By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
Larry Don Suckla has been declared the winner of the Colorado House District 58 Republican Party primary election, following a mandatory recount of votes in the race.
The three-vote margin in the race did not change following the recount.
“The mandatory recount for House District 58 is complete and has confirmed the results of the race with just a three-vote margin,” Secretary of State Jena Griswold said in a statement. “I commend the election workers in the eight counties in House District 58 for conducting this recount.”
The recount awarded Suckla with 6,489 votes, a 50.01% margin, three votes ahead of J. Mark Roeber. Kathleen Curry had 6,550 votes in the Democratic Party’s primary election. She will oppose Suckla in the general election.
State law requires a mandatory recount be held if the difference between candidates in a race is one-half of one percent or less. In this election, the difference was 0.02%.
House District 58 is positioned central to the Western Slope, with Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Montrose, Ouray, and San Miguel counties and portions of Delta and Montezuma County.