Primary Wrap-up

by: Dan Willis

Wed Aug 11, 2010 at 04:09:59 AM MST

Denver County Results:
Democrats:
US Senate:
Romanoff 53%
Bennet 47%

SD34:
Guzman 62%
Judd 38%

HD4:
Pabon 40%
Tafoya 34%
Coken 26%

HD5:
Duran 57%
Thrun 43%

HD7:
Williams 57%
Goldin-Dubois 24%
Mehringer 19%

Republicans:
US Senate:
Norton 55%
Buck 45%

CD1:
Fallon 100% (the other guy withdrew after ballots were printed so his votes were not counted)

Governor:
McInnis 51%
Maes 49%

Treasurer:
Ament 50.2%
Stapleton 49.8%

HD9:
Lane: 77%
Garbo 23%

For complete vote counts see DenverVotes.org

SD34, HD7, and HD9's outcomes should have been a surprise to no one.

HD5's was the hardest to get a read on since there was a significant amount of under the surface issues going on in that race.

In HD4, I was very surprised by the outcome. Maybe people closer to the district/campaigns had a better feel for them than I. I have known Jennifer Coken for some time and know what an excellent campaigner she is. To come in such a distant 3rd totally shocked me. I had been of the impression this race was between her and Pabon with Tafoya being a spoiler, but the results would suggest it was Coken who was the spoiler here.