2011 Denver mayoral election

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2011 Denver mayoral election
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Nominee Michael Hancock Chris Romer James Mejia
Party nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartisan
First-round vote 30,811 32,170 29,170
First-round percentage 27.18% 28.38% 25.73%
Second-round vote 70,780 51,082
Second-round percentage 58.08% 41.92%

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Nominee
Party nonpartisan
First-round vote 10,714
First-round percentage 9.45%

Mayor before election

Bill Vidal
Democratic

Elected Mayor

Michael Hancock.
Democratic

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[]

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[]

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
Michael
Hancock (D)
Chris
Romer (D)
Other Undecided
Survey USA May 23–27, 2011 548 ± 4.3% 49% 39% 11%

Results[]

Candidates Primary Election[7] 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
10,714 9.45
3,373 2.98
2,357 2.08
2,139 1.89
1,036 0.91
Jeff Peckman 796 0.7
526 0.46
Write-In 275 0.24
Total 113,367 100 121,862 100

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ The Washington Post[dead link]
  2. ^ a b Associated Press "Vidal takes over as Denver mayor", Denver Post, January 12, 2011, accessed January 19, 2011.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2019-04-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-28. Retrieved 2011-01-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Denver's next mayor: Handicapping the race". 20 January 2011.
  6. ^ "Marcus Giavanni files complaint over exclusion from Denver mayoral ballot: Read it here".
  7. ^ "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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