Colorado gubernatorial election, 2018 - wikipedia Colorado gubernatorial election, 2018 See also : Colorado elections, 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election, 2018 ← 2014 November 6, 2018 2022 → Party Democratic Republican Incumbent Governor John Hickenlooper Democratic Elections in Colorado Federal government Presidential elections 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1992 2000 2008 2012 2016 Presidential caucuses Republican 2008 2012 Democratic 2008 U.S. Senate elections 1980 1986 1992 1998 2002 2008 2014 2016 U.S. House elections 2000 2002 2006 4th 5th 7th 2008 2012 2014 2016 2018 State government General elections 2014 2018 Gubernatorial elections 1912 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Legislative elections 2013 recalls Ballot measures 36 2006 38 41 42 43 44 2008 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 54 58 59 62 2012 64 Denver Mayoral elections 2011 2015 The 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election will take place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next Governor of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper is term - limited and can not seek reelection to a third consecutive term. The primary election will be held on June 26. Contents 1 Democratic primary 1.1 Candidates 1.1. 1 Declared 1.1. 2 Eliminated at Convention 1.1. 3 Withdrawn 1.1. 4 Declined 1.1. 5 Caucus results 1.2 Endorsements 1.3 Polling 2 Republican primary 2.1 Candidates 2.1. 1 Declared 2.1. 2 Eliminated at Convention 2.1. 3 Withdrawn 2.1. 4 Declined 2.1. 5 Caucus results 2.2 Endorsements 2.3 Polling 3 Third party and independent candidates 3.1 Candidates 3.1. 1 Declared 4 General election 4.1 Predictions 4.2 Polling 5 References 6 External links Democratic primary Candidates Declared Mike Johnston, former State Senator Cary Kennedy, former Colorado State Treasurer and former CFO and Deputy Mayor of Denver Donna Lynne, Lieutenant Governor Jared Polis, U.S. Representative Eliminated at Convention Erik Underwood, former congressional aide, Republican candidate for GA - 10 in 2007 and Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016 Withdrawn Ed Perlmutter, U.S. Representative ( running for reelection ) Noel Ginsburg, businessman Declined Steve Lebsock, State Representative ( was running for State Treasurer before switching to the Republican Party thus disqualifying him from the Democratic Primary ) Michael Merrifield, State Senator Joe Neguse, former executive director of the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies and nominee for secretary of state in 2014 ( running for CO-02 ) Joe Salazar, State Representative ( running for Attorney General ) Ken Salazar, former U.S. Senator and former United States Secretary of the Interior Caucus results On March 6, 2018, Democrats of precincts across Colorado met and voted how many Delegates each candidate that was caucusing on the ballot would get. As of March 11, 2018 at 07 : 30 p.m. 96.83 % of precincts reported and added up below results. Noel Ginsburg ( 433 ; 1.8 % ), dropped out of race Mike Johnston ( 2,086 ; 8.8 % ) Cary Kennedy ( 11,700 ; 49.2 % ) Jared Polis ( 7,784 ; 32.7 % ) Erik Underwood ( 100 ; 0.4 % ) Uncommitted ( 1,668 ; 7 % ) Endorsements show Jared Polis Federal Officials Betsy Markey -- Former United States Congresswoman Pat Schroeder -- Former United States Congresswoman John Lewis - United States Congressman Statewide Officials Dickey Lee Hullinghorst -- Former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives John Kefalas -- State Senator Steve Fenberg -- State Senator Chris Romer -- Former State Senator Polly Baca -- Former State Senator Sue Windels -- Former State Senator Tom Glass -- Former State Senator, Former Mayor of Crested Butte Edie Hooton -- State Representative Jeff Bridges ( politician ) -- State Representative Jeni Ardnt -- State Representative Matt Gray -- State Representative Mike Foote -- State Representative Angie Paccione -- Former State Representative Cherylin Peniston -- Former State Representative Dianne Primavera -- Former State Representative Ed Casso -- Former State Representative Joe Miklosi -- Former State Representative Roger Wilson -- Former State Representative Claire Levy -- Former State Senator Debbie Stafford -- Former State Representative Local Officials Rick Palacio -- Former Colorado Democratic Party Chairman Stan Garnnet -- Boulder County District Attorney Jeff Chostner -- Pueblo County District Attorney, Former County Commissioner, Former State Representative Eva Henry -- Adams County Commissioner Cindy Domenico -- Boulder County Commissioner Deb Gardner -- Boulder County Commissioner Elise Jones -- Boulder County Commissioner Tim Mauck -- Clear Creek Commissioner Garrison Ortiz -- Pueblo County Commissioner Sal Pace - Pueblo County Commissioner Dan Gibbs -- Summit County Commissioner Karn Stiegelmeier -- Summit County Commissioner Thomas Davidson -- Summit County Commissioner Jorge Amaya -- Former Alamosa County Commissioner Will Toor -- Former Boulder County Commissioner Buffie McFadyen - Former Pueblo County Commissioner Suzanne Jones -- Mayor of Boulder Jacque Whitsitt -- Mayor of Basalt Christine Berg -- Mayor of Lafayette Gustavo Reynar -- Mayor Pro Tem, Lafayette Cecil Gutierrez -- Mayor of Loveland Dennis Coombs -- Mayor of Longmont Bob Muckle -- Mayor of Louisville Sean Murphy - Mayor of Telluride Susan Osborne -- Former Mayor of Boulder Dr. John Warner -- Former Mayor of Breckenridge Tiffany A. Snyder -- Former Mayor of Ward Aaron Brockett -- Boulder City Council Andrew Shoemaker -- Boulder City Council Lisa Morzel -- Boulder City Council Kevin Kreeger -- Broomfield City Council Sam Weaver -- Boulder City Council Richard Skorman -- Colorado Springs City Council Yolanda Avila -- Colorado Springs City Council Dean Brookie -- Durango City Council Kristin Stephen -- Fort Collins City Council Leah Johnson -- Loveland City Council Rich Ball -- Loveland City Council Ed Brown -- Pueblo City Council Mack Goodman -- Thornton City Council Val Vigil -- Thornton City Council, Former State Representative Maria De Cambra -- Westminster City Council Andy Schultheiss -- Former Boulder City Council Francoise Poinsatte -- Former Boulder City Council Ramona Martinez -- Former Denver City Council ) ) Hillary Cooper -- San Miguel County Commissioner Adrienne Benavidez -- State Representative Jeri Shepherd -- DNC Member Angelika Schroeder -- Chairwoman of the State Board of Education Dave Levy -- Thompson School Board ) ) Denise Montague -- Thompson School Board Nancy Tellez -- Former Poudre School Board Beverly Breakstone -- Summit County Assessor Nancy Cronk -- Director on the Cunningham Fire Protection District 's Board of Directors Beverly Benavidez Ryken -- Former Vice Chair of the Colorado Democratic Party Bob Hullinghorst - Former Boulder County Treasurer John Tayer -- Former RTD Board Eric Mamula -- Breckenridge ( as an individual ) Gerry Horak -- Ft. Collins ( as an individual ) Rob Hernandez -- Former State Senator Paul Lopez -- Denver City Councilor Leslie Herod -- State Representative Anthony Aragon -- LGBTQ Leader Organizations Pipefitters Local 208 Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters IBEW Colorado -- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Sierra Club Colorado Professional Firefighters ( CPFF ) show Mike Johnston Federal Officials Gary Hart, Former U.S. Senator for Colorado Statewide Officials Irene Aguilar, State Senator Terrance Carroll, Former Speaker of the House of Representatives James Coleman ( politician ), State Representative Kerry Donovan, State Senator Rhonda Fields, State Senator Joyce Foster, Former State Senator Angela Giron, Former State Senator Millie Hamner, State Representative Richard Lamm, Former Governor John Morse ( US politician ), Former State Senate President Christine Scanlan, Former State Representative Wilma Webb, Former State Representative Local Officials Gabrielle Aragon, Former San Luis Council Member Albus Brooks, Denver City Council President Lisa Flores, Denver Public School Board of Education Member Tracy Johnson, Academy District 20 Board of Education Member Jeanne McQueeney, Eagle County Commissioner Theresa Peña, Denver Public Schools Former Board of Education Member Christina Rinderle, Former Durango Mayor Wellington Webb, Former Mayor of Denver Organizations Students for Education Reform Public Figures Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder of LinkedIn Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook show Cary Kennedy Federal Officials Ken Salazar, former U.S. Senator and United States Secretary of the Interior Statewide officials Bernie Buescher, former Secretary of State of Colorado Mike Callihan, former Lieutenant Governor Gail Schoettler, former Lieutenant Governor and former State Treasurer State legislators Betty Boyd, former state senator Joan Fitz - Gerald, former President of the Colorado Senate Evie Hudak, former state senator Daniel Kagan, State Senator Chris Kennedy, State Representative Pete Lee, State Representative Susan Lontine, State Representative Alice Madden, former Majority Leader of the Colorado House of Representatives Rosemary Marshall, former State Representative Michael Merrifield, State Senator Jeanne Nicholson, former State Senator Pat Pascoe, former State Senator Tom Plant, former State Representative and former Director of the Governor 's Energy Office Joe Rice, former State Representative and former Mayor of Glendale Peggy Reeves, former State Senator Chris Romer, former State Senator Dorothy Rupert, former State Senator Brandon Shaffer, former President of the Colorado Senate Gloria Tanner, former State Senator Suzanne Williams, former State Senator Dave Young, State Representative Local officials Doug Linkhart, Denver City Councilman and former State Senator Beth McCann, Denver District Attorney and former State Representative Labor unions American Federation of Teachers - Colorado Colorado Education Association International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 455 United Association Local 58, Plumbers & Pipefitters United Steelworkers District 12 Organizations EMILY 's List show Donna Lynne State legislators Janet Buckner, ( State Representative ) JoAnn Ginal, ( State Representative ) Lucia Guzman, ( State Senator ) Jean Dubofsky, ( former state Supreme Court Justice ) Local officials Marguerite Salazar, ( Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies executive director ) Tamra Ward, ( Denver Zoo chief external relations officer ) Leanna Clark, ( Vice chancellor for the University of Colorado Denver ) Jacque Montgomery, ( Gov. John Hickenlooper 's spokeswoman ) Kathy Maloney Green, ( Gov. John Hickenlooper 's former spokeswoman ) show Ed Perlmutter ( withdrawn ) Pipefitters Local 208 Polling Poll source Date ( s ) administered Sample size Margin of error Jared Polis Cary Kennedy Donna Lynne Mike Johnston Other Undecided Save the Children Action Network -- -- -- 18 % 18 % -- -- 12 % 52 % Magellan Strategies ( R ) March 20 -- 23, 2018 410 ± 4.8 % 27 % 23 % 5 % 8 % 1 % 36 % American Politics Research Lab / University of Colorado Boulder November 9 -- 15, 2017 357 ± 3.5 % 24 % 6 % 4 % 4 % 2 % 58 % Republican primary Candidates Declared Greg Lopez, former Mayor of Parker and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2016 Victor Mitchell, former State Representative Walker Stapleton, Colorado State Treasurer Doug Robinson, businessman Eliminated at Convention Steve Barlock, Trump Co-chair & Coalitions, Colorado Republican National Alternate Delegate and Elector Cynthia Coffman, Colorado Attorney General Barry Farah, businessman Lew Gaiter, Larimer County Commissioner Withdrawn George Brauchler, District Attorney for Colorado 's 18th Judicial District ( running for Attorney General ) JoAnne Silva, retired banker Tom Tancredo, former U.S. Representative, candidate for Governor in 2014, Constitution Party nominee for Governor in 2010, and candidate for President of the United States in 2008 Jim Rundberg, businessman Declined John Elway, general manager of the Denver Broncos and retired NFL player Owen Hill, state senator and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014 ( running for CO-05 ) Steve House, Chairman of the Colorado Republican Party and candidate for governor in 2014 Kent Thiry, Chairman & CEO of DaVita Brian Watson, businessman and candidate for the State House in 2012 ( running for State Treasurer ) Caucus results Based on information shared by some key counties, as well as a recent survey the following are believed to be results of the Republican Caucus from Key Counties. Pueblo County Steve Barlock -- 3.14 % Cynthia Coffman -- 7.55 % Greg Lopez -- 16.35 % Victor Mitchell -- 23.90 % Doug Robinson -- 3.15 % Walker Stapleton -- 45.91 % Douglas County Steve Barlock -- 32.5 % Cynthia Coffman -- 4.6 % Lew Gaiter III -- 2.2 % Greg Lopez -- 18.8 % Victor Mitchell -- 7.7 % Doug Robinson -- 2.2 % Walker Stapleton -- 23.2 % Tom Tancredo ( dropped out of the race ) -- 1.6 % Uncommitted -- 7.2 % Endorsements show Walker Stapleton Presidents of the United States George W. Bush, 43rd President of The United States Federal Officials Ken Buck U.S. Representative ( CO-4 ) Tom Tancredo Former U.S. Representative ( CO-6 ) Local officials Darius Allen, Alamosa County Commissioner Nancy Sharpe, Arapahoe County Commissioner Jeff Baker, Arapahoe County Commissioner Spike Ausmus, Baca County Commissioner Rick Butler, Baca County Commissioner Pete Dawson, Baca County Commissioner Dave Potts, Chaffee County Commissioner Rod Pelton, Cheyenne County Commissioner Patrick Ward, Cheyenne County Commissioner Frank Grant, Crowley County Commissioner Don Suppes, Delta County Commissioner Roger Partridge, Douglas County Commissioner Lora Thomas, Douglas County Commissioner Mark Waller, El Paso County Commissioner Stan VanderWerf, El Paso County Commissioner Tim Payne, Fremont County Commissioner Dwayne McFall, Fremont County Commissioner John Martin, Garfield County Commissioner Tom Jankovsky, Garfield County Commissioner Mike Samson, Garfield County Commissioner Rich Cimino, Grand County Commissioner Merit Linke, Grand County Commissioner Phil Chamberland, Gunnison County Commissioner Cindy Dozier, Hinsdale County Commissioner Stan Whinnery, Hinsdale County Commissioner Jeff Benson, Jackson County Commissioner Libby Szabo, Jefferson County Commissioner Tina Francone, Jefferson County Commissioner Cindy McLoud, Kiowa County Commissioner Brad Blake, La Plata County Commissioner Byron Pelton, Logan County Commissioner Rose Pugliese, Mesa County Commissioner Ramona Weber, Mineral County Commissioner Ray Beck, Moffat County Commissioner Don Cook, Moffat County Commissioner Frank Moe, Moffat County Commissioner Larry Don Suckla, Montezuma County Commissioner Keenan Ertel, Montezuma County Commissioner Glenn Davis, Montrose County Commissioner Roger Rash, Montrose County Commissioner Mark Arndt, Morgan County Commissioner Jim Baldwin, Otero County Commissioner Wendy Buxton - Andrade, Prowers County Commissioner Tom Grasmick, Prowers County Commissioner Shawn Bolton, Rio Blanco County Commissioner Jeff Rector, Rio Blanco County Commissioner Si Woodruff, Rio Blanco County Commissioner Karla Shriver, Rio Grande County Commissioner Gene Glover, Rio Grande County Commissioner Cari Hermacinski, Routt County Commissioner Norm Steen, Teller County Commissioner Marc Dettenrieder, Teller County Commissioner Lea Ann Laybourn, Washington County Commissioner Barbara Kirkmeyer, Weld County Commissioner Mike Freeman, Weld County Commissioner Juie Cozad, Weld County Commissioner Steve Moreno, Weld County Commissioner Organizations Associated Builders and Contractors show George Brauchler ( withdrawn ) Celebrities Ted Nugent, musician and gun rights activist show Tom Tancredo ( withdrawn ) Political Commentators Michelle Malkin, conservative commentator Polling Poll source Date ( s ) administered Sample size Margin of error Cynthia Coffman Victor Mitchell Doug Robinson Walker Stapleton Other Undecided Save the Children - - - 7 % - - 15 % 16 % 62 % Magellan Strategies February 26 -- 27, 2018 647 ± 3.85 % 13 % 5 % 8 % 26 % 9 % 39 % Hypothetical polling Poll source Date ( s ) administered Sample size Margin of error George Brauchler Cynthia Coffman Victor Mitchell Doug Robinson Walker Stapleton Tom Tancredo Undecided American Politics Research Lab / University of Colorado Boulder November 9 -- 15, 2017 250 ± 3.5 % 4 % 6 % 1 % 1 % 8 % 25 % 54 % Braynard Group ( R ) September 26 -- 28, 2017 400 ± 3.2 % 7 % 6 % 1 % 0.3 % 8.5 % 22 % 54 % Third party and independent candidates Candidates Declared Scott Helker ( Libertarian ) Bill Hammons ( Unity Party of America ), insurance agent, chairman and founder of the Unity Party of America, and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2014 and 2016 Marcus Giavanni ( Independent ), radio host General election Predictions Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report 098 ! Lean D January 26, 2018 Rothenberg Political Report 098 ! Lean D April 6, 2018 Sabato 's Crystal Ball 100 ! Tossup April 5, 2018 Polling Hypothetical polling Jared Polis vs. Tom Tancredo Poll source Date ( s ) administered Sample size Margin of error Jared Polis ( D ) Tom Tancredo ( R ) Other Undecided Public Policy Polling ( D - RBI / Polis ) December 4 -- 5, 2017 770 ± 3.5 % 46 % 38 % -- 16 % Braynard Group ( R ) September 26 -- 28, 2017 1,000 ± 3.2 % 25 % 25 % 3 % 47 % Cary Kennedy vs. Tom Tancredo Poll source Date ( s ) administered Sample size Margin of error Cary Kennedy ( D ) Tom Tancredo ( R ) Other Undecided Public Policy Polling ( D - RBI / Polis ) December 4 -- 5, 2017 770 ± 3.5 % 45 % 38 % -- 17 % Keating Research ( D ) November 9 -- 13, 2017 500 ± 4.4 % 50 % 34 % 3 % 13 % Mike Johnston vs. Tom Tancredo Poll source Date ( s ) administered Sample size Margin of error Mike Johnston ( D ) Tom Tancredo ( R ) Other Undecided Public Policy Polling ( D - RBI / Polis ) December 4 -- 5, 2017 770 ± 3.5 % 43 % 39 % -- 18 % Donna Lynne vs. Tom Tancredo Poll source Date ( s ) administered Sample size Margin of error Donna Lynne ( D ) Tom Tancredo ( R ) Other Undecided Public Policy Polling ( D - RBI / Polis ) December 4 -- 5, 2017 770 ± 3.5 % 43 % 38 % -- 19 % References Jump up ^ `` 2018 election calendar '' ( PDF ). 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Question: who are the candidates running for colorado governor
Answer: Mike Johnston