Tattered Cover owner Kwame Spearman drops out of mayor’s race

BY KYLE HARRIS DENVERITE

Tattered Cover CEO Kwame Spearman has stepped out of the Denver mayor race and is endorsing Kelly Brough.

Spearman has proven himself as a spirited debater and a proponent of law-and-order politics and the urban camping ban.

Spearman will be backing former Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce head Kelly Brough.

“I think, in the eyes of the voters, we have the opportunity to elect our rst female mayor. I want to get behind that,” Spearman told Denverite. “I think that’s the right answer for the City of Denver.”

Spearman said he and Brough have not talked about cabinet positions or other appointments, and he’s eager to return to work as the head of Tattered Cover.

“I like to say, ‘I have the second best job in the City and County of Denver,’” Spearman said.

Like Spearman, Brough has said as