2011 Denver mayoral election
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]
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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
The major candidates were:[4][5]
- Carol Boigon, at-large member of the City Council
- Michael B. Hancock, District 11 member of the City Council
- Doug Linkhart, at-large member of the 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
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size |
Margin of error |
Michael Hancock (D) |
Chris Romer (D) |
Other | Undecided |
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Survey USA | May 23–27, 2011 | 548 | ± 4.3% | 49% | 39% | — | 11% |
Results
Candidates | Primary Election[7] | General Election | ||
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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 | ||
Ken Simpson | 526 | 0.46 | ||
Write-In | 275 | 0.24 | ||
Total | 113,367 | 100 | 121,862 | 100 |
External links
References
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/denver-city-councilman-wins-runoff-election-defeating-fellow-democrat-to-become-mayor/2011/06/07/AG1zgXLH_story.html
- Associated Press "Vidal takes over as Denver mayor", Denver Post, January 12, 2011, accessed January 19, 2011.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2019-04-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2011-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.westword.com/news/marcus-giavanni-files-complaint-over-exclusion-from-denver-mayoral-ballot-read-it-here-5868540
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2011-05-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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