By BRIAN PORTER | The Rocky Mountain Voice
Donald Trump is projected as the winner of Colorado’s Republican Party Presidential primary election.
In early returns, he collected decisive victories in Douglas, El Paso, Jefferson, Mesa and Weld, taking victories in all but three counties in early returns from the Western Slope to the Eastern Plains.
Nikki Haley was leading by about 4,000 votes in Denver County, where she held a campaign event and also in Eagle and Routt Counties.
Early returns gave Trump 63.3% support toward his third straight Republican Party nomination in Colorado, with Haley gathering 33.3% of the vote. Among those with suspended campaigns gathering support, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis earned 1.5% support in early returns.
Joe Biden is projected to easily earn the Democratic Party’s nomination in Colorado, with 84.7% support in early returns.
As of mid-afternoon on Election Day, the secretary of state’s office reported 1,251,428 ballots had been cast by an estimated 3,787,665 registered voters. Among those ballots cast, 654,219 were cast in the Republican Party’s primary.
In Weld County, Trump collected 72.2% support in early returns with nearly a 3-to-1 vote advantage over Haley. In Colorado Springs, he earned 66.2% early support with about double the vote lead of Haley. In Mesa County, Trump took 69.1% of the vote in early returns. Even in Pueblo County, Trump took 76.0% of votes in early returns.