The Denver Post has reported that Democrat Micahel Bennet has won Colorado’s senate race:Bennet, appointed as a relative political unknown 22 months ago by Gov. Bill Ritter, is projected by The Denver Post as the winner and declared victory in a press conference at Denver's City Park this afternoon.
Buck's campaign has not yet conceded defeat, but Bennet holds a 47.7 percent to 46.8 percent lead -- about 15,400 votes as of 1 p.m. -- which is beyond the automatic recount threshhold.
A recount would be required if the difference between the two candidates' vote totals is less than one-half of 1 percent of the highest vote total, or about 3,900 votes based on current tallies.
Bennet's win over Buck vindicated, if narrowly, his appointment as a relative political unknown 22 months ago by Gov. Bill Ritter. The former Denver Public Schools chief raised tall piles of campaign money from his first month in Washington, and exploited White House ties without spotlighting them too brightly for wary Coloradans. – More -
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