2010 Endorsed Candidates

Below are the unofficial results for the 2010 General Election.  CCV Endorsed candidates are listed first, checkmarks indicate winning CCV endorsed candidates.

Colorado Governor

John Hickenlooper 51% vs Tom Tancredo 37% vs Dan Maes 11%

Colorado Attorney General

Stan Garnett 43% vs John Suthers 57%

Colorado Senate

Senate District 3 – Angela Giron 55% vs Vera Ortegon 45%

Senate District 5 – Gail Schwartz 51% vs Bob Rankin 49%

Senate District 6 – Ellen Roberts 61% and Bruce Whitehead 39% (dual endorsement)

Senate District 11 – John Morse 48% vs Owen Hill 47% vs Douglas Randall 5%

Senate District 16 – Jeanne Nicholson 50% vs Tim Leonard 50% (456 vote margin)

Senate District 20 – Cheri Jahn 52% vs John Odom 48%

Colorado House of Representatives

House District 17 – Dennis Apuan 46% vs Mark Barker 54%

House District 18 – Pete Lee 55% vs Karen Cullen 45%

House District 23 – Max Tyler 52% vs Edgar Johansson 48%

House District 26 – Andy Kerr 56% vs Mark Barrington 44%

House District 27 – Sara Gagliardi 43% vs Libby Szabo 51% vs G. T. Martin 6%

House District 29 – Debbie Benefield 50% vs Robert Ramirez 50% 221 vote adv.

House District 31 – Judy Solano 51% vs Tom Janich 49%

House District 33 – Dianne Primavera 49% vs Donald Beezley 51% (330 vote margin)

House District 36 – Su Ryden 55% vs Gary Marshall 45%

House District 38 – Joe Rice 48% vs Kathleen Conti 52%

House District 47 – Carole Partin 37% vs Keith Swerdferger 63%

House District 49 – Karen Stockley 40% vs BJ Nikkel 60%

House District 50 – Jim Riesberg 51% vs Bob Boswell 49%

House District 56 – Christine Scanlan 57% vs Debra Irvine 43%

House District 58 – Wes Perrin 36% vs Don Coram 64%

House District 59 – Brian O’Donnell 45% vs J. Paul Brown 55%

Local Elections

Clear Creek County Commissioner – Tim Mauck 55% vs Mark Kline 45%

El Paso County Commissioner – Mike Merrifield 40% vs Peggy Littleton 60%

Garfield County Commissioner – Tresi Houpt 46% vs Tom Jankovsky 54%

Larimer County Commissioner – Adam Bowen 45% vs Lew Gaiter 55%

Ballot Initiatives

CCV opposes Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101 aka “The Bad 3″ (defeated with 75%, 73%, and 68% voting no respectively) – Our state budget is in crisis. Amendments 60, 61 and Proposition 101 would do even more damage to our fiscal health.  CCV opposes this trio of anti-government initiatives.  They will cripple our state’s ability to respond to the needs of its citizens and seventy thousand jobs will be lost in our sputtering economy, pushing Colorado deeper into recession.  Funding for environmental programs will be jeopardized as state legislators look to fill the holes in the general budget that these initiatives would create.

CCV opposes Amendment 62, the so called “Personhood Amendment” (defeated with 71% voting no) – We believe that one important component of global sustainability is empowering women to make educated decisions about their reproductive health. At a time when Colorado is looked to as a leader on sustainability, passage of this extreme measure would represent a major step backward.

2010 Conservation Champions

Colorado Conservation Voters recognizes the lawmakers in the Colorado General Assembly who achieve 100% scores on the Legislative Scorecard and display leadership on environmental issues as Conservation Champions.  We thank our 2010 Conservation Champions and hope that you will take a moment to thank these Champions for their work over the past two years.  Full List of 2010 Conservation Champions.