DENVER — Two moderate candidates, Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough, are on the cusp of facing each other in a runoff election to name Denver’s next mayor.
In the latest round of results from the 2023 municipal election, Johnston had 24.5% of the vote, tops among the 16 candidates who appeared on the mayoral ballot. Brough meanwhile claimed 20% to come in second place.
With just over 2,400 ballots left to be counted, Johnston, a former state senator and past failed gubernatorial and Senate candidate, has claimed 41,926 votes. Brough, the former head of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce and chief of staff to then-Mayor John Hickenlooper, has 34,375, according to the latest tabulation released by the city’s elections division at 2 p.m.
