Overview
- In an off-year election with about 30% turnout, Denver voters approved the $950 million Vibrant Denver bond to fund roughly 60 capital projects over six years.
- Voters retained the City Council’s flavored tobacco ban by an estimated 45-point margin, with the pro-ban campaign bolstered by a $5 million donation from Michael Bloomberg that a city spokesperson called the largest in a Denver municipal race.
- Union-backed candidates swept all four Denver Public Schools board seats on the ballot, defeating the mayor’s endorsees and setting a new majority to confront enrollment and budget challenges.
- Referred Question 2G passed, changing future elections for Denver’s two at-large City Council seats to separate contests rather than one race filling both seats.
- Progressive candidates secured a new majority on the Aurora City Council, with Rob Andrews and Alli Jackson leading in the at-large race and conservative incumbent Danielle Jurinsky conceding.