Denver mayoral election, 2011

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Denver mayoral election, 2011
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 2007June 7, 2011 2015  

  Denver Mayor Michael Hancock - 2012-08-15 (portrait crop).jpg Chris Romer (cropped).jpg
Nominee Michael Hancock Chris Romer
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote70,78051,082
Percentage58%42%

Mayor before election

Bill Vidal
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Michael Hancock.
Democratic

The 2011 Denver mayoral election took place on May 3, 2011 to elect the Mayor of Denver. It led to a run-off election on June 7, 2011, which was won by Michael Hancock. [1]

Michael Hancock (Colorado politician) American politician

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Contents

On January 12, 2011, Guillermo "Bill" Vidal was sworn in as Mayor of Denver, Colorado after John Hickenlooper resigned to be sworn in as the 42nd Governor of Colorado. [2] Vidal was not a candidate in the election. Vidal served as mayor until July 2011. [3] The preliminary election was held on May 3, 2011 and the general election was on June 7, 2011 between Senator Chris Romer and City Councilman Michael B. Hancock. [4]

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Candidates

The major candidates were: [5] [6]

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Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Michael
Hancock (D)
Chris
Romer (D)
OtherUndecided
Survey USA May 23–27, 2011548± 4.3%49%39%11%

Results

CandidatesPrimary Election [8] General Election
Votes%Votes%
Michael B. Hancock 30,81127.1870,78058
Chris Romer 32,17028.3851,08242
James Mejia 29,17025.73
Doug Linkhart 10,7149.45
Theresa Spahn 3,3732.98
Carol Boigon 2,3572.08
Thomas Andrew Wolf 2,1391.89
Danny F. Lopez 1,0360.91
Jeff Peckman 7960.7
Ken Simpson 5260.46
Write-In2750.24
Total113,367100121,862100

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References

  1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/denver-city-councilman-wins-runoff-election-defeating-fellow-democrat-to-become-mayor/2011/06/07/AG1zgXLH_story.html
  2. Associated Press "Vidal takes over as Denver mayor", Denver Post, January 12, 2011, accessed January 19, 2011.
  3. Associated Press "Vidal takes over as Denver mayor", Denver Post, January 12, 2011, accessed January 19, 2011.
  4. http://www.denvergov.org/Default.aspx?alias=www.denvergov.org/elections
  5. http://www.denvergov.com/ForCampaignsandElectedOfficials/MunicipalCandidateFilings/tabid/438456/Default.aspx
  6. http://www.westword.com/news/marcus-giavanni-files-complaint-over-exclusion-from-denver-mayoral-ballot-read-it-here-5868540
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-05-08.