Colorado Primary 2020: Boulder County Election Results

DENVER, CO — Thousands of ballots have been returned by drop box and mail in Denver for Tuesday's state primary. The biggest race in the election is the Democratic matchup for the U.S. Senate seat — John Hickenlooper has won the primary against Andrew Romanoff, and Hickenlooper will take on Republican incumbent Cory Gardner in November.

Hickenlooper is backed by national Democratic Party leaders, and Republicans launched attack ads against him because Romanoff was viewed as an easier candidate to defeat in November.

Callie Rennison has defeated Dave Gross and Aaron Harbor for the University of Colorado Board of Regents seat to represent District 2.

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>> Romanoff vs. Hickenlooper: View the results for the U.S. Senate Democratic race here.

Results for contested races in Boulder County

Boulder County Democratic candidates

Regent of the University of Colorado - Congressional District 2

County Commissioner - District 2

*There are no contested races among Boulder County Republican candidates

Rennison is a tenured professor in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Colorado Denver. She earned a B.S in Psychology, an M.A. in Sociology, an M.A. in Political Science, and a PhD in Political Science from the University of Houston.

After completing her PhD, Rennison moved to Washington DC and served as a statistician in the Department of Justice during the Clinton and Bush administrations. She started her career at UCD as an instructor, and later a Clinical Research Professor.

Rennison has also served at UCD as Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs in the School of Public Affairs, and later as the Director of Equity and Title IX Coordinator at the UCD | Anschutz Medical Campuses.

In a quote on her campaign website, Rennison says her extracurricular activities have also helped to shape her as a leader.

“Outside of work, my passion is rock climbing. People who know me, call me a ‘scrapper’ because I do what it takes to get something done," she said. "My favorite type of climbing is on steep overhanging walls requiring strength, tenacity, and technique."

Rennison said climbing taught her "that even the trickiest problems can be solved."

"Problem solving, even in the most extreme conditions, requires patience, identifying opportunities, and moving forward thoughtfully and courageously. These are skills that will serve me well as a Regent.”

Dave Gross just finished his 25th school year at CU. He earned a Ph.D. in Financial Economics at CU Boulder, where he's currently the associate chair of the Finance Department and the faculty director of the MS Finance Program.

At CU, Gross has served as chair of the Boulder Faculty Assembly Budget and Planning Committee, chair of the Leeds Diversity Committee and on many other leadership committees.

Gross has also served as treasurer of Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center and treasurer and president of the Dairy Arts Center. He's also been a member of the Foothills United Way Investment Advisory Committee.

In a message on his campaign website, Gross said he's "spent years making difficult, real-world, financial decisions."

"I’m proud to be endorsed by many of the people and leaders at the organizations to which I have given my time and expertise," he said.

"We need a progressive finance expert, experienced teacher and committed public servant on the Board of Regents."

Aaron Harber was the only CU regent candidate that has served on a governing board of a major university. He's a former governing board member at Princeton University.

Harber hosts “The Aaron Harber Show,” which airs on several networks, including Denver's Channel 3 — KCDO-TV. He's earned a Broadcaster of the Year award from the Colorado Broadcasters Association, and he was selected as the 2019 recipient of the Geosciences In The Media award from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists for his programming on the fields of energy and the environment.

From 2020 through 2022, he is scheduled to be the host in Washington, D.C. of Harber TV's “The American Civility Initiative” and “The Great Climate Change Debate: What Does The Science Really Say?”

Harber has interviewed many world leaders, including Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter and President Donald Trump.

Harber has spent more than three decades serving as president of the American Research Corporation.

He served as a member of Princeton’s Department of Civil & Geological Engineering’s Advisory Committee as well as the university’s primary fundraising and resources committee. Harber also served as the first president and chairman of the Nancy Spanier Dance Theatre of Colorado, a volunteer probation counselor for the City and County Courts of Denver and as a member of the board of directors for the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra.

Harber was elected as chair of State Senate District 17 and as Vice Chair of House District 31, and has held many other elected party positions.