2011 Denver mayoral election

2011 Denver mayoral election

May 3 and June 7, 2011

Nominee Michael Hancock Chris Romer Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan First-round vote 30,811 32,170 First-round percentage 27.18% 28.38% Second-round vote 70,780 51,082 Second-round percentage 58.08% 41.92%   Nominee James Mejia Doug Linkhart Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan First-round vote 29,170 10,714 First-round percentage 25.73% 9.45%

Mayor before election Bill Vidal Democratic Elected mayor Michael Hancock. Democratic

The 2011 Denver mayoral election took place on May 3 and June 7, 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 was not a candidate in the election. Vidal served as mayor until July 2011.^[2] The preliminary election was held on May 3, 2011, and the general election was on June 7, 2011, between Senator Chris Romer and City Councilman Michael B. Hancock.^[3]

Candidates

The major candidates were:^[4][5]

• Carol Boigon, at-large member of the Denver City Council [1][2]
• Michael B. Hancock, District 11 member of the Denver City Council
• Doug Linkhart, at-large member of the Denver City Council
• Danny F. Lopez, Public Works employee and 2007 Mayoral candidate
• James Mejia, founding CEO of the Denver Preschool Program
• 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
• Marcus Giavanni, write-in candidate^[6]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Michael Hancock (D)	Chris Romer (D)	Other	Undecided
Survey USA[7]	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
Kenneth R. Simpson	526	0.46
Write-In	275	0.24
Total	113,367	100	121,862	100

External links

• Denver Mayoral Election Scorecard

References

1. The Washington Post^{[dead link‍]}
2. Associated Press "Vidal takes over as Denver mayor", Denver Post, January 12, 2011, accessed January 19, 2011.
3. "Denver Elections Division". Archived from the original on May 6, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
4. "Denver Municipal Cendidate Filings for May 2011 Election". Archived from the original on November 28, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2011.
5. "Denver's next mayor: Handicapping the race". January 20, 2011.
6. "Marcus Giavanni files complaint over exclusion from Denver mayoral ballot: Read it here".
7. Survey USA
8. "Current Election Results". Archived from the original on May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 8, 2011.