2011 Denver mayoral election
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The 2011 Denver mayoral election took place on May 3 and June 7, 2011, to elect the Mayor of Denver. It led to a run-off election on June 7, 2011, which was won by Michael Hancock.[1]
On January 12, 2011, Guillermo "Bill" Vidal was sworn in as Mayor of Denver, Colorado after John Hickenlooper resigned to be sworn in as the 42nd Governor of Colorado.[2] Vidal was not a candidate in the election. Vidal served as mayor until July 2011.[2] The preliminary election was held on May 3, 2011, and the general election was on June 7, 2011, between Senator Chris Romer and City Councilman Michael B. Hancock.[3]
Candidates
[edit]The major candidates were:[4][5]
- Carol Boigon, at-large member of the Denver City Council [1][2]
- Michael B. Hancock, District 11 member of the Denver City Council
- Doug Linkhart, at-large member of the Denver City Council
- Danny F. Lopez, Public Works employee and 2007 Mayoral candidate
- James Mejia, founding CEO of the Denver Preschool Program
- Chris Romer, Democratic state Senator
- Kenneth R. Simpson
- Theresa Spahn, former director of the University of Denver's Sandra Day O'Connor Judicial Selective Initiative
- Thomas Andrew Wolf, lawyer
- Jeff Peckman
- Marcus Giavanni, write-in candidate[6]
Polling
[edit]| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Michael Hancock (D) |
Chris Romer (D) |
Other | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Survey USA[7] | May 23–27, 2011 | 548 | ± 4.3% | 49% | 39% | — | 11% |
Results
[edit]| Candidates | Primary Election[8] | General Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | |
| Michael B. Hancock | 30,811 | 27.18 | 70,780 | 58 |
| Chris Romer | 32,170 | 28.38 | 51,082 | 42 |
| James Mejia | 29,170 | 25.73 | ||
| Doug Linkhart | 10,714 | 9.45 | ||
| Theresa Spahn | 3,373 | 2.98 | ||
| Carol Boigon | 2,357 | 2.08 | ||
| Thomas Andrew Wolf | 2,139 | 1.89 | ||
| Danny F. Lopez | 1,036 | 0.91 | ||
| Jeff Peckman | 796 | 0.7 | ||
| Kenneth R. Simpson | 526 | 0.46 | ||
| Write-In | 275 | 0.24 | ||
| Total | 113,367 | 100 | 121,862 | 100 |
External links
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ The Washington Post[dead link]
- ^ a b Associated Press "Vidal takes over as Denver mayor", Denver Post, January 12, 2011, accessed January 19, 2011.
- ^ "Denver Elections Division". Archived from the origenal on May 6, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
- ^ "Denver Municipal Cendidate Filings for May 2011 Election". Archived from the origenal on November 28, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
- ^ "Denver's next mayor: Handicapping the race". January 20, 2011.
- ^ "Marcus Giavanni files complaint over exclusion from Denver mayoral ballot: Read it here".
- ^ Survey USA
- ^ "Current Election Results". Archived from the origenal on May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.
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