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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 at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents and the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide offices held by Republicans.[1]

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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.

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Attorney general

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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[4][5]
  • Brad Levin, attorney[6]
  • Amy Padden, federal prosecutor[6]

Endorsements

Michael Dougherty (withdrawn)
  • Bruce Brown, district attorney for Colorado's 5th judicial district[7]
  • Mike Foote, state representative[8]
Joe Salazar

Organizations

National officials

State officials

Local officials

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

State officials

Local officials

  • Jeni James Arndt, state representative; Assistant Majority Caucus Chair, district 53 (Larimer County)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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[18]
  • 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, 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

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[18]
  • Audrey Danner, owner of Mountain Connect
  • Brad Feld, co-founder of 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[19]
  • Paul Washington, former executive director of the Denver Office of Economic Development

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Republican primary

Declared

  • George Brauchler, district attorney for Colorado's 18th Judicial District[22]

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General election

Endorsements

Phil Weiser (D)

Former U.S. executive branch officials

State officials

Local officials

  • Jeni James Arndt, state representative; assistant majority caucus chair, District 53 (Larimer County)
  • 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
  • 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
  • Elise Jones, Boulder County Commissioner
  • Alice Madden, former Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives[18]
  • 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, chief of staff to superintendent of Aurora Public Schools
  • Gail Schwartz, former Colorado state senator
  • David Skaggs, former Congressman Colorado's 2nd district
  • Tracy Kraft Tharp, state representative, district 29 (Jefferson County)
  • Taylor Voss, Pueblo City School Board
  • John Walsh, former United States Attorney for Colorado

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[18]
  • Audrey Danner, owner of Mountain Connect
  • Brad Feld, co-founder of 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[19]
  • Paul Washington, former executive director of the Denver Office of Economic Development
George Brauchler (R)
  • Bob Beauprez, former U.S. representative[24]
  • Jim Crone, Morgan County sheriff[25]
  • Michael McIntosh, Adams County sheriff[26]
  • Shawn Mobley, Otero County sheriff[27]
  • Brian Norton, Rio Grande County sheriff[28]
  • Steve Reams, Weld County sheriff[29]
  • Dan Rubinstein, 21st judicial district attorney[30]
  • Jeff Shrader, Jefferson County sheriff[31]
  • Justin Smith, Larimer County Sheriff[32]
  • James Van Beek, Eagle County sheriff[33]
  • Garrett Wiggins, Routt County sheriff[34]
  • Sam Zordel, Prowers County sheriff[35]

Organizations

  • Colorado Association of Realtors[36]

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Joe Salazar vs. George Brauchler

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Secretary of State

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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[42]

Eliminated at convention

  • Phillip Villard

Withdrawn

  • Gabriel McArthur[43]

Results

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Republican primary

Declared

  • Wayne Williams, incumbent secretary of state of Colorado[44]

Endorsements

Jena Griswold

Organizations

Politicians

Unions

  • Plumbers Local Union 3, Aurora-based union[45]
  • UA Local 208 Pipefitters, Denver-based union[45]

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General election

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Endorsements

Jena Griswold (D)

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State treasurer

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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[50]

Disqualified

Endorsements

Dave Young (D)

Organizations

Unions

Newspapers

  • The Greeley Tribune[53]

State senators

National figures

State representatives

Individuals

  • Brother Jeff Fard, Denver community leader[57]
  • Jane Goff, state board of education member
  • Sal Pace, Pueblo county commissioner
  • Shakti, Lakewood city councilwoman
  • Kris Teegardin, mayor of Edgewater

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Republican primary

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General election

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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 held by Democrat Angelika Schroeder and the 4th district seat held by Republican Pam Mazanec.

State Board of Education member, Congressional District 2

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State Board of Education member, Congressional District 4

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Regents of the University of Colorado

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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

  • Ken Montera (Republican)[67]
  • Christopher E. Otwell (Unity)[68][69]
  • Lesley Smith (Democrat)[67]

Eliminated at convention

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

Results

CU Regent at-large

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CU Regent District 3

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CU Regent District 5

  • Chance Hill (Republican)[70]
  • Tony Wolusky (Democrat)

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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. The Democrats were able to expand their majority to 41–24, due to gaining five seats from the Republicans.

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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

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General election candidates

  • Michael Dougherty, district attorney for Colorado's Twentieth Judicial District

Democratic primary

  • Michael Dougherty, district attorney for Colorado's Twentieth Judicial District[4]
  • Mike Foote, Colorado State Representative for Colorado District 30[71]
Michael Dougherty

Newspapers

  • The Longmont Times-Call[72]

District attorneys

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

Sheriffs

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

Community members

  • Matt Applebaum, former mayor of Boulder
  • Cynthia Braddock, Boulder county assessor
  • Ron Engles, Gilpin County commissioner
  • Linda Isenhart, Gilpin County commissioner
  • Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, candidate for state senate
  • Bill Kirpatrick, Golden chief of police
  • Kris Larsen, mayor of Nederland
  • Brad Levin, former candidate for attorney general
  • Claire Levy, former state representative
  • Amy Padden, former candidate for attorney general
  • Andrew Shoemaker, former Boulder city councilman
  • Nick Thomas, independent candidate for US Congress, D2
  • Casey Tighe, Jefferson County commissioner
  • Gail Watson, Gilpin County commissioner
  • Lisa Widdekind, former candidate for Boulder County commissioner[73]
  • Bob Yates, Boulder city councilman

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