Broomfield Primary Results 2018: Neguse Takes Lead

BROOMFIELD, CO – Broomfield's procrastinating voters rushed to the polls Tuesday to drop off ballots at local Broomfield County drop-off sites. Many others had already voted by mail.

All the vote tallies had been posted by Wednesday afternoon, except for those in far-western Montrose County, where bar code problems meant Clerk staff had to count by hand.

Attorney General Race

The final counts made it clear that former CU Law professor Phil Weiser had won the primary in a very close race with Joe Salazar. Once the 99% tallies were in, Weiser was top vote-getter with 281,764, or 50.77 percent of the vote, with Salazar receiving 49.23 percent, or 273,218.

Weiser posted a message of unity on his campaign Facebook page.

"My focus as Attorney General will be on building partnerships to solve problems together, working to strengthen community bonds."

Governor race

Walter Stapleton was declared the winner of the Republican primary for Governor, Colorado Politics reported. Stapleton was almost 18 points ahead of the second highest vote-getter, Victor Mitchell, with 82 percent of counties counted.

Jared Polis was top vote-getter for the Democrats with 44.75 percent of the vote, or 264,464. Cary Kennedy had 24.69 percent, or 145,908 votes, and Mike Johnston got 137,617, or 23.39 percent of the votes. Lt. Governor Donna Lynne received 7.28 percent of the votes.

U.S Congress District 2 Democratic Primary - Winner Neguse

Joe Neguse beat Mark Williams with more than 68 percent of the vote in early tallies for the Democratic ballot spot for U.S. Congress District 2, since five-term Congressman Jared Polis (D-Boulder) has jumped into, and won, the primary race for governor. Neguse, an attorney and the son of Eritrean immigrants, grew up in Littleton and served as regent for the University of Colorado (his alma mater) and works as executive director of Colorado's Department of Regulatory Agencies. Williams is the former Chair of the Boulder Democrats. During the race, he complained about outside "meddling" from national Dems like former Vice President Joe Biden. In November, Neguse will face Republican Peter Yu, who ran unopposed, as well as Libertarian Roger Barris and Boulder Independent Nick Thomas.

Here are updated results for statewide 2018 primary races June 26.

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