Joe Neguse, Colorado’s Democratic candidate for secretary of state. (AP
Colorado elections always produce some interesting stats, including these:
Secretary of state: Democrat Joe Neguse won more counties than any of the other down-ballot Democrats. He won Adams and Arapahoe counties by higher margins than Mark Udall, Andrew Romanoff, Don Quick and Betsy Markey. Neguse lost to Republican Wayne Williams by 2.57 percentage points.
Attorney general: Quick lost to Republican Cynthia Coffman in Adams County, 45 percent to 48 percent, where Quick used to serve as the district attorney. Quick upset members of his own party by targeting corruption when he was the DA. Statewide, he lost to Coffman by 9.3 percentage points.
State treasurer: Republican incumbent Walker Stapleton beat Markey, a former congresswoman, on her home turf. Stapleton won 49 percent of the vote to Markey’s 46 percent of the vote in Larimer County. Overall, he won by 5.1 percentage points.
3rd Congressional District: Former state Sen. Abel Tapia, a Pueblo Democrat who during his years on the Joint Budget Committee worked to bring home bacon to Pueblo County, didn’t carry Pueblo County in the 3rd CD race. The incumbent, Republican Scott Tipton, won Pueblo 48 percent to 45 percent and beat Tapia overall by 22 percentage points.
