Update: In late April, District 7 runoff candidate Nick Campion withdrew his candidacy, leaving Flor Alvidrez as the sole candidate remaining. She will win by default, according to the Denver Elections Division, since Campion’s votes won’t be counted.
Four runoff matchups have been finalized in Denver City Council races after the release of final unofficial results Thursday by the Denver Elections Division.
Two of those races had tight results between the candidates in second and third place — in one case just over 100 votes — leaving some uncertainty about who would make the runoff while ballot-counting from the April 4 election was still underway. Thursday’s release marked the end of the count, though results won’t be certified until April 20.
All margins between the second-place finishers and the No. 3 candidates who fell short of making the runoffs are outside the legal threshold for an automatic recount.
Here are the matchups for council districts in the June 6 runoff election, which also will have a mayoral runoff:
District 7: Flor Alvidrez v. Nick Campion. Alvidrez, a small business owner, received nearly 39% of votes and Campion, a software CEO, received 19.2% in an open five-candidate race to represent the south Denver district. Campion finished slightly ahead of Adam Estroff, who received 18.5% of votes. (Since Campion has withdrawn his candidacy, Alvidrez will be the default winner.)
District 8: Shontel M. Lewis v. Brad Revare. Lewis, a small business owner and former Regional Transportation District board director, received 35.7% of votes and Revare, a nonprofit leader, received 33.5% in an open five-way race to represent the northeast Denver district.
District 9:Â Candi CdeBaca v. Darrell Watson. CdeBaca, a first-term councilwoman, received 44.2% of votes and Watson, a small business owner, received 42.9% in a three-way race to represent an area that includes Five Points, Elyria-Swansea and a portion of Park Hill.
District 10:Â Chris Hinds v. Shannon Hoffman. Hinds, a first-term councilman, received nearly 36% of votes and Hoffman, a nonprofit administrator, received 27.1% in a four-way race to represent the central Denver district. Hoffman finished ahead of Noah Kaplan, who received 25.7% of votes.
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