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November 13, 2006 07:42 PM UTC
19 Comments
About 15-29 minutes ago Ch. 2 showed Coffman and Gordon and said Coffman won and Gordon conceded, but there is nothing on the Rocky or Post web sites.
Why are they so slow?
I don’t know how accurate this is but I have been watching Ken Close in here:
http://www.denverpos…
Pueblo County is in
http://www.pueblochieftain.com
has the latest.
Does Ken Gordon have a chance?
Do any Coffman or Gordon fans have Denver numbers?
It’s not legal to release that information before it is officially posted.
Come on won’t someone from Gordon or Coffman World let us know what their counts now show? They are not under any duty not to release their counts.
The DEC doesn’t have to release running tallies, but AFAIK, the vote watchers aren’t under an obligation to keep quiet, if they can do the math in their head or something.
I was a poll watcher. If I recall correctly, the oath I took promised not to release information about the results until after the polls closed.
That said, it would take quite the concerted effort to collect any meaningful information from poll watching. At least where I am, poll watchers leave by 3pm at the very latest so they can call people and tell them to vote. Does that work differently elsewhere?
These people aren’t poll watchers, they’re vote-count watchers.
I hope not my calculations from Square State?
Anyway, I’ll go over my derivation here and you guys can nitpick it if you want.
There are reported results of 557970 to 571147 are shown in the Rocky Mountain news, so prediction is difficult. (That’s -13187, to keep track)
If you get the Denver Post county results; they show 565286 to 577208, or Ludwig at -11922. Their numbers on the site differ from reported results in the Rocky, but the county totals sum to the numbers reported and the Rocky doesn’t provide the neat map for Regent races. I don’t know which counties have full returns – so these are just current numbers found on the internet from the Clerk offices and the DEC.
I checked the 11 largest vote counties, which account for over 1 million of the ~1.5 million cast.
Douglas, Jefferson, Larimer, Mesa, and Weld Clerk numbers are the same as the Post. Numbers are NET LUDWIG, so +2 means Ludwig decreased the voter differential by 2 votes.
Adams +2
Arapahoe -544
Pueblo +3166
El Paso -6588
Boulder +10793
Denver +10114
The additional votes when added to the Post’s number make the following vote totals:
Ludwig – D – 620733
Davidson – R – 615957
Or a net swing of 16,943 to Ludwig.
You will have to wait, because that is still close, and I don’t know if there are more voters in over counties yet to be counted, or other random things I didn’t account for.
Not where we got it, but looks about right. Note that we haven’t gotten a release from Ludwig claiming victory, either.
Ken Gordon sends out e-mail filled with incessant prattle about stuff such as should he shave and what color tie he should wear on a date.
The least he can do is let us know what the count now is in Denver. I’m assuming that both he and Coffman kept tallies or at least should have. Or maybe Major Mike can let us know where he thinks he stands
Denver election results so far… up to the minute. Don’t tell anyone… it is only one the city of Denver website… sheesh.
http://denvergov.org…
So Gordon has around 62,500 more votes than Coffman in Denver. What does that do? Does he need to pull more from Pueblo and Boulder to pull it off?
As far as I can tell he is going to end up short with just Denver alone. But we knew that. The articles that said he had a chance cite outstanding votes in Pueblo and Boulder. He needs a bunch of those. As far as I can tell they are both counted, but the AP said they weren’t… so maybe they know something I don’t.
If you are really dying to know I would do the following. Find a source such as the Rocky or Post that breaks things down by county. THen, check the county results on their various websites or call them and ask. Then, update the Rocky or Post results accordingly. That should give you a pretty good idea. Last time I did this Gordon was still down about 20k, but I only put in Denver. You can count on that one shrinking a bit more, but how much I’m not sure. There has to be votes elsewhere in places he is doing great for him to have a shot.
it’s the SOS race. My guess is whoever wins will be even more motivated to fix the system here. (Yes they don’t run the Denver counting – but they have a lot of influence on the system.)
– dave
The Associated Press called yesterday and said that there weren’t enough votes left to change the outcome of the race. It appears that Mike Coffman will be Colorado’s next Secretary of State.
We have nothing to be ashamed of. We got more than 49 percent of the votes. Mike has been elected statewide on two previous occasions and had gotten quite a bit of deserved attention for going to Iraq. He was a formidable opponent.
We ran an honorable campaign. We did not accept campaign contributions from special interest political action committees, and we engaged in no negative campaigning. The only time we mentioned our opponent was to say something positive about him in a letter on my website.
My campaign staff worked hard and remained focused. Zach Zaslow showed a maturity beyond his years. Brent Parrish helped us raise more money than had ever previously been raised in a comparable race. Erika Jensen and Maureen Beach worked long hours, were always cheerful and never complained about a job that allowed for almost no personal time.
Volunteers were too numerous to mention. I would like to point out the work of Ben Marter, Cary Lacklen, Carol Peeples, Art Prostkoff, Nicole Hanlen, Jim Joy, Paul Rosenthal, Delores Derrickson, Clarice Shepherd, Kate Breslin, Dave Childs, Miranda Paley, Sean Gilmore and Ray Ehrenstein. Ken Smith was the creative force behind many of the best things we did in the campaign.
The election day problems in Denver were disturbing. Thousands of people who intended to vote were not able to. I don’t know if these problems were enough to affect the outcome of the race.
The Senate Democratic Caucus has honored me by electing me to be the Majority Leader for the next two years. That is a place where I will be able to work on election issues, as well as other interests such as protecting the environment and education.
Mike Coffman and I have already discussed working on election issues together. I think it will be a good thing for the confidence of voters that election issues be handled in a bipartisan manner.
Thanks to all of you for your help. During the campaign season, when I was physically or emotionally tired, the thought of all the people who had contributed work or money to the campaign inspired me to continue my efforts.
The last thing I want to say is this: A campaign is several hundred days long. Because of its nature people tend to judge the campaign by the ultimate result. Was it a win or a loss? I think this is too narrow a way to look at it. Every day we talked to people about democracy, about increasing the influence of people and reducing the influence of money, about the importance of participation. Who knows what shores the ripples of this campaign will ultimately strike and what effect they will have? I am not done with my public life, and the young people who participated in the campaign will also be active for years to come. None of us have become cynical. We are all still optimistic and idealistic. When all is said and done, I’m proud of the campaign. I believe we did something good.
Sincerely,
Ken Gordon