The 5280 Guide to Colorado’s 2020 Election
Our coverage of the ballot issues, political races, and other information Centennial State voters need to know before Election Day.
It’s been a year unlike any other, and it’s about to get crazier still—the 2020 election is right around the corner. This fall, Coloradans will cast their ballots on everything from the president and one of Colorado’s U.S. Senate seats to a vast array of statewide and local initiatives and a handful of races in between. The decisions voters make will alter Colorado—and the nation—for years to come, so don’t sit this one out. Get registered, fill out your ballot, drop it off or mail it back, or show up to cast your vote in person. It’s easy, it’s important, and it’s your civic duty.
Dates to know:
October 9: Ballots are mailed
October 19: Early voting begins; all drop boxes must be open (Find where to drop off your ballot or vote in person)
October 26: Registration deadline to receive a ballot by mail; last day to mail your ballot back
November 3: Election Day (Note: You can register and cast your vote at a polling place up until Election Day)
Election News & Results
Coloradans Voted in Record Numbers in the 2020 Election
Election 2020: All the Results from Colorado As They Come In
John Hickenlooper Defeats Cory Gardner in U.S. Senate Race
Joe Biden Wins Colorado as Presidential Race Intensifies Nationwide
Howl About That: Coloradans Vote to Reintroduce the Gray Wolf
Coloradans Reject 22-Week Abortion Ban, One of the Election’s Most Expensive Initiatives
Denver Votes to Repeal Pit Bull Ban
More Than 600,000 Coloradans Are Expected to Vote Today as Turnout Soars
What We’re Watching in Colorado on Election Day 2020
What's on the Ballot
Your Go-To Guide to Colorado’s 2020 Ballot Measures
Your Guide to Denver’s 2020 Ballot Measures
What Residents of Lauren Boebert’s Hometown Think About Its Conservative Star
Should Coloradans Say Yes to the Gray Wolf This November?
How Your 2020 Ballot Choices Could Affect Local Agriculture
If Wolves Are Already in Colorado, Should We Still Reintroduce Them?
Kanye West (and Nearly 20 Others) Are on Colorado’s Presidential Ballot
The Senate Race
All About Voting
On Background
How Republicans Plan to Retake Colorado in 2020
The Very Real Ways the Trump Administration is Affecting Colorado
Primary Results: Hickenlooper Wins Big Over Romanoff; Boebert Upsets Tipton
How National Forces Shaped the Colorado Democratic Senate Primary
Why Secretary of State Jena Griswold Sees Democracy as a Superpower
Bernie Sanders Wins Colorado Primary, Biden Surges Elsewhere
Inside Congressman Jason Crow’s Intense First Year
Will The Real Cory Gardner Please Stand Up?
