One of the key legislative races that could determine whether the Democrats retain control of the state Senate involves Boulder County and was still too close to call as of press time Tuesday night. Democrat Jeanne Nicholson is battling Republican Tim Leonard in Senate District 16, and with only 36 percent of precincts reporting, media outlets were showing them in a dead heat, 50 percent to 50 percent.
Republicans looked to be making inroads in at least one key Senate race, however. In District 5, incumbent Democrat Gail Schwartz was getting beat by Republican Bob Rankin by a margin of 37.4 percent to 62.5 percent. Most Boulder County Democrats running for the Colorado House seemed to be doing well as of press time.
In House District 11, Deb Gardner was leading Republican Wes Whitely 59 percent to 41 percent, with 54 percent of precincts reporting. In HD 12, Matt Jones was defeating his closest competitor, Republican Jeffrey Ilseman, 62 percent to 33 percent, with 52 percent of precincts reporting. And Claire Levy was handily beating Republican Robert Houdeshell, by a margin of 73 percent to 27 percent, with 39 percent of precincts reporting. But Dianne Primavera was slightly trailing Republican Donald Beezley, 49 percent to 51 percent, with 51 percent of precincts reporting.
“We think we lost three seats in the House,” Levy told Boulder Weekly at about 10:!5 p.m. “But we look good to pick up [State Rep.] Kathleen Curry’s seat. Still, it’s too early to tell.”Â
As of 9:30 p.m. according to Fox News:
STATE SENATE – DISTRICT 16 — 38 of 105
precincts reporting (36%)
|
Tim Leonard [R] |
19,627 |
50% |
||
|
Jeanne Nicholson [D] |
19,653 |
50% |
STATE HOUSE – DISTRICT 11 — 32 of 59
precincts reporting (54%)
|
Deb Gardner [D] |
11,420 |
59% |
||
|
Wes Whiteley [R] |
8,086 |
41% |
STATE
HOUSE – DISTRICT 12 — 26 of 50 precincts reporting (52%)
|
Matt Jones [D] |
9,941 |
62% |
||
|
Jeffrey Ilseman [R] |
5,371 |
33% |
||
|
Bo Shaffer [L] |
852 |
5% |
STATE
HOUSE – DISTRICT 13 — 27 of 69 precincts reporting (39%)
|
Claire Levy [D] |
12,249 |
73% |
||
|
Robert Houdeshell [R] |
4,548 |
27% |
STATE HOUSE – DISTRICT 33 — 32 of 63
precincts reporting (51%)
|
Donald Beezley [R] |
13,596 |
51% |
||
|
Dianne Primavera [D] |
13,183 |
49% |
UNIVERSITY REGENTS – AT LARGE — 735 of 3,246
precincts reporting (23%)
|
Steve Bosley [R] |
396,810 |
49% |
||
|
Melissa Hart [D] |
368,566 |
46% |
||
|
Jesse Wallace [L] |
41,306 |
5% |
A – COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL — 735 of 3,246
precincts reporting (23%)
|
John Suthers [R] |
451,196 |
54% |
||
|
Stan Garnett [D] |
378,109 |
46% |
A –
SECRETARY OF STATE — 740 of 3,246 precincts reporting (23%)
|
Scott Gessler [R] |
398,335 |
48% |
||
|
Bernie Buescher [D] |
388,150 |
46% |
||
|
Amanda Campbell [AC] |
50,695 |
6% |
A – STATE
TREASURER — 740 of 3,246 precincts reporting (23%)
|
Cary Kennedy [D] |
424,891 |
51% |
||
|
Walker Stapleton [R] |
404,432 |
49% |
