Tuesday was election day in Denver. Looking for results in the crowded 16-person mayoral race? Find that and results of the other municipal races below.
Denverites are voting to choose the successor to Mayor Michael Hancock, who is term-limited. No candidate won 50% of the vote, meaning the top two finishers — Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough — will go to a runoff election June 6.
Denver’s mayor is paid more than $188,000 and council members, who are on what’s likely the second most powerful government body in the state, make nearly $97,000.
Election results for the Denver mayoral race
You can also find the results here.
Who’s running again?
- Lisa Calderón
- Trinidad Rodriguez
- Aurelio Martinez
- Thomas Wolf
- Al Gardner
- Terrance Roberts
- Renate Behrens
- Chris Hansen
- Mike Johnston
- James Walsh
- Ean Thomas Tafoya
- Andy Rougeot
- Leslie Herod
- Robert Treta
- Debbie Ortega
- Kelly Brough
Meet the 16 mayoral candidates through their airport train greeting. We asked each candidate to record their own 15-second airport train greeting. Here’s what they submitted. >> READ
Campaign finance
The 16 mayoral candidates brought in more than $6.6 million and spent more than $5.7 million through March 29, the final campaign finance reporting deadline before Tuesday’s election, while spending by outside groups in the contest neared $3.6 million through Sunday.
The city’s new Fair Elections Fund matching program made up 58% of the money raised by the 12 mayoral candidates participating in that program. It uses taxpayer money to match donations to candidates of $50 and less by nine times, up to $750,000 for mayoral candidates, $250,000 for at-large council candidates and $125,000 for district council candidates.
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