Yadira Caraveo underperformed in Adams County. Donald Trump won Pueblo County. Proposition 131 received the third fewest “yes” votes of the 14 measures on the statewide ballot.
Gabe Evans, a right-wing state representative, defeated Representative Yadira Caraveo, a first-term Democrat who was the first Latina elected to federal office in Colorado.
The Denver district attorney’s office has opened an investigation into the leak of voting system passwords that were posted to a Colorado state website in June before being taken down last month.
The law was not active in 2024. If it takes effect, it will commit states to award their electoral votes to the national popular vote winner.
Nearly 3.3 million Coloradans cast a ballot in the 2024 election, roughly equaling the number in the 2020 election but at a lower rate.
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CBS News projects that Amendment 79 has passed on election night and a section will be added to Colorado's state constitution recognizing the right to abortion. Colorado law already protects the right to abortion.
Lauren Boebert, the controversial rightwing lawmaker who was first elected to Congress in 2020, has won reelection in Colorado.
Democratic incumbent Yadira Caraveo conceded the race for Colorado's U.S. House District 8 seat to Republican Gabe Evans Sunday afternoon.