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The 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next governor of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. The primary election was held on June 26.[1]
The major party nominees were Democratic U.S. Representative Jared Polis and Republican State Treasurer Walker Stapleton. The general election took place on November 6, 2018, with Polis winning by 268,000 votes.[2][3] This was the first Colorado gubernatorial election in which both major party candidates received over one million votes.
Polis's victory marked the fourth straight election in which Colorado elected a Democratic governor and the first time in American electoral history that an openly gay politician was elected governor of a state.
- ^ "2018 election calendar". Colorado Secretary of State. State of Colorado. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ John Foley (June 26, 2018). "Jared Polis, Walker Stapleton face off in a Colorado governor's race that became testy from the start" (PDF). The Denver Post. Retrieved June 28, 2018.
- ^ "Colorado Governor Election Results 2018". Politico. Retrieved January 19, 2020.