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Mike Coffman held a slim 273-vote lead over Omar Montgomery in the Aurora mayoral race after election officials finished tabulating thousands of ballots on Thursday, but neither candidate was ready to say the election had concluded. A spokesman for Coffman’s campaign said the former five-term congressman had no plans to declare victory while votes remained…

The numbers in the statewide measure Proposition DD swung back and forth Tuesday like the lead in a Final Four championship match. On Wednesday afternoon, the buzzer sounded. The Associated Press called the race in favor of the measure that would decriminalize sports betting to fund water issues. As of 3 p.m., returns from the…

Voters across Colorado will decide two statewide measures in the election that ends Tuesday, and many of them will also elect municipal and school board officials, as well as vote on a range of local ballot questions ranging from taxes and debt to marijuana and broadband. The state’s 3.94 million active registered voters have until…

Coloradans are split on statewide ballot initiatives but support the impeachment of President Donald Trump, according to a new survey from the University of Colorado-Boulder. The fourth annual Colorado Political Climate Survey involved 800 registered voters in the week prior to election day. Half of respondents said they would not vote for Proposition CC, the…

Statewide turnout neared 20% the Friday before the general election. Registered Democrats and unaffiliated voters each comprised approximately 30% of ballots returned. Republicans, representing 28% of the electorate, made up 38% of voters. Turnout in Denver had not yet reached 14%. Four days out from Election Day, Republicans have returned their ballots at rates exceeding…

Delta County homeowners would pay $40 more per year on average to rescue their libraries if a ballot measure passes on Tuesday. CPR reports that the library system endured cuts of $650,000 since 2011, and hours would be slashed further in the absence of new revenue. Delta is one of 11 library districts to have…

Housing growth in Colorado could see far-reaching new limits with a proposed ballot measure. Initiative 122 would give each municipality and county the ability to pass voter-approved limits on housing growth, similar to Golden’s 1 percent growth limit since 1995 and Lakewood’s newly passed limit this year. The initiative would also institute for the Front…