Where to find election results for Colorado, Larimer County now that Election Day is over
Tuesday was Election Day, and the Coloradoan team was here for the long haul.
Find updates from Tuesday, Nov. 5, and Wednesday, Nov. 6, below. We added the most recent updates to the top.
Where to find election results
As ballot counting winds down, here's where you can find the latest results:
Here's context on how state and federal races are called, from our partners at Trusting News: The United States doesn’t have a nationwide body that collects and releases election results. Instead, journalists gather data from local and state agencies that report election results publicly. The Associated Press gathers this data and makes it available to the public and to other newsrooms, to count the votes and then declare winners. They’ve been doing this in presidential elections since 1848. Learn more about that role here.
The Coloradoan updates results for local races using unofficial results from the Larimer County Clerk and Recorder's Office. Official results from the election come in the weeks following Election Day.
You can find additional coverage and context on some races and issues at Coloradoan.com.
— Sarah Kyle
Larimer County expected to wrap up ballot counting today
The next batch of election results for Larimer County is expected to come around 4 p.m. Wednesday, Larimer County Clerk Tina Harris told the Coloradoan.
After the clerk's office has finished counting all the ballots, one last wave of results will be released, and Harris said she anticipates that will be Wednesday evening.
—− Rebecca Powell
Proposition 127 fails
Colorado voters rejected a wildlife-related ballot measure for the first time in four tries, as the citizen initiative to ban mountain lion hunting failed.
The Associated Press called the defeat of Proposition 127 on Wednesday morning. An estimated 72% of the votes were in statewide and the measure was losing 55.5% to 45.5%, with 1,347,538 voting against the hunting ban and 1,080,260 voting for the ban.
The measure called for banning the hunting of mountain lions, bobcats and lynx. Colorado has had a hunting season for mountain lions since 1965 and hunting and trapping season for bobcats well before then. Lynx are federally protected and hunting or trapping the animal reintroduced into Colorado is already prohibited.
Proposition 127 was the first wildlife-related measure brought before voters since 2020, when Proposition 114 to reintroduce wolves passed 51% to 49%. Voters previously passed two other wildlife-related measures. In 1996, 52% of voters approved banning the use of leg-hold traps. In 1992, 70% of voters approved banning the use of dogs and bait when hunting black bears as well as the spring black bear hunting season.
— Miles Blumhardt
Ballot counting resuming Wednesday in Larimer County. Here's what changed overnight for Colorado races, ballot measures
Larimer County will continue counting ballots Wednesday. As we wait for those results, here are new developments from Colorado races and ballot measures the Coloradoan is following:
Proposition 127, which would have banned the hunting of mountain lions and bobcats, and Proposition 131, which would have created and all-candidate primary and instituted ranked choice voting (if other conditions were met), have failed, according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, Amendment G, Amendment H, Amendment I, Amendment J, Amendment 79, Proposition JJ, Proposition KK and Proposition 128 have all passed, according to the Associated Press. Get live results as Colorado's remaining ballot measures are called here.
The Associated Press called additional Colorado House seats: District 49 for Democrat Lesley Smith and District 52 for Democrat Yara Zokaie. The District 51 race between Republican Ron Weinberg and Democrat Sarah McKeen has not been called. As of Wednesday morning totals, Weinberg has 51.6% of votes and McKeen has 48.4%.
— Sarah Kyle
Come back Wednesday for more election coverage
The Coloradoan newsroom will resume election coverage Wednesday.
— Sarah Kyle
Larimer County to resume counting Wednesday: Where to find results so far
Larimer County released its third round of unofficial results just before midnight Tuesday and will resume ballot processing Wednesday, according to the clerk's office.
Here's where local races stand:
Click here to see how the city of Fort Collins' four ballot measures are faring. Looking for statewide results? Visit our state results page.
— Sarah Kyle
Proposition 127 down big
As midnight approached, Proposition 127 faced a significant deficit. More than 55% of the votes tallied were in opposition to the proposition that would ban the hunting of mountain lions and bobcats in Colorado.
There were still more than a dozen counties with election night reporting still in progress, but with a deficit of more than 248,000 votes, a tremendous number of "Yes" votes would need to flood in to pass the statewide proposition.
— David Dishman
Boesenecker, Sander win Colorado House seats
Andy Boesenecker won reelection to Colorado House District 53, according to the Associated Press, and Lori Garcia Sander won the House District 65 seat.
Boesenecker, a Democrat, had 75% of the votes as of an 8 p.m. update from Larimer County, ahead of Republican Donna Walter.
House District 53 represents the north portions of Fort Collins in the Colorado House.
Sander, a Republican, had 61% of the votes as of 11 p.m. Tuesday, over Democrat Will Walters.
House District 65 represents western Larimer County and part of Weld County in the Colorado House, including Windsor, Timnath and Wellington.
— Rebecca Powell
Kipp wins Colorado Senate District 14 seat
Cathy Kipp has won the Senate District 14 seat representing Fort Collins in the Colorado Senate, according to the Associated Press.
As of an 8 p.m. update, she had almost 70% of the vote against Republican Phoebe McWilliams (27%) and Libertarian Jeff Brosius (3%).
— Rebecca Powell
Boebert wins US House District 4 seat
Republican U.S. Rep Lauren Boebert has won her House seat race in the 4th Congressional District, according to the Associated Press. Boebert defeated Democrat Trisha Calvarese with 52.9% of the vote as of 9:45 p.m. At the time, an estimated 81% of votes had been counted.
— Erin Udell
Multiple statewide measures pass
Amendment G, Amendment H, Amendment I, Amendment J, Amendment 79, Proposition JJ have all passed, according to the Associated Press.
▶ Click here to see how other Colorado ballot measures are faring.
Amendment G will expand the eligibility for the property tax exemption for veterans with a disability to include a veteran who does not have a service-connected disability rated as a 100% permanent disability but does have individual unemployability status.
Amendment H will establish an independent judicial discipline adjudicative board, setting standards for judicial review of a discipline case, and clarifying when discipline proceedings become public.
Amendment I will create an exception to the right to bail for cases of murder in the first degree when proof is evident or presumption is great.
Amendment J will remove a ban on same-sex marriage in the Colorado Constitution.
Amendment 79 will prohibit the state and local governments from denying, impeding or discriminating against the exercise of the right to abortion, allowing abortion to be a covered service under health insurance plans for Colorado state and local government employees and for enrollees in state and local governmental insurance programs.
Proposition JJ will allow the state to keep and spend all sports betting tax revenue above voter-approved limits to fund water conservation and protection projects instead of refunding revenue to casinos.
Proposition 128 will change parole eligibility for an offender convicted of certain crimes, requiring an offender who is convicted of second degree murder; first degree assault; class 2 felony kidnapping; sexual assault; first degree arson; first degree burglary; or aggravated robbery committed on or after January 1, 2025, to serve 85% of the sentence imposed before being eligible for parole, and requiring an offender convicted of any such crime committed on or after January 1, 2025, who was previously convicted of any two crimes of violence, not just those crimes enumerated in this measure, to serve the full sentence imposed before beginning to serve parole.
— David Dishman
Proposition 127 still behind
With more than 2.1 million votes tallied, Proposition 127 continues to receive more opposition than support.
More than 55% have voted against the measure that would outlaw the hunting of mountain lions and bobcats in Colorado so far.
Click here to see how other Colorado ballot measures are faring.
— David Dishman
Coloradans vote to add abortion rights to state constitution
Coloradans have passed Amendment 79, according to the Associated Press. The amendment recognizes the right to abortion in the state's constitution and prohibits state and local governments from impeding that right. As of 8:35 p.m., the amendment had 61% of voters' support with 56% of votes counted.
— Erin Udell
Harris, Trump pick up expected states as count continues.
Vice President Kamala Harris has picked up Colorado, Illinois, New York and several northeastern states she was expected to win. Similarly, former President Donald Trump added Texas, Oklahoma, Florida, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska and several expected southern and midwestern states, according to USA TODAY.
Harris had just over one million votes — 55.9 % — in Colorado as of 8:15 p.m.
— Erin Udell
AP calls 2nd Congressional District race for Neguse
The Associated Press has called the 2nd Congressional District race for Joe Neguse.
This will be the fourth term for the incumbent Democrat.
His opponents were Republican Marshall Dawson, Libertarian Gaylon Kent, Unity Party candidate Cynthia Munhos de Aquino Sirianni and Approval Voting candidate Jan Kok.
As of 8 p.m., Neguse had almost 70% of the votes in the district, which includes parts or all of the following counties: Larimer, Boulder, Weld, Clear Creek, Eagle, Gilpin, Grand, Jefferson, Larimer, Summit, Jackson and Routt.
— Rebecca Powell
Poudre School District mill levy passing
Voters in Poudre School District were passing a debt-free schools mill levy when the first round of results were released by Larimer County.
The school district is asking for $49 million this year and more in subsequent years, based on the rate of inflation.
Money from the mill levy would go toward pay increases for building maintenance, repairs and replacement cycles; pay and benefit increases for district employees; support and programming of schools with low enrollment; instructional materials and equipment; and replacement cycles for curriculum, musical instruments and athletic equipment.
Voters in the 1,800-square mile school district have never voted down a bond or mill levy request. Previous mill levies were approved by voters in 1988, 1996, 2000, 2010, 2016 and 2019.
Here are election results for other local issues races:
▶Larimer County's sales and use tax ask
▶City of Fort Collins ballot measures
▶Larimer County Board of County Commissioners
▶Larimer County clerk and recorder
▶8th Judicial District Attorney
— Kelly Lyell
Proposition 127 falls behind early
Shortly after polls closed, a statewide ballot measure that would make hunting mountain lions and bobcats illegal found more opposition than support from reporting counties.
But with only four counties reporting, all in rural areas, there are plenty of votes left to be tallied that could quickly flip the outcome.
— David Dishman
When to expect Larimer County results
Unofficial results will be posted no later than 8 p.m., 9 p.m. and midnight, according to the county website. Ballot processing is expected to continue Wednesday, as well.
— Sarah Kyle
Polls are now closed in Colorado
It's 7 p.m., and the polls are now closed in Colorado. Keep coming back to this story throughout the night for results and other updates.
— Sarah Kyle
CSU students turn out in force to vote
First-time voter Angel Tinoco, 18, said she was “nervous” as she waited in a long line to vote at 5:45 p.m. at CSU’s Lory Student Center.
There were about 100 people in line to vote at the time, and Tinoco said she had waited about 5-10 minutes to get to where she was, with about 70 people still ahead of her in line.
As she waited, she was looking over a sample ballot on her phone.
A problem with her voter registration prevented her from using a mail-in ballot from her home county, Denver. She was hoping to clear it up and get a ballot at the voter registration table inside the vote center in a large meeting room on the third floor of the student center.
“This is a lot of power,” Tinoco said. “I feel like a lot of people don’t get that power, and it’s nice to do this.”
Farther up in line, Elliott Kartler was excited to cast a vote in his first presidential election.
Kartler, 20, said he preregistered to vote when he got his learner’s permit at the age of 15.
“I’ve been thinking about this for a long time,” Kartler said “I’ve voted in smaller elections before but this is the first presidential election."
Braxton Dietz, vice president of CSU’s student government, said he was thrilled to see so many students exercising their right to vote.
The turnout “is amazing,” Dietz said. “It’s great seeing so many people recognize the importance of their place in democracy.”
— Kelly Lyell
Larimer County christens new ballot counting facility
With darkness descending outside Larimer’s new ballot processing facility Tuesday night, more than 200 workers were busy inside.
At the new Midpoint Drive location, in use for its first election, the workers scanned envelopes, fed ballots into tabulators, compared signatures in bipartisan teams and discerned ballots with unclear markings.
Workers badged into the secure facility, and a sign-in sheet for visitors indicated that poll watchers from political parties had been on site.
The Larimer County Clerk and Recorder’s Office also obtained additional equipment in 2023 to help it process ballots faster.
At one station, pairs of workers sat in front of a screen showing ballots that had unclear markings to determine the voter’s intent.
At another station, signature verification was being done by pairs who belong to different political parties.
A white board listed the number of ballots that had come in so far, over 190,000, but elections technician Mallory O’Connell said they had already surpassed 200,000.
The counting is expected to go on at least into Wednesday. There are more than 270,000 active registered voters.
— Rebecca Powell
When was the last time Colorado went red?
Colorado went from a battleground to blue state over the past four presidential elections.
The last time Colorado’s nine electoral votes went to a republican was 2004, when President George W. Bush was reelected. Prior to that, Bush won Colorado in 2000 and Republican Bob Dole won it in 1996.
— Erin Udell
How did Colorado vote in 2020?
As a solidly blue state by 2020, President Joe Biden won the state with 55% of the vote, flipping Pueblo, Chafee and Garfield counties and netting Colorado’s nine electoral votes.
— Erin Udell
Trump, Harris nab first states in presidential race
Kentucky and Indiana were called for Donald Trump, while Kamala Harris took Vermont in the first wins of the night. Polls closed in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia at 5 p.m., with North Carolina, Ohio and West Virginia set to close its polls at 5:30.
— Erin Udell
First polls start closing in US
Kentucky and Indiana became the first to start closing polls in parts of their states 4 p.m. MT. The states' polls will fully close by 5 p.m. MT — along with Georgia, South Carolina, Vermont and Virginia, according to USA TODAY.
— Erin Udell
Where to find election results tonight
Getting antsy for the polls to close and results to come in? Go ahead and bookmark these pages:
We'll also be sharing updates to key races in this blog after polls close.
— Sarah Kyle
Voter turnout in Colorado is at 64% so far
More than 2.5 million Coloradans had returned their ballots as of 11 a.m. Tuesday — or 64% of all active registered voters, according to an update from the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office.
In Larimer County, about 177,000 had turned in ballots as of an early morning release of voter numbers, the Larimer County elections website shows. That’s slightly ahead of the state's turnout, at 65% of all active registered voters.
But if turnout ends up being close to the last presidential election, there are still many more ballots to be counted.
In 2020, Colorado turnout was 87%. If it’s similar this year, then we can expect 900,000 more people to vote today before polls close at 7 p.m.
In 2020, Larimer County turnout was 89%. If we hit that figure this year, that means at least 60,000 more ballots should be coming in today.
Monday was by far the most popular day to early vote in Larimer County. More than 22,000 ballots came in that day, almost double any other day prior to that.
Democrats and Republicans are still outpacing unaffiliated voters when it comes to who is returning their ballots. A full 50% of voters are unaffiliated in Larimer County, but just 45% of the votes cast came from them.
It remains to be seen if they catch up before the polls close.
— Rebecca Powell
Still need to vote? Here's where to see estimated wait times for voter service and polling centers in Larimer County
You can check wait times for voter service and polling centers online. As of 1 p.m. Tuesday, the center at Colorado State University had the highest wait time — 27 minutes — with an estimated 116 people waiting. Many other centers reported no wait time.
See the complete list on the Larimer County website.
With less than six hours to go until the polls close at 7 p.m., Larimer County is reporting a 65% turnout rate so far. More than 176,000 ballots have been cast, according to a tracker on the county site.
— Sarah Kyle
First-time voter casts ballot at CSU, says it 'feels like I'm finally an adult'
A steady turnout of voters greeted election officials at the voter service and polling center at Lory Student Center on the main campus of Colorado State University on Tuesday morning.
Among those who cast their votes was Eleanor Larson, 21, of Washington, D.C., who voted for the first time.
“I feel for fortunate to have voted in this election,” she said after casting her vote. “I think this election is extremely important. It’s very rewarding and feels like I’m finally an adult. I get a say in who is going to be our president.”
Gary Schwartz has worked elections the past 12 years. He served as an election supervisor at the Lory Student Center on Tuesday, where he worked his first election in 2012.
“Yesterday was extremely busy in the afternoon,” he said. “We had a wait out in the hall. Probably 20-30 people in line at one point in time. We have additional staffing today only and so far for the first 2 ½ hours we are good to go with no lines.”
— Miles Blumhardt
When do results come in for Colorado?
Polls close at 7 p.m., and initial results could come in shortly after that mark since counties were able to start counting ballots Oct. 21. Counties cannot share any results until after 7 p.m. Election Day, according to the Secretary of State's Office election calendar for 2024.
In Larimer County, we're expecting our first round of local results by 8 p.m.
— Sarah Kyle
Watch USA TODAY livestream as we wait for the polls to close on Election Day
Looking for national Election Day coverage as we wait for polls to close? Check out this USA TODAY livestream:
— Sarah Kyle
What time do the polls close on Election Day?
Polls close at 7 p.m., so make sure your ballot is dropped off by then. If you already mailed yours and want to know if it was received and counted, the state's BallotTrax system can give you that information.
— Sarah Kyle
Larimer County ballot drop-off: Where to find ballot boxes, voting sites
If you're reading this before 7 p.m., it's not too late to cast your ballot. You can find a list of those locations on Larimer County's website. We've listed those locations into this Coloradoan story, as well.
Didn't get a ballot in the mail? You can go into any county clerk's office and get a ballot, as long as you're registered to vote. And if you're not, you can register to vote there. The Larimer County Clerk's Office is at 200 W. Oak St. in Fort Collins.
▶ Click on this link to get connected with a different county clerk's office.
You can also visit a voter service and polling center. Those are also places where you can pick up a ballot, get a replacement ballot, return a ballot, vote in person, register to vote, change your address and vote on an ADA-accessible voting machine.
You can find a list of voter service and polling centers in Larimer County on the Larimer Clerk and Recorder's site. Look for the locations under "Voter Service and Polling Centers."
— Sarah Kyle and Rebecca Powell
This article originally appeared on Fort Collins Coloradoan: Where to find election results for Colorado, Larimer County
