The results of the 2018 general election are in the books
for 318 contested races. A total of 2,578,358 Colorado voters
returned ballots (813,079 Republicans, 848,493 Democrats and
877,066 Unaffiliated). We want to take a moment to give you a brief
update on where things stand now, and what it will mean for the
state government, particularly the Governor and Legislature going
forward.
In Colorado, we saw a fairly significant blue wave, though not
quite the tidal wave that it could have been (more on that below).
Conventional wisdom leading up to Election Day in Colorado pointed
to a Democratic win for Governor and closer races for the other
statewide offices, gains in the House of Representatives and a
toss-up that leaned Democratic in the Senate. As you'll see,
voters gave even more power to Democrats than most watchers
predicted.
