Colorado voters handed every statewide office to a Democrat on November 3, passed eight of 14 ballot measures and turned down the other six. One of the state's eight seats in the U.S. House was still undecided the next morning, and it is the seat that covers Cheyenne, Kiowa and Prowers counties.

U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper won a second term with 60.4 percent of the vote, or 1,302,590 votes. Republican Mark Baisley, a state senator from Douglas County, took 35.4 percent.

“Today, Coloradans have once again delivered a clear message: Enough is enough!” John Hickenlooper, the re-elected Democratic U.S. senator, said at the Democrats' election night party in Denver. (source)

“I think we need to go retreat and regroup for sure,” Mark Baisley, the defeated Republican nominee and a state senator, said at the Colorado Republican Party's election night gathering in Lakewood. (source)

“I do think that we need to assess whether the bold loudness, the delivery of our president, if that has affected things,” Mark Baisley, the defeated Republican nominee and a state senator, said in Lakewood the same night, on whether the president's style cost his party votes. (source)

Attorney General Phil Weiser was elected governor with 61.1 percent, running with Lesley Dahlkemper. Republican Victor Marx took 33.5 percent. Weiser succeeds Jared Polis, who could not run again.

“My message is this: There's so much more that unites us than divides us, and I want you to know that my administration will always show up and listen and work with you to deliver on the promise of building a better Colorado for all of us,” Phil Weiser, the governor-elect, said in his acceptance speech in Denver. (source)

“Phil and I disagree on a great deal, and we said so plainly. But I will pray for him, and I want him to succeed, because when Colorado's governor succeeds, Colorado's families succeed.” Victor Marx, the defeated Republican nominee for governor, said in the concession statement he issued just after 9 p.m. (source)

“Being Governor in the great state of Colorado has been the greatest honor of my life and I know that Governor-Elect Weiser will lead with determination, fearlessness, and an unwavering commitment to doing what's best for Coloradans.” Jared Polis, the outgoing governor, said in a statement released by his office that night. (source)

In the three remaining offices, Amanda Gonzalez won secretary of state with 60.0 percent over James Wiley's 37.3 percent; Jeff Bridges won state treasurer with 58.6 percent over Kevin Grantham's 39.0 percent; Jena Griswold won attorney general with 58.6 percent over Michael J. Allen's 41.4 percent.

“I am humbled, grateful, and incredibly honored to be elected as your next Colorado Attorney General!” Jena Griswold, the attorney general-elect, said on election night. (source)

“It's definitely not the outcome that we wanted, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise,” Michael J. Allen, the defeated Republican nominee for attorney general, said at a Republican watch party in Colorado Springs. (source)

“Our party, the Republican Party, has a lot of lessons to learn. We need to listen more. We need to reach beyond traditional supporters and demonstrate that our principles offer real solutions to the challenges facing every single one of us here in Colorado.” Michael J. Allen, the defeated Republican nominee for attorney general, said in the same remarks, moments later. (source)

The House seat that covers southeast Colorado

The 4th Congressional District, which takes in Cheyenne, Kiowa and Prowers counties along with much of eastern Colorado and the southern Front Range, has not been decided. Democrat Eileen Laubacher leads Republican Lauren Boebert, the sitting representative, by 4,894 votes out of 343,281 counted — 49.2 percent to 47.7 percent. Libertarian Douglas Mangeris took 3.1 percent.

Neither candidate has claimed the seat and neither has conceded. Boebert spoke to supporters in Windsor about half an hour after polls closed, as the first returns came in.

“We're still in this fight. We are not giving up our state. We are not giving up our country.” Lauren Boebert, the sitting Republican representative, said to supporters in Windsor at 7:31 p.m., as the first returns came in. (source)

Laubacher had issued no statement about the result that the Press could find.

The ballot measures

Three measures passed by less than a point and a half, margins narrow enough that counties are still counting ballots that could matter to them. The closest was Proposition 137 — Direct Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation, which passed by 0.6 of a point — 1,058,432 votes to 1,046,681. Amendment 87 — Graduated Income Tax passed by 1.2 points and Amendment 85 — Plain Language Ballot Titles by 1.4.

The clearest verdict of the night was a rejection. Amendment 84 — Mail Ballot Voter Identification failed by 27.0 points, with 63.5 percent voting against it. It would have required mail voters to write identifying numbers on their ballot envelope.

Amendment 83, which would have written a right to hunt and fish into the state constitution, also failed, by 10.6 points. Its opponents included hunting and angling groups, who argued it would have undone Colorado's bans on steel traps and baiting.

“Tonight, I am even more proud of my fellow Coloradans for rejecting this ballot measure, which would have brought back all those unethical and cruel methods of killing wildlife and put them into our state's constitution,” Eric Washburn, of the sportsmen's coalition that opposed Amendment 83, said in a statement issued by Animal Wellness Action, which led the campaign against the measure. (source)

“Voters saw through this scheme, despite the trophy hunters outspending the No on 83 coalition more than 3 to 1.” Wayne Pacelle, of Animal Wellness Action, which opposed Amendment 83, said in the same release. (source)

“In a deep blue state, with a deep blue election wave, the voters said: Protect girls' sports,” Jennifer Sey, a backer of Proposition 134, said as the early returns came in. (source)

“We're going to exhaust all possibilities to ensure that our young people can be involved in what they want to be,” Nadine Bridges, an opponent of Proposition 134, said just after 8 p.m. (source)

All 14 measures

MeasureYesNoResultMarginProposition 137 — Direct Sporting Goods Sales Tax Revenue for Conservation50.3%49.7%Passed0.6 ptsAmendment 87 — Graduated Income Tax50.6%49.4%Passed1.2 ptsAmendment 85 — Plain Language Ballot Titles50.7%49.3%Passed1.4 ptsProposition 135 — Prohibit Surgery on Minors in Response to Perception of Sex or Gender51.7%48.3%Passed3.4 ptsProposition 134 — Male and Female Participation in School and Collegiate Sports52.2%47.8%Passed4.4 ptsProposition 132 — Increase Penalties for Fentanyl Crimes52.6%47.4%Passed5.2 ptsProposition 136 — Income Tax Rate Limit47.2%52.8%Failed5.6 ptsAmendment 86 — Requirements for Off-Cycle Congressional Redistricting46.5%53.5%Failed7.0 ptsAmendment 82 — Constitutional Right to Purchase and Sell Natural Gas46.0%54.0%Failed8.0 ptsAmendment 81 — Law Enforcement Communication with Federal Immigration Authorities44.8%55.2%Failed10.4 ptsAmendment 83 — Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish44.7%55.3%Failed10.6 ptsProposition NN — Keep and Spend Money for Education and Other Purposes55.4%44.6%Passed10.8 ptsProposition 133 — Penalties for Human Trafficking of a Minor61.7%38.3%Passed23.4 ptsAmendment 84 — Mail Ballot Voter Identification36.5%63.5%Failed27.0 pts

The table is ordered by margin, closest first, so the three measures decided by less than a point and a half sit at the top.

Turnout was 54.5 percent. Colorado counted 2,226,909 ballots from 4,085,721 active voters. All three of the counties the Press covers beat that rate: Kiowa County at 73.4 percent, Cheyenne County at 68.3 percent and Prowers County at 57.3 percent.

Figures come from the Colorado Secretary of State's election night reporting site, which showed 57 of the state's 64 counties as having completed their election night reporting when these numbers were taken. Results are unofficial. Counties continue to count ballots that voters correct, along with military and overseas ballots, and each county canvass must be completed before results are official. Measure names are the Blue Book titles.