Denver mayoral election, 2011

Denver mayoral election, 2011

2007 ← May 3, 2011 → 2015

Mayor before election Guillermo "Bill" Vidal Elected Mayor TBD

The 2011 Denver mayoral election took place on May 3, 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 will not be a candidate in the election. Vidal will serve as mayor until July 2011, when a new mayor (to be elected in upcoming municipal elections; Vidal is not running^[3]) will assume the office.^[4] The preliminary election was held on May 3, 2011 and the general election will be held on June 7th 2011 between Senator Chris Romer and City Councilman Michael B. Hancock.^[5]

Candidates

The major candidates were: ^[6][7]

• Carol Boigon, at-large member of the City Council [2][3]
• Michael B. Hancock, District 11 member of the City Council
• Doug Linkhart, at-large member of the City Council
• Danny F. Lopez, Public Works employee and 2007 Mayoral candidate
• James Mejia, founding CEO of the Denver Preschool Program [4]
• 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

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[8]		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
Doug Linkhart	10,714	9.45
Theresa Spahn	3,373	2.98
Carol Boigon	2,357	2.08
Thomas Andrew Wolf	2,139	1.89
Danny F. Lopez	1,036	0.91
Jeff Peckman	796	0.7
Ken Simpson	526	0.46
Write-In	275	0.24
Total	113,367	100	121,862	100

External Links

• Denver Mayoral Election Scorecard

References

1. ^ http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/denver-city-councilman-wins-runoff-election-defeating-fellow-democrat-to-become-mayor/2011/06/07/AG1zgXLH_story.html
2. ^ Associated Press "Vidal takes over as Denver mayor", Denver Post, January 12, 2011, accessed January 19, 2011.
3. ^ Denver Post "Mayor Vidal puts a nail in it – He’s not running", Denver Post, February 8, 2011, accessed February 8, 2011.
4. ^ Associated Press "Vidal takes over as Denver mayor", Denver Post, January 12, 2011, accessed January 19, 2011.
5. ^ http://www.denvergov.org/Default.aspx?alias=www.denvergov.org/elections
6. ^ http://www.denvergov.com/ForCampaignsandElectedOfficials/MunicipalCandidateFilings/tabid/438456/Default.aspx
7. ^ [1]
8. ^ http://www.denvergov.org/elections/CurrentElectionResults/tabid/430130/Default.aspx