Aron Lam, mayor of Keenesburg, Colorado, and a member of the Libertarian Party, will face a recall election next month over allegations that his decisions in office and libertarian views undermined public trust and made him unfit to serve in office.
Lam shared Wednesday, August 20, that a recall election has been scheduled for late September and urged supporters on social media to come to his aid. When asked by one X user as to why he was being targeted, Lam responded his predecessor, former Mayor Ken Gfeller, had been attending board meetings in recent months, pressing him to resign while citing his partisan affiliation.
“The former Mayor has been to nearly every Board meeting over the last 6 months giving public comment and telling me to resign,” Lam said. “He has stated specifically the fact that I am Libertarian is reason enough that I should resign.”
Lam is a member of the Libertarian Party of Colorado and serves as the Region 1 representative on the Libertarian National Committee. He was elected Keenesburg mayor in 2022, where he has advocated for several local reforms, including the creation of a Department of Government Efficiency Advisory Committee as part of the Libertarian Party’s 2024 Local DOGE Initiative.
Independent Political Report was unable to locate a copy of the recall petition and its specific language or identify a primary organizer for comment. However, footage from an April 21 meeting of the town Board of Trustees shows Lam addressing aspects of the recall directly, offering some context around the claims made against him.
During that meeting, former Mayor Gfeller, speaking from the audience, referenced a past episode of Lam’s podcast in which Lam discussed implementing libertarian reforms in the community. He referenced frustrations with staff firings under Lam’s tenure, remarks allegedly made about employees, and the prioritization of an ordinance making the police chief an appointed position, which the government enacted in March 2025.
Gfeller also named Trustee and Mayor Pro Tem Cindy Baumgartner as another target of the recall effort and urged both officials to resign immediately.
Later in the meeting, Lam addressed additional allegations connected to the recall that he had been pulled over for drunk driving with his child in the car and let off with a warning. Lam denied any such incident and expressed concern that his personal and professional reputations were being put at risk as a result. He asked Police Chief James Jensen whether such a warning would ever be department policy, to which Jensen replied that such leniency would pose a “substantial risk” and is not issued.
On his website opposing the effort, Lam described the petition as “baseless” and defended his record on growth management, transparency, infrastructure improvements, and lowering the mill levy. He attributed staff turnover to small-town hiring challenges rather than a hostile work environment and characterized the recall as “more like a personal vendetta than a genuine grievance.”
A request for support from Lam has also been republished by the national Libertarian Party, as well as the Colorado and West Virginia affiliates, and shared by former Libertarian National Committee Chair Angela McArdle. It has also drew support from both the Libertarian Party Mises Caucus and the Classical Liberal Caucus.
If the recall succeeds, Lam would be removed from office before the end of his four-year term, which runs through 2026. He would also be barred from running in the special election to fill the vacancy.
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