In a hard fought battle for months, incumbent Democratic Candidate Michael Bennet took on Republican candidate Ken Buck. As the election neared, recent polls indicated that Buck had a slight edge over Bennet, however, as we found out in years prior, pre-election polls are not always accurate. With 88% of votes counted in Colorado, Bennet and Buck are in a virtual tie with 47% of the vote each. Bennet has a slight lead with 778,261 of the popular vote compared to Buck’s 771,274, but that’s a tiny gap considering 12% of the state’s votes have yet to be tallied.
The other big election in Colorado was for Governor. This race has been decided. With 50% of the popular vote thus far, Democrat John Hickenlooper leads American Constitution Candidate, Tom Tancredo who has 37%, and Republican Dan Maes with 11% of the votes. There were also 2 ballot measures in Colorado which both have been projected to get voted down. Amendment 62 which changes the definition of a “Person” so that abortions would practically become illegal in the state, and Amendment 63 which would make it legal for people to refuse health insurance, both have overwhelming “no” votes with 88% of votes counted thus far.
