Denver November 2004 Election
Here are the election results for Denver County from DenverGov.
Coyote Gulch is very tired this morning. A bit too much Cabernet and not enough sleep. If you find mistakes below please email me or correct me in the comments. More election stuff tonight. The Marriott downtown was way too crowded for my liking but the cheering Ken Salazar fans kept me at the bar. 
I ran into Dana Bryson, her father (sorry I didn't get his name) and Sarah Kendall from the Mayor's staff at the party along with Dennis Gallagher and Ray and Pat Defa.
Referred Question 1A (Police oversight) passed by an overwhelming margin, according to the Rocky Mountain News [November 3, 2004, "New oversight of city's cops"].
Colorado Democrats have won a majority of the State Senate and maybe the State House as well, according to the Rocky Mountain News [November 3, 2004, "Coloradans take stand, spur shift in legislature"]. From the article, "President Bush won Colorado, but voters also sent Democrat Ken Salazar to the U.S. Senate, a reflection of the state's political split personality. They also tapped his brother, John, in the 3rd Congressional District, making the Salazars the second set of brothers in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House for the next session. The night's biggest surprise: Coloradans gave the state Senate back to the Democrats and appeared poised to hand over the House as well, something that hasn't happened in 44 years."
FasTracks won easily last night, according to the Rocky Mountain News [November 3, 2004, "Transit tax hike full-speed ahead"].
Voters decided to retain the tax funding the Scientific and Cultural District, according to the Rocky Mountain News [November 3, 2004, "Culture facilities notch big victory"].
As predicted Amendment 36 was easily defeated 66% to 34%, according to the Rocky Mountain News [November 3, 2004, "Electoral votes remain in single bloc"].
Diana DeGette easily won re-election, according to the Rocky [November 3, 2004, "A fifth term comes easy for DeGette"].
Amendment 34 lost 77% to 23%, [Rocky Mountain News, November 3, 2004, "Builder-liability measure falls far short"].
Amendment 35 won 61% to 39% [Rocky Mountain News, November 3, 2004, "Voters hike tobacco taxes"].
Amendment 37 won 53% to 47% [Rocky Mountain News, November 3, 2004, "Change is in air for wind power"].
Update: Walter In Denver: "So it's a great election if you're a Republican - or if you are a Colorado Democrat."
Update: Jeralyn Merritt, writing on the 5280 Weblog, "Colorado made history yesterday by electing brothers Ken and John Salazar to the Senate and House. They are the first siblings from Colorado to serve in Congress; they are also Colorado[base ']s first Hispanic members of Congress. For both, it was their first run at a national political office."
Update: Ed Cone: "If you want to use the web effectively in the next campaign, start now. Local and state parties should be identifying candidates who get the web's potential, and potential candidates should be starting blogs. It takes time to build a community. Blogs and other web tools didn't win any races yesterday, or lose any, either. Their effect was incremental at best. But that will change in the near future."
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