Tag: colorado primary election
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Colorado primary roundup: Winners, losers and surprises from election night
It was a big night Tuesday for some familiar names as well as political newcomers in Colorado’s primary election. Here are some of the highlights from early unofficial results: Weiser defeats Bennet Attorney General Phil Weiser took an early lead over three-term U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet in Colorado’s Democratic gubernatorial primary and held onto it,…
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Colorado primary election results: Weiser leads Bennet in early returns
Here are the early unofficial results Tuesday for the 2026 Colorado primary election, according to the Secretary of State’s Office and El Paso County Clerk and Recorder’s Office. U.S. Senator – Democratic party Julie Gonzales – 44.14%, 84,385 John Hickenlooper – 55.86%, 106, 811 U.S. Senator – Republican party Mark Baisley, unopposed Governor – Democratic…
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Lora Thomas points to ‘dark money’ spent in attack ads against her in GOP loss
Following her Tuesday night defeat in the state House District 43 primary election, Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas insisted a political committee spent $180,000 in attack ads against her. Thomas lost by 824 votes to first-time candidate Matt Burcham, out of 12,064 votes counted, according to Douglas County’s unofficial tally from Tuesday night. When asked where…
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Mike Weissman wins Senate District 28 seat
Colorado voters elected state Rep. Mike Weissman over Idris Keith in the Democratic primary race for Senate District 28 based on Tuesday night’s votes. Weissman, who has represented House District 36 since 2017, beat Keith, former vice chair of House District 36 and business attorney, by six percentage points, 53% to 47%, as of counts…
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See who’s vying for 2 Douglas County commission seats
Two seats of the three-member Douglas County commission are up for grabs this year, and several candidates are vying for the chance to secure their parties’ nominations in next Tuesday’s primary races. The candidates are campaigning on familiar themes — affordable housing, homelessness, public safety, water and education: District 3 (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Outgoing District…