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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6, 2018. All of Colorado's executive offices and all seven of its seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats swept the statewide offices up for election, leaving the at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents and the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide offices held by Republicans.[1]

Governor and lieutenant governor

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Main article: 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election

Incumbent Democratic governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited. Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Donna Lynne ran for governor, but was eliminated in the Democratic primary on June 26, 2018.

Results

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Colorado gubernatorial election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jared Polis 1,348,888 53.4
Republican Walker Stapleton 1,080,801 42.8
Libertarian Scott Helker 69,519 2.8
Unity Bill Hammons 25,854 1.0
Total votes 2,525,062 100.0%
Democratic hold

Attorney general

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Main article: 2018 Colorado Attorney General election

Incumbent Republican attorney general Cynthia Coffman ran for governor, but was eliminated at the state Republican party convention in April.

Democratic primary

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Declared

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Campaign suspended

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  • Michael Dougherty, district attorney for Colorado's Twentieth Judicial District[4][5]
  • Brad Levin, attorney[6]
  • Amy Padden, federal prosecutor[6]

Endorsements

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Michael Dougherty (Withdrawn)
  • Bruce Brown, district attorney for Colorado's 5th judicial district[7]
  • Mike Foote, state representative[8]
Joe Salazar
Organizations
National officials
State officials
Local officials
  • Shannon Bird, Westminster city councilwoman
  • Maria de Cambria, Westminster city councilwoman
  • Brother Jeff Fard, Denver community leader
  • Rochelle Galindo, Greeley councilwoman
  • Alberto Garcia, Westminster city councilwoman
  • Eva Henry, Adams County commissioner
  • Paul Lopez, Denver city councilman
  • Kathly Plomer, president of the Adams County Board of Education
  • Rhonda Solis, member of Colorado Board of Education
  • Chaz Tedesco, Adams County commissioner
Brad Levin
Phil Weiser
State officials
Local officials
  • Jeni James Arndt, state representative; Assistant Majority Caucus Chair, district 53 (Larimer County)
  • Fiona Arnold, CEO of Mainspring Developers; former executive director of the Colorado Department of Economic Development; former chair of the Colorado Law Dean's Advisory Council
  • Bruce Brown, district attorney for Colorado's 5th judicial district (Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, & Summit Counties)
  • Kathy Chandler-Henry, Eagle County Commissioner
  • Jeff Chostner, district attorney for Pueblo
  • Dennis Flores, Pueblo City Councilman
  • Stan Garnett, former Boulder County district attorney
  • Irene Griego, University of Colorado regent
  • Chris Hansen, state representative, district 6 (Denver County)
  • Bill Holen, Arapahoe County Commissioner
  • Nancy Jackson, Arapahoe County Commissioner #4
  • Elise Jones, Boulder County Commissioner
  • Tracy Kraft-Tharp, state representative, district 29 (Jefferson County)
  • Alice Madden, former Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives[18]
  • Dennis Maes, Pueblo County School Board member; former judge; practicing lawyer
  • Jeanne McQueeney, Eagle County Commissioner
  • Sean Murphy, Mayor of Telluride, Colorado
  • Anthony Nunez, former Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Garrison Ortiz, Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Sal Pace, Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Joe Pelle, Boulder County Sheriff
  • Marcelina Rivera, chief of staff to superintendent of Aurora Public Schools
  • Gail Schwartz, former Colorado state senator
  • David Skaggs, former Congressman Colorado's 2nd district
  • Taylor Voss, Pueblo City School Board
  • John Walsh, former United States Attorney for Colorado
Community and civic leaders
  • Jessica Brown, partner, Gibson Dunn; former president, Colorado Women's Bar Association; former chair, Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado board of trustees
  • Maxine Burkett, law professor
  • Dan Caruso, founder, chairman, and CEO of Zayo; former chair of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Steering Committee
  • Aneesh Chopra, former Chief Technology Officer of the United States[18]
  • Audrey Danner, owner of Mountain Connect
  • Brad Feld, co-founder of Foundry Group; co-founder of Mobius Venture Capital
  • Franz Hardy, former chair of the CU Law Alumni Board; partner at Gordon & Rees
  • Sue Heilbronner, CEO of Mergelane
  • Amy Padden, federal prosecutor, former candidate for Colorado attorney general[19]
  • Paul Washington, former executive director of the Denver Office of Economic Development

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Salazar 		Phil
Weiser 		Amy
Padden 		Brad
Levin 		Undecided
Magellan Strategies (R) May 30–31, 2018 503 ± 4.38% 27% 8% – – 65%
Magellan Strategies (R) March 20–23, 2018 410 ± 4.8% 34% 5% 5% 4% 51%

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phil Weiser 298,048 50.43
Democratic Joe Salazar 292,912 49.57
Total votes 590,960 100.0

Republican primary

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Declared

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  • George Brauchler, district attorney for Colorado's 18th Judicial District[20]

Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Brauchler 414,532 100.0
Total votes 414,532 100.0

General election

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Endorsements

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Phil Weiser (D)
Former U.S. executive branch officials
State officials
Local officials
  • Jeni James Arndt, state representative; assistant majority caucus chair, District 53 (Larimer County)
  • Fiona Arnold, CEO of Mainspring Developers; former executive director of the Colorado Department of Economic Development; former chair of the Colorado Law Dean's Advisory Council
  • Bruce Brown, district attorney for Colorado's 5th judicial district (Clear Creek, Eagle, Lake, & Summit Counties)
  • Kathy Chandler-Henry, Eagle County Commissioner
  • Jeff Chostner, district attorney for Pueblo
  • Dennis Flores, Pueblo City Councilman
  • Stan Garnett, former Boulder County district attorney
  • Irene Griego, University of Colorado regent
  • Chris Hansen, state representative, district 6 (Denver County)
  • Bill Holen, Arapahoe County Commissioner
  • Nancy Jackson, Arapahoe County Commissioner #4
  • Elise Jones, Boulder County Commissioner
  • Alice Madden, former Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives[18]
  • Dennis Maes, Pueblo County School Board member; former judge; practicing lawyer
  • Jeanne McQueeney, Eagle County Commissioner
  • Sean Murphy, Mayor of Telluride, Colorado
  • Anthony Nunez, former Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Garrison Ortiz, Pueblo County Commissioner
  • Sal Pace, Pueblo County Commissioners
  • Joe Pelle, Boulder County Sheriff
  • Marcelina Rivera, chief of staff to superintendent of Aurora Public Schools
  • Gail Schwartz, former Colorado state senator
  • David Skaggs, former Congressman Colorado's 2nd district
  • Tracy Kraft Tharp, state representative, district 29 (Jefferson County)
  • Taylor Voss, Pueblo City School Board
  • John Walsh, former United States Attorney for Colorado
Community and civic leaders
  • Jessica Brown, partner, Gibson Dunn; former president, Colorado Women's Bar Association; former chair, Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado board of trustees
  • Maxine Burkett, law professor
  • Dan Caruso, founder, chairman, and CEO of Zayo; former chair of the Blackstone Entrepreneurs Network Steering Committee
  • Aneesh Chopra, former Chief Technology Officer of the United States[18]
  • Audrey Danner, owner of Mountain Connect
  • Brad Feld, co-founder of Foundry Group; co-founder of Mobius Venture Capital
  • Franz Hardy, former chair of the CU Law Alumni Board; partner at Gordon & Rees
  • Sue Heilbronner, CEO of Mergelane
  • Amy Padden, federal prosecutor, former candidate for Colorado attorney general[19]
  • Paul Washington, former executive director of the Denver Office of Economic Development
George Brauchler (R)
  • Bob Beauprez, former U.S. representative[22]
  • Jim Crone, Morgan County sheriff[23]
  • Michael McIntosh, Adams County sheriff[24]
  • Shawn Mobley, Otero County sheriff[25]
  • Brian Norton, Rio Grande County sheriff[26]
  • Steve Reams, Weld County sheriff[27]
  • Dan Rubinstein, 21st judicial district attorney[28]
  • Jeff Shrader, Jefferson County sheriff[29]
  • Justin Smith, Larimer County Sheriff[30]
  • James Van Beek, Eagle County sheriff[31]
  • Garrett Wiggins, Routt County sheriff[32]
  • Sam Zordel, Prowers County sheriff[33]
Organizations
  • Colorado Association of Realtors[34]
Newspapers

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Phil
Weiser (D) 		George
Brauchler (R) 		Undecided
Democratic Attorneys General Association (D)[permanent dead link] May 8–10, 2018 883 ± 3.30% 47% 35% 18%
Hypothetical polling

Joe Salazar vs. George Brauchler

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size 		Margin
of error 		Joe
Salazar (D) 		George
Brauchler (R) 		Undecided
Democratic Attorneys General Association (D)[permanent dead link] May 8–10, 2018 883 ± 3.30% 51% 36% 13%

Results

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Colorado Attorney General election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Phil Weiser 1,285,464 51.6
Republican George Brauchler 1,124,757 45.1
Libertarian William "Bill" Robinson III 81,733 3.3
Total votes 2,491,954 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

Secretary of State

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2018 Colorado Secretary of State election
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2022 →
 
Nominee Jena Griswold Wayne W. Williams
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,313,716 1,113,927
Percentage 52.7% 44.7%
County results
Griswold:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Williams:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Secretary of State before election

Wayne W. Williams
Republican

Elected Secretary of State

Jena Griswold
Democratic

Incumbent Republican secretary of state Wayne Williams was eligible to run for re-election to a second term.


Democratic primary

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Declared

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  • Jena Griswold, lawyer and small business owner[39]

Eliminated at convention

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  • Phillip Villard

Withdrawn

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  • Gabriel McArthur[40]

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jena Griswold 505,186 100.0
Total votes 505,186 100.0

Republican primary

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Declared

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  • Wayne Williams, incumbent secretary of state of Colorado[41]

Endorsements

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Jena Griswold
Organizations
Politicians
Unions
  • Plumbers Local Union 3, Aurora-based union[42]
  • UA Local 208 Pipefitters, Denver-based union[42]

Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wayne Williams (incumbent) 410,792 100.0
Total votes 410,792 100.0

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Governing[44] Lean R June 4, 2018

Endorsements

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Jena Griswold (D)
Former U.S. executive branch officials

Results

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Colorado Secretary of State election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jena Griswold 1,313,716 52.7
Republican Wayne Williams (incumbent) 1,113,927 44.7
Constitution Amanda Campbell 51,734 2.1
Approval Voting Blake Huber 13,258 0.5
Total votes 2,492,635 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

State treasurer

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2018 Colorado State Treasurer election
← 2014
2022 →
 
Nominee Dave Young Brian Watson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,292,281 1,111,641
Percentage 52.2% 44.9%
County results
Young:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Watson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
State Treasurer before election

Walker Stapleton
Republican

Elected State Treasurer

Dave Young
Democratic

Incumbent Republican state treasurer Walker Stapleton was term-limited and could not run for a third consecutive term in office. He was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of Colorado.

Democratic primary

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Declared

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Eliminated at convention

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  • Charles Scheibe, chief financial officer of the Colorado Department of Treasury[47]

Disqualified

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Endorsements

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Dave Young (D)
Organizations
Unions
Newspapers
  • The Greeley Tribune[50]
State senators
National figures
State representatives
Individuals
  • Brother Jeff Fard, Denver community leader[54]
  • Jane Goff, state board of education member
  • Sal Pace, Pueblo county commissioner
  • Shakti, Lakewood city councilwoman
  • Kris Teegardin, mayor of Edgewater

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Young 359,391 67.52
Democratic Bernard Douthit 172,855 32.48
Total votes 532,246 100.0

Republican primary

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Eliminated at convention

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Declined

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Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Brian Watson 170,225 37.99
Republican Justin Everett 165,322 36.90
Republican Polly Lawrence 112,487 25.11
Total votes 448,034 100.0

General election

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Results

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Colorado State Treasurer election, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Dave Young 1,292,281 52.2
Republican Brian Watson 1,111,641 44.9
Constitution Gerald F. Kilpatrick 70,475 2.9
Total votes 2,474,397 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

Colorado State Board of Education

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Two seats on the seven-member State Board of Education were up for election in 2018. These included the 2nd district seat held by Democrat Angelika Schroeder and the 4th district seat held by Republican Pam Mazanec.

State Board of Education member, Congressional District 2

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angelika Schroeder (incumbent) 96,543 100.0
Total votes 96,543 100.0
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Johnny Barrett 51,679 100.0
Total votes 51,679 100.0

State Board of Education member, Congressional District 4

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tim Krug 49,068 100.0
Total votes 49,068 100.0
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Debora L. Scheffel 77,948 100.0
Total votes 77,948 100.0

Regents of the University of Colorado

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Three seats on the nine-member University of Colorado Board of Regents were up for election in 2018. These included the at-large seat currently held by Democrat Stephen C. Ludwig, the 3rd district seat held by Republican Glen Gallegos, and the 5th district seat held by Republican Kyle Hybl.

Declared

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At-large

  • Ken Montera (Republican)[64]
  • Christopher E. Otwell (Unity)[65][66]
  • Lesley Smith (Democrat)[64]

Eliminated at convention

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  • Jason Robinson (Democrat)
  • Chantell Taylor (Democrat)

Results

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CU Regent at-large

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lesley Smith 493,636 100.0
Total votes 493,636 100.0
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ken Montera 400,339 100.0
Total votes 400,339 100.0

CU Regent District 3

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alvin Rivera 56,786 100.0
Total votes 56,786 100.0
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Glen H. Gallegos 60,795 100.0
Total votes 60,795 100.0

CU Regent District 5

  • Chance Hill (Republican)[67]
  • Tony Wolusky (Democrat)

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tony Wolusky 45,927 100.0
Total votes 45,927 100.0
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Chance Hill 84,849 100.0
Total votes 84,849 100.0

State legislature

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State senate

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Main article: 2018 Colorado State Senate election

In the 2018 elections, 17 of the 35 seats in the Colorado State Senate were on the ballot. Democrats gained two seats and a 19–16 majority, which ended Republican control of the chamber.

State house

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Main article: 2018 Colorado House of Representatives election

In the 2018 elections, all 65 seats in the Colorado House of Representatives were up for election. The Democrats were able to expand their majority to 41–24, due to gaining five seats from the Republicans.

United States House of Representatives

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Main article: 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado

All of Colorado's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2018.

District 20 District Attorney

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General election candidates

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  • Michael Dougherty, district attorney for Colorado's Twentieth Judicial District

Democratic primary

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  • Michael Dougherty, district attorney for Colorado's Twentieth Judicial District[4]
  • Mike Foote, Colorado State Representative for Colorado District 30[68]
Michael Dougherty
Newspapers
  • The Longmont Times-Call[69]
District attorneys
  • Jim Bullock (D16)
  • Christian Champagne (D6)
  • Jeff Chostner (D10)
  • Will Furse (D22)
  • Stan Garnett, previous Boulder County DA
  • Dan Hotsenpiller (D7)
Sheriffs
  • Joe DiSalvo, Pitkin County
  • Bruce Hartman, Gilpin County
  • Robert Jackson, Alamosa County
  • Bill Masters, San Miguel County
  • Joe Pelle, Boulder County
  • Brett Schroetlin, Grand County
  • Kirk Taylor, Pueblo County
Community members
  • Matt Applebaum, former mayor of Boulder
  • Cynthia Braddock, Boulder county assessor
  • Ron Engles, Gilpin County commissioner
  • Linda Isenhart, Gilpin County commissioner
  • Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, candidate for state senate
  • Bill Kirpatrick, Golden chief of police
  • Kris Larsen, mayor of Nederland
  • Brad Levin, former candidate for attorney general
  • Claire Levy, former state representative
  • Amy Padden, former candidate for attorney general
  • Andrew Shoemaker, former Boulder city councilman
  • Nick Thomas, independent candidate for US Congress, D2
  • Casey Tighe, Jefferson County commissioner
  • Gail Watson, Gilpin County commissioner
  • Lisa Widdekind, former candidate for Boulder County commissioner[70]
  • Bob Yates, Boulder city councilman

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