The votes are in: Here’s who will be representing Weld County
By Kelly Ragan
We’re all still waiting to figure out who will run the country for the next four years (and we might be for a while), but we do know who our local representatives will be.
Here we outline unofficial local results as of Wednesday.
U.S. Senator
Statewide
Democrat John Hickenlooper: 53.52%
Republican Cory Gardner: 44.33%
Weld County
Democrat John Hickenlooper: 38.18%
Republican Cory Gardner: 59.68%
Representative to the 117th U.S. Congress, district 4
Republican Ken Buck: 60.99%
Democrat Ike McCorkle: 35.60%
State Senator, district 23
Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer: 62.44%
Democrat Sally Boccella: 37.35%
State Representative, district 48
Republican Tonya Van Beber: 66.73%
Democrat Holly Herson: 33.27%
State Representative District 49
Republican Mike Lynch: 68.56%
Democrat Yara Hanlin Zokaie: 31.44%
State Representative district 50
Democrat Mary Young: 62.08%
Libertarian Sean Short: 37.92%
State Representative district 63
Republican Dan Woog: 59.81%
Democrat Gen Schneider: 35.61%
District Attorney 19th judicial district
Republican Michael Rourke: 100%
Weld County Commissioner, at large
Republican Perry Buck: 62.48%
Democrat Paul Echternacht: 37.52%
Weld County Commissioner district 1
Republican Mike Freeman: 65.71%
Democrat John Shull: 34.29%
Weld County Commissioner district 3
Republican Lori Saine: 55.55%
Democrat Michael Welch: 39.64%
Weld County Council at large
Elijah Hatch: 54.50%
Andrew Clark: 45.50%
Weld County Council district 1
Rupert Parchment: 52.76%
David Huntwork: 47.24%
While these are the unofficial Weld County results as of Wednesday, there were no close races this year. To keep an eye on results as they continue to come in, go to https://www.weldgov.com/departments/clerk_and_recorder/elections_department.