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Weiser: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Kellner: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% Tie: 40–50% No votes | |||||||||||||||||
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The 2022 Colorado Attorney General election was held on Tuesday, November 8, to elect the Attorney General of Colorado. Incumbent attorney general Phil Weiser won re-election to a second term, improving on his 2018 results. [1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Phil Weiser (incumbent) | 504,071 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 504,071 | 100.0% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Kellner | 504,631 | 100.0% | |
Total votes | 504,631 | 100.0% |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Democratic |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
John Kellner | Phil Weiser | |||||
1 | Aug. 2, 2022 | Community College of Aurora | Maisha Fields Whitney Taylor | YouTube | P | P |
2 | Oct. 18, 2022 | KUSA (TV) | Kyle Clark Marshall Zelinger | YouTube | P | P |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball [9] | Leans D | November 3, 2022 |
Elections Daily [10] | Likely D | November 1, 2022 |
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Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [a] | Margin of error | Phil Weiser (D) | John Kellner (R) | Other | Undecided |
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Global Strategy Group (D) [23] [A] | October 6–11, 2022 | 800 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 44% | 36% | 7% [b] | 12% |
48% | 41% | – | 11% | ||||
The Tarrance Group (R) [24] [B] | August 22–25, 2022 | 600 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 44% | 44% | – | 12% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Phil Weiser (incumbent) | 1,349,133 | 54.70% | +3.12% | |
Republican | John Kellner | 1,060,866 | 43.01% | −2.13% | |
Libertarian | William F. Robinson III | 54,557 | 2.21% | −1.07% | |
Independent | Stanley Thorne (write-in) | 1,772 | 0.07% | N/A | |
Total votes | 2,466,328 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold |
Weiser won five of eight congressional districts. [26]
District | Weiser | Kellner | Representative |
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1st | 79% | 19% | Diana DeGette |
2nd | 68% | 29% | Joe Neguse |
3rd | 46% | 51% | Lauren Boebert |
4th | 38% | 60% | Ken Buck |
5th | 42% | 55% | Doug Lamborn |
6th | 58% | 39% | Jason Crow |
7th | 56% | 42% | Ed Perlmutter (117th Congress) |
Brittany Pettersen (118th Congress) | |||
8th | 50% | 48% | Yadira Caraveo |
Partisan clients
The National Rifle Association has endorsed Kellner
Rather than throw his support behind his party's candidate, however, Coram gave his endorsement to Frisch (as well as Democrat Attorney General Phil Weiser) in an Oct. 10 letter cited in a Newsweek article written about the development.
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