2022 Colorado gubernatorial election

2022 Colorado gubernatorial election

November 8, 2022
Turnout66.28%
 
Nominee Jared Polis Heidi Ganahl
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Dianne Primavera Danny Moore
Popular vote 1,468,481 983,040
Percentage 58.53% 39.18%

Polis:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Ganahl:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No votes

Governor before election

Jared Polis
Democratic

Elected Governor

Jared Polis
Democratic

The 2022 Colorado gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jared Polis won election to a second term, defeating Republican University of Colorado regent Heidi Ganahl by a decisive margin. Ganahl conceded on election night.[1] The primary election was held on June 28.[2] Polis won two counties he lost in 2018: Grand and Las Animas.

Polis's 2022 victory marked the first time in American history that an openly gay politician was re-elected governor of a state.[3] Having won more than 58% of the vote, Polis had the best performance for a re-elected Colorado governor since Bill Owens in 2002, the best for a Democrat since Roy Romer in 1990, and the highest raw vote total ever in a Colorado gubernatorial race.

Democratic assembly

Candidates

Nominated at assembly

Eliminated at assembly

  • None

Results

Democratic primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jared Polis (incumbent) 523,489 100.00%
Total votes 523,489 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Eliminated at convention

Declined

Endorsements

Heidi Ganahl

Statewide officials

Newspapers

Results

Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Heidi Ganahl 341,157 53.87%
Republican Greg Lopez 292,187 46.13%
Total votes 633,344 100.0%

American Constitution convention

Candidates

Nominee

  • Danielle Neuschwanger, realtor (previously ran for Republican nomination)[18]
    • Running mate: Darryl Gibbs, truck driver and U.S. Air Force veteran (previously ran for Republican nomination)[19]

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[20] Solid D July 29, 2022
Inside Elections[21] Solid D July 22, 2022
Sabato's Crystal Ball[22] Safe D October 12, 2022
Politico[23] Likely D April 1, 2022
RCP[24] Likely D October 20, 2022
Fox News[25] Likely D May 12, 2022
538[26] Solid D July 31, 2022
Elections Daily[27] Safe D November 7, 2022

Endorsements

Heidi Ganahl (R)

Federal officials

Statewide officials

Organizations

Newspapers

Danielle Neuschwanger (ACP)

U.S. Executive Branch officials

Polling

Aggregate polls

Source of poll
aggregation
Dates
administered
Dates
updated
Jared
Polis (D)
Heidi
Ganahl (R)
Other
[a]
Margin
Real Clear Politics[51] October 26 – November 5, 2022 November 8, 2022 53.0% 42.3% 4.7% Polis +10.7
FiveThirtyEight[52] June 8 – November 8, 2022 November 8, 2022 54.1% 41.8% 4.1% Polis +12.3
270ToWin[53] November 1–7, 2022 November 8, 2022 54.0% 42.0% 4.0% Polis +12.0
Average 53.7% 42.0% 4.3% Polis +11.7

Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Jared
Polis (D)
Heidi
Ganahl (R)
Other Undecided
co/efficient (R)[54] November 3–7, 2022 856 (LV) ± 3.3% 54% 43% 2%[c] 2%
Data for Progress (D)[55] November 2–5, 2022 1,983 (LV) ± 2.0% 55% 43% 2%[d]
The Trafalgar Group (R)[56] October 30 – November 1, 2022 1,084 (LV) ± 2.9% 50% 43% 5%[e] 3%
Emerson College[57] October 26–29, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 54% 40% 4%[f] 3%
54% 41% 4%[g]
The Trafalgar Group (R)[58][A] October 25–27, 2022 1,174 (LV) ± 2.9% 50% 42% 6%[h] 3%
CU Boulder/YouGov[59] October 11–19, 2022 709 (LV) ± 4.4% 57% 41% 2%[i]
Civiqs[60] October 15–18, 2022 600 (LV) ± 5.0% 55% 40% 2%[j] 3%
Global Strategy Group (D)[61][B] October 6–11, 2022 800 (LV) ± 3.5% 52% 34% 6%[k] 8%
54% 39% 7%
Marist College[62] October 3–6, 2022 1,127 (RV) ± 4.7% 54% 36% 2%[l] 7%
983 (LV) ± 5.0% 54% 39% 3%[m] 5%
Data for Progress (D)[63] October 3–6, 2022 1,005 (LV) ± 3.0% 56% 39% 3%[n] 2%
Keating Research/Magellan Strategies[64] September 18–26, 2022 1,060 (LV) ± 3.0% 51% 34% 2%[o] 12%
The Trafalgar Group (R)[65] September 20–24, 2022 1,078 (LV) ± 2.9% 49% 41% 4%[p] 6%
Emerson College[66] September 18–19, 2022 1,000 (LV) ± 3.0% 53% 36% 2%[q] 9%
Remington Research Group (R)[67][A] August 21–22, 2022 1,503 (LV) ± 2.5% 49% 42% 9%
The Trafalgar Group (R)[68] August 15–19, 2022 1,087 (LV) ± 2.9% 47% 42% 6%[r] 5%
Global Strategy Group (D)[69][B] June 2–8, 2022 400 (RV) ± 4.9% 50% 32% 5%[s] 13%
54% 37% 9%
Global Strategy Group (D)[70][B] February 11–15, 2022 400 (RV) ± 4.9% 53% 37% 10%
Global Strategy Group (D)[71][B] October 19–24, 2021 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 52% 35% 13%
Global Strategy Group (D)[72][B] June 17–23, 2021 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 54% 34% 12%
Hypothetical polling

Jared Polis vs. Greg Lopez

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Jared
Polis (D)
Greg
Lopez (R)
Danielle
Neuschwanger (ACP)
Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)[69][B] June 2–8, 2022 400 (RV) ± 4.9% 52% 32% 6% 10%
53% 39% 8%

Jared Polis vs. Danielle Neuschwanger

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Jared
Polis (D)
Danielle
Neuschwanger (R)
Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)[70][B] February 11–15, 2022 400 (RV) ± 4.9% 51% 40% 9%

Jared Polis vs. generic Republican

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[b]
Margin
of error
Jared
Polis (D)
Generic
Republican
Undecided
Global Strategy Group (D)[73][B] June 2–8, 2022 800 (RV) ± 3.4% 54% 38% 8%
Global Strategy Group (D)[70][B] February 11–15, 2022 400 (RV) ± 4.9% 54% 38% 8%
Cygnal (R)[74][C] January 12–13, 2022 630 (LV) ± 3.9% 49% 44% 8%
Global Strategy Group (D)[75][B] June 17–23, 2021 800 (RV) ± 3.5% 49% 39% 12%

Debates

2022 Colorado gubernatorial general election debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:

 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn

Jared Polis Heidi Ganahl
2 Oct. 14, 2022 CBS Colorado P P

Results

2022 Colorado gubernatorial election[76]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic
1,468,481 58.53% +5.11%
Republican
983,040 39.18% −3.62%
Libertarian
  • Kevin Ruskusky
  • Michele Poague
28,939 1.15% −1.60%
American Constitution
  • Danielle Neuschwanger
  • Darryl Gibbs
21,623 0.86% N/A
Unity
6,687 0.27% −0.75%
Write-in 60 0.0% N/A
Total votes 2,540,680 100.0% N/A
Turnout 2,540,680 66.28%
Registered electors 3,833,360
Democratic hold

By county

Despite losing the state, Ganahl won 36 of 64 counties.[77]

County Jared Polis
Democratic
Heidi Ganahl
Republican
Various candidates
Other parties
Margin Total
# % # % # % # %
Adams 99,625 59.43% 63,960 38.15% 4,039 2.42% 35,665 21.28% 167,624
Alamosa 3,022 51.04% 2,674 45.16% 225 3.80% 348 5.88% 5,921
Arapahoe 162,304 63.12% 89,656 34.87% 5,166 2.01% 72,648 28.25% 257,126
Archuleta 3,641 46.62% 3,961 50.71% 208 2.67% -320 -4.09% 7,810
Baca 298 17.05% 1,103 63.13% 346 18.82% -757 -44.31% 1,747
Bent 627 34.26% 1,091 59.61% 112 6.13% -464 -25.35% 1,830
Boulder 132,173 80.06% 30,454 18.45% 2,450 1.49% 101,719 61.61% 165,077
Broomfield 25,006 66.72% 11,796 31.47% 678 1.81% 13,210 35.25% 37,480
Chaffee 6,807 57.93% 4,646 39.54% 296 2.53% 2,161 18.39% 11,749
Cheyenne 115 12.57% 758 82.84% 42 4.59% -643 -70.27% 915
Clear Creek 3,118 60.19% 1,919 37.04% 143 2.77% 1,199 23.15% 5,180
Conejos 1,659 48.08% 1,702 49.33% 89 2.59% -43 -1.25% 3,450
Costilla 1,120 66.82% 507 30.25% 49 2.93% 613 36.57% 1,676
Crowley 405 29.39% 861 62.48% 112 8.13% -456 -33.09% 1,378
Custer 1,140 34.12% 2,103 62.94% 98 2.94% -963 -28.82% 3,341
Delta 5,651 35.50% 9,753 61.27% 513 3.23% -4,102 -25.77% 15,917
Denver 234,250 82.36% 46,046 16.19% 4,128 1.45% 188,204 66.17% 284,424
Dolores 348 26.79% 806 62.04% 145 11.17% -458 -35.25% 1,299
Douglas 93,022 48.78% 94,312 49.46% 3,356 1.76% -1,290 -0.68% 190,690
Eagle 15,230 68.53% 6,661 29.97% 331 1.50% 8,569 38.56% 22,222
El Paso 133,447 46.82% 144,384 50.65% 7,196 2.53% -10,937 -3.83% 285,027
Elbert 4,118 25.30% 11,618 71.37% 541 3.33% -7,500 -46.07% 16,277
Fremont 7,165 35.88% 12,087 60.54% 713 3.58% -4,922 -24.66% 19,965
Garfield 13,443 54.78% 10,444 42.56% 651 2.66% 2,999 12.22% 24,538
Gilpin 2,023 59.20% 1,302 38.10% 92 2.70% 721 21.10% 3,417
Grand 4,162 51.98% 3,649 45.58% 195 2.44% 513 6.40% 8,006
Gunnison 6,184 67.69% 2,733 29.91% 218 2.40% 3,451 37.78% 9,135
Hinsdale 246 48.14% 251 49.12% 14 2.74% -5 -0.98% 511
Huerfano 2,102 54.47% 1,656 42.91% 101 2.62% 446 11.56% 3,859
Jackson 140 20.53% 526 77.12% 16 2.35% -386 -56.59% 682
Jefferson 185,398 61.76% 108,638 36.19% 6,129 2.05% 76,760 25.57% 300,165
Kiowa 99 13.04% 562 74.04% 98 12.92% -463 -61.00% 759
Kit Carson 475 15.69% 2,465 81.46% 86 2.85% -1,990 -65.77% 3,026
La Plata 18,350 61.77% 10,689 35.98% 665 2.25% 7,661 25.79% 29,704
Lake 1,899 63.83% 991 33.31% 85 2.86% 908 30.52% 2,975
Larimer 105,588 59.88% 66,749 37.85% 3,991 2.27% 38,839 22.03% 176,328
Las Animas 3,411 50.98% 3,071 45.89% 209 3.13% 340 5.09% 6,691
Lincoln 390 18.57% 1,608 76.57% 102 4.86% -1,218 -58.00% 2,100
Logan 1,860 22.53% 5,925 71.76% 471 5.71% -4,065 -49.23% 8,256
Mesa 30,571 41.56% 40,376 54.89% 2,604 3.55% -9,805 -13.33% 73,551
Mineral 320 45.20% 362 51.13% 26 3.67% -42 -5.93% 708
Moffat 1,058 19.53% 4,174 77.04% 186 3.43% -3,116 -57.51% 5,418
Montezuma 5,187 41.43% 6,772 54.09% 561 4.48% -1,585 -12.66% 12,520
Montrose 7,529 36.02% 12,835 61.41% 536 2.57% -5,306 -25.39% 20,900
Morgan 2,679 26.38% 7,090 69.82% 385 3.80% -4,411 -43.44% 10,154
Otero 2,951 40.72% 4,053 55.93% 242 3.35% -1,102 -15.21% 7,246
Ouray 2,242 62.87% 1,255 35.19% 69 1.94% 987 27.68% 3,566
Park 4,463 44.41% 5,271 52.45% 316 3.14% -808 -8.04% 10,050
Phillips 384 19.50% 1,519 77.14% 66 3.36% -1,135 -57.64% 1,969
Pitkin 7,565 79.00% 1,907 19.91% 104 1.09% 5,658 59.09% 9,576
Prowers 1,139 26.57% 2,847 66.42% 300 7.01% -1,708 -39.85% 4,286
Pueblo 36,602 54.21% 28,645 42.43% 2,265 3.36% 7,957 11.78% 67,512
Rio Blanco 507 16.60% 2,408 78.87% 138 4.53% -1,901 -62.27% 3,053
Rio Grande 2,140 43.19% 2,485 50.15% 330 6.66% -345 -6.96% 4,955
Routt 9,238 66.59% 4,415 31.82% 220 1.59% 4,823 34.77% 13,873
Saguache 1,580 57.12% 1,061 38.36% 125 4.52% 519 18.76% 2,766
San Juan 372 68.89% 154 28.52% 14 2.59% 218 40.37% 540
San Miguel 3,199 78.29% 815 19.94% 72 1.77% 2,384 58.35% 4,086
Sedgwick 312 26.85% 807 69.45% 43 3.70% -495 -42.60% 1,162
Summit 10,383 72.73% 3,650 25.57% 243 1.70% 6,733 47.16% 14,276
Teller 4,843 35.74% 8,430 62.21% 277 2.05% -3,587 -26.47% 13,550
Washington 314 13.14% 1,971 82.50% 104 4.36% -1,657 -69.36% 2,389
Weld 52,186 40.62% 72,542 56.46% 3,755 2.92% -20,356 -15.84% 128,483
Yuma 656 16.55% 3,079 77.67% 229 5.78% -2,423 -61.12% 3,964
Totals 1,468,481 58.53% 983,040 39.18% 57,309 2.29% 485,441 19.35% 2,508,830


Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

By congressional district

Polis won six of eight congressional districts, including one that elected a Republican.[78]

District Polis Ganahl Representative
1st 82% 16% Diana DeGette
2nd 72% 26% Joe Neguse
3rd 50% 47% Lauren Boebert
4th 42% 55% Ken Buck
5th 47% 50% Doug Lamborn
6th 63% 35% Jason Crow
7th 60% 38% Ed Perlmutter (117th Congress)
Brittany Pettersen (118th Congress)
8th 53% 44% Yadira Caraveo

Analysis

Incumbent governor Jared Polis easily won re-election by 19.3%, a margin much larger than aggregate polling predicted. Polis piled up massive margins in the heavily populous North Central Colorado Urban Area, which contains the state capital Denver plus its surrounding suburbs Aurora, Thornton, Lakewood, and Broomfield; in addition to other major cities Boulder and Fort Collins, home to the University of Colorado and Colorado State University respectively. Outside the Denver-Boulder-Fort Collins region, Polis also won a long row of counties along the Rocky Mountains from Routt in the north to La Plata in the south, which contains a number of liberal leaning ski resort towns like Telluride, Aspen, and Steamboat Springs. In Southern Colorado, a region historically known for coal mining, and home to a sizable Hispanic population, Polis managed to halt the decline in support for Democrats that had been taking place here since the mid-2010s in both state and federal races. Polis also won the relatively conservative city of Colorado Springs, the first Democrat to do so in recent history, along with greatly increasing his vote share in conservative-leaning urban counties compared to 2018.[79] Polis's definitive victory likely helped other Democrats down the ballot to win their races or win them by comfortable margins, allowing Democrats to keep control of the state government.[80]

Heidi Ganahl did best in the traditionally rural areas of Colorado bordering Kansas in the east, Utah in the west, and several larger counties including Weld (Greeley), Douglas (Castle Rock and Highlands Ranch), and El Paso (Colorado Springs). In the latter two counties, Ganahl significantly underperformed previous Republican nominees in these traditionally conservative urban counties, winning Douglas by 0.38% and El Paso by 3.97%, the closest either county had come to voting Democratic since 1994 and 1982 respectively. Ganahl failed to appeal to the large unaffiliated bloc of state voters along with political moderates. During her campaign, she highlighted her opposition to abortion (at odds with most Colorado voters), utilized incendiary right-wing rhetoric in regards to several social and cultural issues, and courted figures involved with pushing conspiracy theories about elections.[81][82]

Prior to the election, an article by Daniel Strain from the University of Colorado reported that 71% of Colorado voters said their state's elections will be conducted "fairly and accurately", while 54% said the same for other elections across the United States. 53% of voters also disapproved of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade. 63% of voters said Joe Biden won the 2020 election, although Biden had a 52% disapproval among Centennial State voters compared to 39% who approved of him.[83]

Despite Biden's low approval, a Marist poll conducted in October found that amongst 1,221 Colorado adults, Governor Polis had a 50% approval, while Ganahl suffered from low name recognition, with 42% having either never heard of her or were unsure how to rate her. The same poll also found that 34% of voters were most concerned about inflation, followed by preserving democracy at 29%, abortion at 16%, crime at 7%, followed by healthcare and immigration at 6% each.[84]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Calculated by taking the difference of 100% and all other candidates combined.
  2. ^ a b c d Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ "Someone else" with 2%
  4. ^ Ruskusky (L) with 1%; "Another candidate" with 1%
  5. ^ Ruskusky (L) with 2%; "Other" with 3%
  6. ^ Neuschwanger (ACP) with 2%; Fiorino (U) with 1%; Ruskusky (L) with <1%; "Someone else" with 1%
  7. ^ "Someone else" with 2%; Neuschwanger (ACP) with 2%; Fiorino (U) with 1%; Ruskusky (L) with <1%
  8. ^ Neuschwanger (ACP) with 3%; Ruskusky (L) with 2%; Fiorino (U) with 1%
  9. ^ "Other" with 2%
  10. ^ "Someone else" with 2%
  11. ^ Ruskusky (L) with 4%; Neuschwanger (ACP) with 2%
  12. ^ "Another party's candidate" with 2%
  13. ^ "Another party's candidate" with 3%
  14. ^ Ruskusky (L) with 1%; "Another candidate" with 2%
  15. ^ Ruskusky (L) with 1%; Neuschwanger (ACP) with 1%
  16. ^ Ruskusky (L) with 2%; "Other" with 2%
  17. ^ "Someone else" with 2%
  18. ^ Ruskusky (L) with 4%; "Other" with 2%
  19. ^ Neuschwanger (ACP) with 5%

Partisan clients

  1. ^ a b This poll was sponsored by Ganahl's campaign
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j This poll was sponsored by ProgressNow Colorado, a liberal nonprofit organization.
  3. ^ This poll was sponsored by Ready Colorado

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