Overview
- CBS News projected Weiser the winner based on returns that showed him with about 81.1% to 15% of the vote at the time of the projection.
- Weiser has been Colorado's attorney general since 2019 and previously served as a law school dean, worked in the Obama administration, and clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
- His running mate is Jefferson County Commissioner Lesley Dahlkemper and the projection begins the process of transitioning leadership from term-limited Gov. Jared Polis.
- Republican nominee Victor Marx is a Marine veteran who founded a Colorado Springs ministry and won the GOP primary over state Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer and Rep. Scott Bottoms.
- Independent Greg Lopez is an Air Force veteran who has served in Congress, as a city manager, and as Colorado's SBA director, and the projection continues a Democratic hold on the governor's office that dates back to 2007.