{"id":31259,"date":"2012-11-07T07:29:56","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T14:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/07\/and-in-local-colorado-electoral-news.html"},"modified":"2013-06-04T23:31:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T05:31:25","slug":"and-in-local-colorado-electoral-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/07\/and-in-local-colorado-electoral-news.html","title":{"rendered":"And in local Colorado electoral news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Besides voting overall for Obama, here’s what else went on last night in Colorado (of interest to me, at least):<\/p>\n

1. It appears Mike Coffman<\/b> has clearly beat Joe Miklosi to return to Washington in CO-6. \u00a0A shame, but on the bright side Coffman has been a proponent of defense budget cuts, which may come in handy in, oh, a few weeks.<\/p>\n

Coffman seems to have won in each of the counties in the contest, though it was very close in Adams and Arapahoe. Not surprisingly, Douglas Co. was his biggest supporter (that county went to Romney 65%).<\/p>\n

2. In ballot initiative news:<\/p>\n

Amendment 64 (Marijuana Legalization)<\/b> pass pretty handily (55%). \u00a0This got almost as much national media play last night as the actual presidential contest. \u00a0How this plays out will be amusing to see.<\/p>\n

Amendment 65 (Campaign Finance Reform)<\/b> passed with high numbers (74%), even though (or perhaps because) it has no actual effects, but only acts as a guide to congressional and state legislators.<\/p>\n

Amendment S (Civil Service Reform)<\/b> also passed (56%), which is, to my mind, unfortunate (and I really have to wonder how many people actually understood what it was about).<\/p>\n

It’s actually remarkable that all three ballot initiatives passed. That doesn’t happen often here.<\/p>\n

3. State offices<\/b>: \u00a0Both my state representatives, House and Senate, will be GOP. \u00a0Not surprising, but hope springs eternal. And the Dems hold the overall majority, it seems, in both chanbers.<\/p>\n

4. In Centennial, our final “de-Brucing”<\/b> went permanently in place, which means that in those years when income in certain taxes exceeds expenditure, the city doesn’t have to send refund checks out, but instead can use it to hold crazy parties for the city politicians. \u00a0Or, y’know, something useful. Whichever, we get to vote the bums out, as we see fit.<\/p>\n

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Colorado backs Obama for second term with 50% of vote – The Denver Post<\/a>
\nColorado voters picked President Barack Obama on Tuesday, the first time the state backed a Democratic presidential candidate for a second term in 76 years.<\/p>\n

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