Wednesday election results remain almost the same as late Tuesday night. Most local races were taken early in the evening and by large margins.

The closest race in the Pikes Peak region is the race for the El Paso County Commissioner District 4 Republican Primary where Longinos Gonzales Jr. was ahead of Scott Turner by 32 votes late Tuesday. County election employees still have to count ballots coming in from overseas and the military before it’s determined whether a recount will be required. Read more about the race and the process ahead. 

Other local winners:

Colorado Senate Republican Primary

Colorado-Springs native Darryl Glenn was off to an early surprise lead and the challengers never caught up. Glenn ended up with 37.8 percent of the vote. The runner-up, Jack Graham, trailed him by more than 45,000 votes. 

Darryl who? Glenn overcomes a lack of name recognition to win GOP Senate nomination

Tougher challenge awaits winner of Colorado Republican Senate primary

U.S. House District 5 

Doug Lamborn had a large victory over challenger Calandra Vargas taking 68 percent of the vote in the Republican Primary.

Convincing win puts Lamborn on track for sixth term in Congress

In the Democratic Primary, Misty Plowright had 58.1 percent of the vote and beat Donald Martinez by about 3,700 votes. 

Colo. Senate District 12 Republican Primary

Outspoken politician Gordon Klingenschmitt will be out of the statehouse next session after a sound loss to Bob Gardner. 

Gardner took 62 percent of the vote, beating Klingenschmitt by more than 3,000 votes.

Gardner on path back to Denver after big win over Klingenschmitt

Colo. House District 16 Republican Primary

In a contentious race, challenger Larry Liston beat incumbent Janak Joshi by almost 2,000 votes, winning with 61 percent of the vote. Both candidates has barbs for one another after the results came in. 

Liston takes Colorado House District 16 seat from incumbent Joshi

Colo. House District 21

Incumbent Lois Landgraf fended off challenger Steve Elisha, winning with 67 percent of the vote. 

Landgraf easily wins re-election in primary

El Paso County Commissioner Republican Primary races

In the races for El Paso County Commissioner, the winners of two races took the lead relatively early in the night. In District 2 Mark Waller beat Tim Geitner with almost 60 percent of the vote. 

Mark Waller headed for win in District 2 commissioner race

In District 3, Stan VanderWerf had 56.3 percent of the vote to Karen Cullen’s 43.6 percent. 

VanderWerf on track to win El Paso County commission seat

As noted above, the race for District 4 is still too close to call and it may be more than a week before it is decided whether a recount is necessary. 

District 4 commissioner race may take a week to decide

10:23 p.m. 

Thus far in the Pikes Peak region, the only close race that remains is the El Paso County Commissioner District 4 Republican Primary. As of 8:30 p.m. Longinos Gonazlez was eight votes ahead of Scott Turner. Updated figures are expected within the hour.

The El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office reports that we probably won’t know the winner of the race tonight, in fact, we likely won’t know for at least another week when military and overseas ballots are finished being counted, Gazette reporter Matt Steiner reports. Once those ballots are in and counted, the clerk’s office will determine if a recount is necessary.

10:10 p.m. 

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office reports that several counties are still tallying their results or have not reported the results yet.

These counties still have not fully reported: 

Adams: Has not reported

Arapahoe: Partially reported

Boulder: Partially reported

Costilla: Has not reported

Custer: Partially reported

Denver: Partially reported

Dolores: Partially reported

Douglas: Partially reported

El Paso: Partially reported

Garfield: Partially reported

Grand: Partially reported

Jefferson: Partially reported

Kiowa: Has not reported

Larimer: Partially reported

Montezuma: Partially reported

Montrose: Partially reported

Ouray: Partially reported

Rio Blanco: Partially reported

Weld: Partially reported

9:55 p.m.

Read the latest on the Colorado House District 16 race where Larry Liston is the declared winner with 61 percent of the vote thus far. It was a contentious race throughout. Here’s what Liston said about his Joshi:

“The voters have known me, they trust me, they respect me, and they voted for me, and my opponent, quite frankly, ran a dirty, scurrilous, lie-filled campaign… The voters didn’t like it, and they didn’t believe it.”

Joshi did not have kind words for his competitor either.

“Everything they put out, they lied, and everything we put out was the truth. As far as I’m concerned, this is a sad day.”

9:45 p.m.

Darryl Glenn is winning almost every county in Colorado, according to the Colorado Secretary of State.

In this map, made by the secretary of state’s offices, the counties Glenn has won thus far are colored black and the counties Jack Graham have won are colored pink. 

9:30 p.m.

Read what Gazette reporters have written thus far about the 2016 Primary Election:

Convincing win puts Lamborn on track for sixth term in Congress

Colorado Springs native Glenn cruises to Republican Senate primary win

9:24 p.m. 

We’re still waiting for final results from El Paso County, which may indicate the outcome of the El Paso County Commissioner District 4 race which is a near-tie. 

Ryan Parsell, spokesman for the office, said the final unofficial results for the county should be complete in an hour to an hour and a half. 

9:10 p.m. 

Winners thus far in Colorado Springs-area Republican primaries: 

U.S. House District 5: Doug Lamborn 68 percent

Senate District 12: Bob Gardner 62 percent 

House District 16: Larry Liston 61 percent

House District 21: Lois Landgraf 67 percent

El Paso County Commissioner District 2: Mark Waller 60 percent

El Paso County Commissioner District 3: Stan VanderWerf 56 percent

El Paso County Commissioner District 4: Too close to call, Longinos Gonzalez is ahead of Scott Turner by eight votes thus far

8:56 p.m.

Totals thus far in the Senate Republican Primary: 

Darryl Glenn:  110,303

Jack Graham: 73, 983

Robert Blaha: 48,727

Jon Keyser: 37,520

Ryan Frazier: 25,985

The Washington Post writes that by choosing Glenn, Republicans forfeited their chance at picking up the senate seat from Democrat Michael Bennet. 

Watch Darryl Glenn’s acceptance speech:

8:36 p.m.

The latest results from El Paso County show the closest race in the area is the El Paso County Commissioner District 4 Republican Primary.

Longinos Gonzalez Jr. has squeaked ahead by eight votes over Scott Turner. Gonzalez has 50.06 percent of the vote to Turner’s 49.94 percent. 

8:27 p.m. Read how Darryl Glenn went from underdog to top dog for the Colorado Senate Republican Primary. 

8:24 p.m. 

Doug Lamborn cruised to an easy victory Tuesday, with 68 percent of the vote thus far in the U.S. House District 5 Republican Primary. Opponent Calandra Vargas has 32 percent of the vote. 

8:18 p.m.

After being declared the winner of the Colorado Senate Republican Primary, Darryl Glenn is already turning to incumbent Michael Bennet. 

He tells reporter Rich Laden that Bennet will need his millions raised to defend his record on Iran nuclear deal and support of Obamacare. 

“We recognize we’re the underdog and how much money he has but what we want to make sure people focus in on is his record,” Glenn said. 

8:12 p.m.

Incumbent Janak Joshi has conceded the Colorado House District 16 Republican Primary to Larry Liston. 

Reporter Ellie Mulder reports that he says: 

“Everything they put out, they lied, and everything we put out was the truth. … I’ll continue my fight for the defense of liberty.”

The latest results have Liston at 61 percent to Joshi’s 39 percent. 

8:06 p.m. 

Gazette reporter Rachel Riley reports that Gordon Klingenschmitt has conceded the Colorado Senate District 12 Republican Primary race to Bob Gardner. 

“The will of God is not always done,” Klingenschmitt told his supporters.

Gardner thanked his supporters.

“I don’t usually lose it, but I did tonight,” he said tearing up. 

The latest results have Klingenschmitt at about 38 percent of the votes to Gardner’s 62 percent. 

8:02 p.m.

People are already headed home from the Robert Blaha campaign party for the Colorado Senate Republican Primary. He tells Gazette reporter Tom Roeder: “The people spoke and the people selected Darryl Glenn.” 

At the Jack Graham party in Denver, reporter Megan Schrader reports that he is conceding the race as well. 

“It’s not a wake,” he said. 

“We still love you,” the crowd shouted. 

7:53 p.m. 

Longinos Gonzales is just four votes behind Scott Turner in the El Paso County Commissioner District 4 Republican Primary.

Gonzales: 49.87%

Turner: 50.03%

Other El Paso County Commissioner Republican Primary results:

District 2:

Mark Waller: 60.75 %

Tim Geitner: 39.25%

District 3:

Stan VanderWerf: 56.21%

Karen Cullen: 43.79%

7:36 p.m.

The Associated Press has called the Colorado Senate Republican Primary for Darryl Glenn. He has 91,110 votes to Jack Graham’s 60, 329. He told Gazette reporter Rich Laden that his grass roots campaign, talking to people making a “personal connection: were the keys to his victory. 

He called the race earlier in the evening while talking to Laden earlier: 

7:35 p.m.

El Paso County just released updated results. Bob Gardner has 62 percent of the vote in Colorado House District 12. Gordon Klingenschmitt has 38 percent. 

7:32 p.m. 

Darryl Glenn is already declaring victory at The Broadmoor. The AP results that he has 37 percent of the vote to Jack Graham’s 24 percent. 

7:28

Incumbent Janak Joshi is losing his spot this far to Larry Liston for Colo. House District 16. 

Joshi has 2,747 votes to Liston’s 4,446

7:25 p.m.

9 News has called the Colorado Senate Republican Primary for Darryl Glenn. The Gazette is not calling the race yet – several counties are still reporting results. 

7:15 p.m.

From the AP, the results thus far for the Colorado Senate Republican Race: 

Glenn: 57,701

Graham: 34,242

Blaha: 24,138

These results are still early and the majority are reporting from El Paso County. In Denver County, Jack Graham has a few more votes than Glenn, but that county has only counted about 11,000 votes thus far.  

7:11 p.m.

Doug Lamborn is well ahead of Calandra Vargas in the U.S. House District 5 Republican race. 

7:07 p.m.

Results from El Paso County have Darryl Glen pulling ahead in the Republican Senate Primary with 56 percent of the vote here. 

Bob Gardner is off to a big lead over Gordon Klingenschmitt in Colorado Senate District 12. Gardner has 6,777 to Klingenschmitt’s 4,086

7:05 p.m. 

Results are coming in from the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office. 

Thus far, Darryl Glenn is pulling ahead in the statewide race

7:03 p.m. 

Polls are now closed, results will be posted to Gazette.com as soon as they are available. 

Check out The Gazette’s Facebook page at 7:05 p.m. to see Eric Singer’s live stream of election updates.

@RichLaden is hanging out at Darryl Glenn’s party at The Broadmoor and says there are about 75 people there thus far. Glenn is predicting victory.

6:45 p.m.

The polls for the Colorado 2016 primary election close in about 15  minutes, and voters are still turning in their ballots.

As of Tuesday morning, the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office reports the following vote totals:

Democrats: Ballots sent: 990,961; Ballots returned: 232,273; Percent: 23.43.

Republicans: Ballots sent: 997,793; Ballots returned: 277,588; Percent: 27.82.

Live results for statewide and local races will be posted at Gazette.com as they become available.

Gazette reporters will be spread throughout the region to cover various campaign parties including:

– Robert Blaha at the Club at Flying Horse

– Darryl Glenn at The Broadmoor

– Calandra Vargas at Southern Hospitality

– Larry Liston at La Casita

– Gordon Klingenschmitt and Steve Elisha at The Airplane Restaurant

– Bob Gardner at Sonterra Grill

– Lois Landgraf at Sarges’ Grill in Fountain

– Tim Geitner at Creek View Grill in Peyton

– Karen Cullen at The Cliff House in Manitou Springs

– Stan VanderWerf at Ivywild School

– Longinos Gonzalez at Old Chicago on Powers Boulevard

– Gazette reporter Megan Schrader will be covering the Jack Graham party in Denver

Follow Gazette reporters by watching @csgazette on Twitter or look to Twitter for updates around the state at #COpolitics.

To learn more about the election and the local candidates, go to the gazette.com/voterguide.