DENVER — Ballots were still being counted in Denver’s 2023 municipal election on Wednesday afternoon, but two candidates — Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough — remain positioned to meet in a runoff contest for mayor.
In unofficial results released at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Johnston was leading all candidates with 29,636 votes, about 24.7% of ballots tabulated so far. Brough maintained her second place standing with 26,104 votes, or 21.7%. Tailing those two were Lisa Calderón with 19,098 votes, or 15.9%, Andy Rougeot with 15,082 votes, or 12.6%, and State Rep. Leslie Herod with 11,728 votes, or 9.8%.
One candidate needed to claim more than 50% of the vote to win the office outright. Instead, the top two vote-getters will move on to a runoff election which will be decided in a second round of voting that concludes on June 6.
