2018 Colorado elections

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2018 Colorado elections
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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6, 2018. All of Colorado's executive offices and all seven of its seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats swept the statewide offices up for election, leaving the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide office held by a Republican.

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Governor and lieutenant governor

Incumbent Democratic governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Donna Lynne ran for governor, but was eliminated in the Democratic primary on June 26, 2018.

Results

Colorado gubernatorial election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jared Polis 1,348,888 53.4
Republican Walker Stapleton 1,080,80142.8
Libertarian Scott Helker69,5192.8
Unity Bill Hammons25,8541.0
Total votes2,525,062 100.0%
Democratic hold

Attorney general

Incumbent Republican attorney general Cynthia Coffman ran for governor, but was eliminated at the state Republican party convention in April.

Democratic primary

Declared

Campaign suspended

  • Michael Dougherty, district attorney for Colorado's Twentieth Judicial District [3] [4]
  • Amy Padden, federal prosecutor [5]
  • Brad Levin, attorney [5]

Endorsements

Michael Dougherty (Withdrawn)
  • Bruce Brown, district attorney for Colorado's 5th judicial district [6]
  • Mike Foote, state representative [7]
Joe Salazar

Organizations:

National officials:

Statewide officials:

Local officials:

  • Rochelle Galindo, Greeley councilwoman
  • Rhonda Solis, member of Colorado Board of Education
  • Paul Lopez, Denver city councilman
  • Kathly Plomer, president of the Adams County Board of Education
  • Brother Jeff Fard, Denver community leader
  • Eva Henry, Adams County commissioner
  • Shannon Bird, Westminster city councilwoman
  • Maria de Cambria, Westminster city councilwoman
  • Alberto Garcia, Westminster city councilwoman
  • Chaz Tedesco, Adams County commissioner
Brad Levin
Phil Weiser

Statewide elected officials:

Local elected officials:

  • Bruce Brown, district attorney for Colorado's 5th judicial district (Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, & Summit Counties)
  • Kathy Chandler-Henry, Eagle County Commissioner
  • Jeff Chostner, district attorney for Pueblo
  • Dennis Flores, Pueblo City Councilman
  • Stan Garnett, former Boulder County district attorney
  • Irene Griego – University of Colorado regent
  • Chris Hansen, state representative, district 6 (Denver County)
  • Bill Holen, Arapahoe County Commissioner
  • Nancy Jackson, Arapahoe County Commissioner #4
  • Jeni James Arndt, state representative; Assistant Majority Caucus Chair, district 53 (Larimer County)
  • Elise Jones, Boulder County Commissioner
  • Tracy Kraft Tharp, state representative, district 29 (Jefferson County)
  • Alice Madden, former Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives [17]
  • Dennis Maes, Pueblo County School Board member; former judge; practicing lawyer
  • Jeanne McQueeney, Eagle County Commissioner
  • Sean Murphy, Mayor of Telluride, Colorado
  • Anthony Nunez, former Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Garrison Ortiz, Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Sal Pace, Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Joe Pelle, Boulder County Sheriff
  • Marcelina Rivera, currently serving as chief of staff to superintendent of Aurora Public Schools
  • Gail Schwartz, former Colorado state senator
  • David Skaggs, former Congressman Colorado's 2nd district
  • Taylor Voss, Pueblo City School Board
  • John Walsh, former United States Attorney for Colorado
  • Fiona Arnold – CEO of Mainspring Developers; former executive director of the Colorado Department of Economic Development; former chair of the Colorado Law Dean's Advisory Council

Community and civic leaders:

  • Jessica Brown, partner, Gibson Dunn; former president, Colorado Women's Bar Association; former chair, Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado board of trustees
  • Maxine Burkett, Law Professor
  • Dan Caruso, founder, chairman, and CEO of Zayo; former chair of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Steering Committee
  • Aneesh Chopra, former Chief Technology Officer of the United States [17]
  • Audrey Danner, owner of Mountain Connect
  • Brad Feld, co-founder Foundry Group; co-founder of Mobius Venture Capital
  • Franz Hardy, former chair of the CU Law Alumni Board; partner at Gordon & Rees
  • Sue Heilbronner, CEO of Mergelane
  • Amy Padden, federal prosecutor, former candidate for Colorado attorney general [18]
  • Paul Washington, former executive director of the Denver Office of Economic Development

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Joe
Salazar
Phil
Weiser
Amy
Padden
Brad
Levin
Undecided
Magellan Strategies (R) May 30–31, 2018503± 4.38%27%8%65%
Magellan Strategies (R) March 20–23, 2018410± 4.8%34%5%5%4%51%

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phil Weiser 298,048 50.43
Democratic Joe Salazar 292,91249.57
Total votes590,960 100.0

Republican primary

Declared

  • George Brauchler, district attorney for Colorado's 18th Judicial District [19]

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican George Brauchler 414,532 100.0
Total votes414,532 100.0

General election

Endorsements

Phil Weiser (D)

Former U.S. executive branch officials

Statewide elected officials:

Local elected officials:

  • Bruce Brown, district attorney for Colorado's 5th judicial district (Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, & Summit Counties)
  • Kathy Chandler-Henry, Eagle County Commissioner
  • Jeff Chostner, district attorney for Pueblo
  • Dennis Flores, Pueblo City Councilman
  • Stan Garnett, former Boulder County district attorney
  • Irene Griego – University of Colorado regent
  • Chris Hansen, state representative, district 6 (Denver County)
  • Bill Holen, Arapahoe County Commissioner
  • Nancy Jackson, Arapahoe County Commissioner #4
  • Jeni James Arndt, state representative; assistant majority caucus chair, District 53 (Larimer County)
  • Elise Jones, Boulder County Commissioner
  • Tracy Kraft Tharp, state representative, district 29 (Jefferson County)
  • Alice Madden, former Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives [17]
  • Dennis Maes, Pueblo County School Board member; former judge; practicing lawyer
  • Jeanne McQueeney, Eagle County Commissioner
  • Sean Murphy, Mayor of Telluride, Colorado
  • Anthony Nunez, former Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Garrison Ortiz, Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Sal Pace, Pueblo County Commissioners
  • Joe Pelle, Boulder County Sheriff
  • Marcelina Rivera, currently serving as chief of staff to superintendent of Aurora Public Schools
  • Gail Schwartz, former Colorado state senator
  • David Skaggs, former Congressman Colorado's 2nd district
  • Taylor Voss, Pueblo City School Board
  • John Walsh, former United States Attorney for Colorado
  • Fiona Arnold – CEO of Mainspring Developers; former executive director of the Colorado Department of Economic Development; former chair of the Colorado Law Dean's Advisory Council

Community and civic leaders:

  • Jessica Brown, partner, Gibson Dunn; former president, Colorado Women's Bar Association; former chair, Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado board of trustees
  • Maxine Burkett, law professor
  • Dan Caruso, founder, chairman, and CEO of Zayo; former chair of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Steering Committee
  • Aneesh Chopra, former Chief Technology Officer of the United States [17]
  • Audrey Danner, owner of Mountain Connect
  • Brad Feld, co-founder Foundry Group; co-founder of Mobius Venture Capital
  • Franz Hardy, former chair of the CU Law Alumni Board; partner at Gordon & Rees
  • Sue Heilbronner, CEO of Mergelane
  • Amy Padden, federal prosecutor, former candidate for Colorado attorney general [18]
  • Paul Washington, former executive director of the Denver Office of Economic Development
George Brauchler (R)

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Phil
Weiser (D)
George
Brauchler (R)
Undecided
Democratic Attorneys General Association (D) [ permanent dead link ]May 8–10, 2018883± 3.30%47%35%18%
Hypothetical polling

Joe Salazar vs. George Brauchler

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Joe
Salazar (D)
George
Brauchler (R)
Undecided
Democratic Attorneys General Association (D) [ permanent dead link ]May 8–10, 2018883± 3.30%51%36%13%

Results

Colorado Attorney General election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Phil Weiser 1,285,464 51.6
Republican George Brauchler1,124,75745.1
Libertarian William "Bill" Robinson III81,7333.3
Total votes2,491,954 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

Secretary of state

Incumbent Republican secretary of state Wayne Williams was eligible to run for re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Jena Griswold, lawyer and small business owner [38]

Eliminated at convention

  • Phillip Villard

Withdrawn

  • Gabriel McArthur [39]

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jena Griswold 505,186 100.0
Total votes505,186 100.0

Republican primary

Declared

  • Wayne Williams, incumbent secretary of state of Colorado [40]

Endorsements

Jena Griswold

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wayne Williams (incumbent) 410,792 100.0
Total votes410,792 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Governing [43] Lean RJune 4, 2018

Endorsements

Jena Griswold (D)
Former U.S. executive branch officials

Results

Colorado Secretary of State election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jena Griswold 1,313,716 52.7
Republican Wayne Williams (incumbent)1,113,92744.7
Constitution Amanda Campbell51,7342.1
Approval Voting Blake Huber13,2580.5
Total votes2,492,635 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

State treasurer

2018 Colorado State Treasurer election
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Nominee Dave Young Brian Watson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,292,2811,111,641
Percentage52.2%44.9%

2018 Colorado State treasurer election.svg
County results
Young:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Watson:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

State Treasurer before election

Walker Stapleton
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Dave Young
Democratic

Incumbent Republican state treasurer Walker Stapleton was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term in office. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado.

Democratic primary

Declared

Eliminated at convention

  • Charles Scheibe, chief financial officer of the Colorado Department of Treasury [46]

Disqualified

Endorsements

Dave Young (D)

Organizations:

State senators:

National figures:

State representatives:

Others:

  • Brother Jeff Fard, Denver community leader [53]
  • Sal Pace, Pueblo county commissioner
  • Jane Goff, state board of education member
  • Shakti, Lakewood city councilwoman
  • Kris Teegardin, mayor of Edgewater

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dave Young 359,391 67.52
Democratic Bernard Douthit172,85532.48
Total votes532,246 100.0

Republican primary

Eliminated at convention

Declined

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Brian Watson 170,225 37.99
Republican Justin Everett 165,32236.90
Republican Polly Lawrence 112,48725.11
Total votes448,034 100.0

General election

Results

Colorado State Treasurer election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dave Young 1,292,281 52.2
Republican Brian Watson 1,111,64144.9
Constitution Gerald F. Kilpatrick70,4752.9
Total votes2,474,397 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

Colorado State Board of Education

Two seats on the seven-member State Board of Education were up for election in 2018. These included the 2nd district seat currently held by Democrat Angelika Schroeder and the 4th district seat held by Republican Pam Mazanec.

State Board of Education member, Congressional District 2

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Angelika Schroeder (incumbent) 96,543 100.0
Total votes96,543 100.0
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Johnny Barrett 51,679 100.0
Total votes51,679 100.0

State Board of Education member, Congressional District 4

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tim Krug 49,068 100.0
Total votes49,068 100.0
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Debora L. Scheffel 77,948 100.0
Total votes77,948 100.0

Regents of the University of Colorado

Three seats on the nine-member University of Colorado Board of Regents were up for election in 2018. These included the at-large seat currently held by Democrat Stephen C. Ludwig, the 3rd district seat held by Republican Glen Gallegos, and the 5th district seat held by Republican Kyle Hybl.

Declared

At-Large

Eliminated at convention

  • Jason Robinson (Democrat)
  • Chantell Taylor (Democrat)

Results

CU Regent At-Large

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lesley Smith 493,636 100.0
Total votes493,636 100.0
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Montera 400,339 100.0
Total votes400,339 100.0

CU Regent District 3

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Alvin Rivera 56,786 100.0
Total votes56,786 100.0
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Glen H. Gallegos 60,795 100.0
Total votes60,795 100.0

CU Regent District 5

  • Chance Hill (Republican) [66]
  • Tony Wolusky (Democrat)

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tony Wolusky 45,927 100.0
Total votes45,927 100.0
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chance Hill 84,849 100.0
Total votes84,849 100.0

State legislature

State senate

In the 2018 elections, 17 of the 35 seats in the Colorado State Senate were on the ballot. Democrats gained two seats and a 19-16 majority, which ended Republican control of the chamber.

State house

In the 2018 elections, all 65 seats in the Colorado House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats were able to expand their majority to 41-24, due to gaining five seats from the Republicans.

United States House of Representatives

All of Colorado's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.

District 20 District Attorney

General election candidates

Democratic primary

Michael Dougherty

Newspapers:

  • The Longmont Times-Call [68]

District attorneys:

  • Stan Garnett, previous Boulder County DA
  • Jim Bullock (D16)
  • Christian Champagne (D6)
  • Jeff Chostner (D10)
  • Will Furse (D22)
  • Dan Hotsenpiller (D7)

Sheriffs:

  • Joe Pelle, Boulder County
  • Joe DiSalvo, Pitkin County
  • Bruce Hartman, Gilpin County
  • Robert Jackson, Alamosa County
  • Bill Masters, San Miguel County
  • Brett Schroetlin, Grand County
  • Kirk Taylor, Pueblo County

Community members:

  • Kris Larsen, mayor of Nederland
  • Bob Yates, Boulder city councilman
  • Claire Levy, former state representative
  • Matt Applebaum, former mayor of Boulder
  • Cynthia Braddock, Boulder county assessor
  • Brad Levin, former candidate for attorney general
  • Amy Padden, former candidate for attorney general
  • Andrew Shoemaker, former Boulder city councilman
  • Ron Engles, Gilpin County commissioner
  • Linda Isenhart, Gilpin County commissioner
  • Gail Watson, Gilpin County commissioner
  • Bill Kirpatrick, Golden chief of police
  • Casey Tighe, Jefferson County commissioner
  • Nick Thomas, independent candidate for US Congress, D2
  • Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, candidate for state senate
  • Lisa Widdekind, former candidate for Boulder County commissioner

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  24. George Brauchler. ""As the Sheriff of Otero, I am honored to endorse @GeorgeBrauchler for AG. #PublicSafety is an incredibly important and multifaceted issue, and George has the experience and leadership needed to combat crime and help us keep our communities safe." @Mobley4Sheriff #copolitics". Twitter.
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  28. George Brauchler. ""I've known @GeorgeBrauchler for more than 25 years. I've seen him in the courtroom, the classroom and the boardroom. I've seen his skill and zeal at work and I know his character...I am supporting George Brauchler for CO AG." - @Jeff4Sheriff #copolitics #COAG2018 #George2018". Twitter.
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  30. George Brauchler. ""I truly believe @GeorgeBrauchler is a man of the community and will serve all of Colorado doing what is right, not what he has a right to do." -Sheriff James Van Beek @lhs81631 #copolitics #LawEnforcement #COAG2018 #George2018 #EagleCounty". Twitter.
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