2022 Colorado Secretary of State election

The 2022 Colorado Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Colorado. Incumbent Democrat Jena Griswold won re-election to a second term, improving on her 2018 results.

2022 Colorado Secretary of State election

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Nominee Jena Griswold Pam Anderson Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,369,040 1,045,582 Percentage 55.10% 42.08%

County results Congressional district results Precinct results Griswold:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Anderson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

Secretary of State before election Jena Griswold Democratic Elected Secretary of State Jena Griswold Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Jena Griswold, incumbent secretary of state

Endorsements

Jena Griswold

Organizations

• Democracy for America^[1]
• EMILY's List^[2]
• End Citizens United^[3]
• Everytown for Gun Safety^[4]
• Human Rights Campaign^[5]
• Let America Vote^[3]

Results

Democratic primary results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jena Griswold (incumbent)	510,462	100.0%
Total votes			510,462	100.0%

Republican primary

The Republican primary was held on June 28, 2022.^[7]

Candidates

Nominee

• Pam Anderson, former Jefferson County clerk (2007–2015)^[8][9]

Eliminated in primary

• Mike O'Donnell, former head of Colorado Lending Source^[10]
• Tina Peters, Mesa County clerk^[11]

Withdrew

• David Winney, marine veteran^[8] (endorsed Tina Peters, running for El Paso County county commissioner)^[12]

Declined

• Rose Pugliese, former Mesa County commissioner^[13]

Endorsements

Pam Anderson

Federal officials

• Hank Brown, former U.S. Senator from Colorado (1991–1997)^[14]
• Jason R. Dunn, former United States Attorney for the District of Colorado (2018–2021)^[14]
• Troy Eid, former United States Attorney for the District of Colorado (2006–2009)^[14]
• Scott McInnis, member of the Mesa County commission (2015–) and former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 3rd congressional district (1993–2005)^[14]

State legislators

• Vicki Alger, former state representative^[14]
• Don Ament, former state senator^[14]
• Rob Fairbank, former state representative^[14]
• Tim Foster, former state representative^[14]
• Bob Gardner, state senator from the 12th district (2017–)^[14]
• Larry Liston, state senator from the 10th district (2021–)^[14]
• Chris Paulson, former state representative^[14]
• Jerry Sonnenberg, state senator from the 1st district (2015–)^[14]
• Nancy Spence, former state senator from the 27th district (2005–2013)^[14]
• Ron Teck, former state senator^[14]
• Rob Witwer, former state representative (2005–2009)^[14]

Local officials

• Cami Bremer, member of the El Paso County board of commissioners^[14]
• Mike Coffman, mayor of Aurora (2019–), former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 6th congressional district (2009–2019) and former Secretary of State of Colorado (2007–2009)^[14]
• Cody Davis, Mesa County commissioner^[14]
• Scott Doyle, former Larimer County clerk^[14]
• Ann Eddins, former Delta County clerk^[14]
• Kevin Grantham, member of the Fremont County board of commissioners^[14]
• Danielle Jurinsky, member of the Aurora city council^[14]
• Ted Mink, former Jefferson County sheriff^[14]
• Steve Moreno, Weld County commissioner^[14]
• Janet Rowland, Mesa County commissioner^[14]
• Jeff Schrader, Jefferson County sheriff^[14]
• John Suthers, mayor of Colorado Springs (2015–) and former Colorado Attorney General (2005–2015)^[14]
• Wayne W. Williams, member of the Colorado Springs city council (2019–) and former Secretary of State of Colorado (2015–2019)^[14]

Newspapers and other media

• Colorado Springs Gazette^[15]

Individuals

• Norma Anderson, former majority leader of the Colorado Senate (candidate's mother-in-law)^[14]
• Donetta Davidson, former chair of the Election Assistance Commission and former Secretary of State of Colorado (1999–2005)^[14]
• Mark Hillman, former Colorado State Treasurer (2005–2006)^[14]

Forum

2022 Colorado Secretary of State republican primary candidate forum

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Republican	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Pam Anderson	Mike O'Donnell	Tina Peters
1	May 12, 2022	Foothills Republicans Club		[16]	P	P	P

Results

Results by county:

  Anderson

•   30–40%
•   40–50%
•   50–60%

  Peters

•   30–40%
•   40–50%

  O'Donnell

•   30–40%
•   40–50%

Republican primary results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pam Anderson	268,638	43.06%
	Republican	Tina Peters	180,059	28.86%
	Republican	Mike O'Donnell	175,158	28.08%
Total votes			623,855	100.0%

General election

Debate

2022 Colorado Secretary of State debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key:  P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Jena Griswold	Pam Anderson
1	Oct. 24, 2022	KUSA	Kyle Clark Marshall Zelinger	[17]	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[18]	Leans D	November 3, 2022
Elections Daily[19]	Leans D	November 7, 2022

Post-primary endorsements

Jena Griswold (D)

Newspapers

• Sentinel Colorado^[20]

Pam Anderson (R)

Newspapers and other media

• The Denver Post^[21]

Individuals

• Gigi Dennis, former Secretary of State (2005–2007)^[22]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Jena Griswold (D)	Pam Anderson (R)	Other	Undecided
CU Boulder/YouGov[23]	October 11–19, 2022	709 (LV)	± 4.4%	54%	43%	3%[b]	–
Global Strategy Group (D)[24][A]	October 6–11, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	46%	36%	8%[c]	10%
				50%	41%	–	9%

Results

2022 Colorado Secretary of State election^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jena Griswold (incumbent)	1,369,040	55.10%	+2.40%
	Republican	Pam Anderson	1,045,582	42.08%	−2.61%
	Libertarian	Bennett Rutledge	36,485	1.47%	N/A
	American Constitution	Amanda Campbell	17,602	0.71%	−1.37%
	Unity	Gary Swing	11,458	0.46%	N/A
	Approval Voting	Jan Kok	4,591	0.18%	−0.35%
Total votes			2,484,758	100.0%
	Democratic hold

By congressional district

Griswold won five of eight congressional districts.^[26]

District	Griswold	Anderson	Representative
1st	78%	19%	Diana DeGette
2nd	69%	29%	Joe Neguse
3rd	47%	50%	Lauren Boebert
4th	39%	58%	Ken Buck
5th	44%	53%	Doug Lamborn
6th	59%	39%	Jason Crow
7th	56%	42%	Ed Perlmutter (117th Congress)
			Brittany Pettersen (118th Congress)
8th	50%	46%	Yadira Caraveo

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear
2. "Other" with 3%
3. Rutledge (L) with 4%; Campbell (ACP) with 3%; Swing (U) with 1%

Partisan clients

1. This poll was sponsored by ProgressNow Colorado, a liberal nonprofit organization.