August 11, 2010 02:10 PM UTC

Primary Wrap-up

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• by: Dan Willis

Primary 2010 has come and gone. I am sure most are saying “good riddance!”

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

In all of the statewide races, Denver went the opposite direction as the rest of the state. That is highly unusual and I suppose is a testament to “politics turned on its head” nature of this election cycle.

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.