November 18, 2010 06:05 PM UTC

"Tea Party" Fav Leonard Concedes Defeat in SD-16

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• by: Colorado Pols

The final undecided Colorado Senate race is now over, with American Constitution Party co-founder and “Tea Party” darling Tim Leonard having conceded last night to Democrat Jeanne Nicholson in SD-16. Leonard posted to his website last night:

“Today, we received the unofficial final ballot count in five of our six counties,” said Tim Leonard, “and Mrs. Nicholson is ahead by more votes than are remaining to count.”

The six counties that make up SD16 are Grand, Summit, Clear Creek, Gilpin, and portions of Jefferson and Boulder. Jefferson County will not release their final count for their remaining 406 provisional and mail-in ballots until Fri 19 Nov, but Tim Leonard is down by 740 votes out of 60,862 counted.

“Mrs. Nicholson and I had a wide variety of ideas on the role of government in our individual lives and businesses. We gave the voters a good choice and I am confident that she will be cognizant of the fact that she will be representing all the people in SD16, including the 49.5% of the folks that did not cast their vote for her,” Leonard said…

“I have called and spoken with Mrs. Nicholson only have the best wishes for her as she begins the work of representing us, and I look forward to working with her as a constituent in matters that are important to me like pine beetle kill and reducing the size of our state budget,” stated Leonard.