The latest early-voting numbers from Colorado suggest an advantage for Republican Rep. Cory Gardner in his race to unseat incumbent Democratic Sen. Mark Udall. Nate Cohen of the New York Times writes:
Colorado update: 1,586,226 votes counted, R 39.7, D 32.2
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 4, 2014
Those figures include a sizable 36706 votes from Denver/Boulder out of the 209303 received so far today
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 4, 2014
Among ballots counted so far today, it's R 34.8, D 31.4. I
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 4, 2014
Today's pace wouldn't get Dems where they want to be. Another 500,000 ballots at this pace would yield R+6.6 at 2.086m votes.
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 4, 2014
Democrats should hope that there are additional Denver/Boulder ballots tonight, and then Dems would still need to far much better tmro
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 4, 2014
Ballots counted so far today. Dems need more Denver/Boulder than this: pic.twitter.com/q4fbAGKSzl
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 4, 2014
Total ballots by county. El Paso nearly at '10 turnout. pic.twitter.com/O6OnTNJKro
— Nate Cohn (@Nate_Cohn) November 4, 2014
As for predictions, however, Cory Gardner’s campaign manager Chris Hansen will have none of that:
@JohnEkdahl no predictions. Don't screw with the campaign gods, Ekdahl
— Chris Hansen (@tankcat) November 4, 2014
Exactly. Go vote and put this one away, Colorado!
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