voted no.
February 6, 2025Supports Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted against advancing zoning changes to make it easier to turn single-family homes into duplexes and triplexes. The first vote passed 6-3.
January 9, 2025Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to approve 45 small apartments, about 300 square feet each, at 2206 Pearl Street. The council approved the project.
September 5, 2024Supports Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Supported cutting the share of affordable units required in new for-sale housing from 25% to 15%, to get more such homes built. Most of the council rejected the idea.
September 7, 2023Supports Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted against raising Boulder's limit on unrelated people living together from three to five. She cited a lack of community agreement. The change passed 6-3.
August 17, 2023Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to change the East Boulder plan so no housing could be built near a drug manufacturing plant. Six council members voted for the change and three voted against it.
May 17, 2022Opposes Housing Affordability
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 1 support
Voted with a unanimous council to put a $400 million bond on the November 2026 ballot. It is repaid through property taxes and pays for recreation centers and city buildings.
August 6, 2026Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Track record — General
General · 13 records
Voted to send a downtown development authority to the ballot to help downtown and University Hill. The 4-4 tie meant the measure failed.
August 6, 2026
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Supported keeping Boulder Municipal Airport open indefinitely in a 5-4 informal council vote. The choice limits future use of the land for housing.
April 23, 2026
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted against a new fee on tearing down homes and rebuilding bigger ones, with the money going to affordable housing. It passed 7-2.
November 6, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted for Boulder's $521 million 2026 city budget, which passed 8-1.
October 23, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to cancel public open comment at one council meeting after the Pearl Street firebombing attack. The motion passed 7-2.
June 5, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Opposed reopening Boulder's investment policy to exclude more weapons makers, a request tied to the Israel-Hamas war. The council declined to revisit it.
February 6, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted against a four-story expansion of the St. Julien Hotel that rises above the 38-foot height limit. It passed 6-3.
January 16, 2025
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted against a 15% minimum wage increase for 2025 and for a smaller 8% raise instead. Boulder set its 2025 minimum wage at $15.57.
October 10, 2024
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Opposed opening a process for the city council to consider a Gaza ceasefire resolution. Only two council members supported it.
February 15, 2024
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Received 21,255 votes in the Nov. 7, 2023 Boulder City Council election, more than any other council candidate.
November 7, 2023
Source: assets.bouldercounty.gov
Opposed moving Boulder's planned minimum wage increase up to 2024. The council kept the plan to raise wages in 2025.
August 24, 2023
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted to remove Lisa Sweeney-Miran from Boulder's Police Oversight Panel over her outspoken police reform advocacy. The council approved the removal 5-2.
May 4, 2023
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Voted against seating a new 11-member Police Oversight Panel, which reviews police misconduct complaints. She said the rules on panel bias should be fixed first. The panel was approved 6-3.
January 26, 2023
Source: boulderreportinglab.org
Past race Tara Winer ran in:
- Boulder City Council Member · November 3, 2026 · Boulder city, Colorado · incumbent