Colorado Democrats Set Primary Field After Contentious Assembly

By Savana Kascak | Complete Colorado

PUEBLO–Colorado Democrats gathered for their party assembly in Pueblo over the weekend, with nearly 1,400 delegates casting votes to send candidates on to the June 30 statewide primary election.

Candidates needed to garner at least 30 percent of the vote to advance, with the top-vote getter appearing first on the ballot

Notably absent were big-name Democrats John Hickenlooper, running for re-election to the U.S. Senate, and Michael Bennet, a sitting U.S. senator running for governor.  As previously reported by Complete Colorado, the two men successfully petitioned on the primary ballot, allowing them to forgo the caucus and assembly process.

Here’s the results for statewide races.

Governor

The gubernational primary will be a two-man battle between Bennet and Attorney General Phil Wieser, who snagged an overwhelming 90% of the vote.

In his speech to the delegates, Weiser called his opponent the “candidate of Washington,” backed by out-of-state billionaires. He went on to tout his numerous, ongoing legal scuffles as attorney general against the Trump administration. “I sued this lawless bully administration 63 times in counting,” he boasted.

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