President/ Vice President- Barack Obama/ Joe Biden (D)
Runner-up- Mitt Romney/ Paul Ryan (R)
Electoral Votes- 303 for Obama, 206 for Romney (Florida results not in)
Percentage- 50.3% Obama, 48.1% Romney
U.S. House of Representative District 2- Jared Polis (D)
Runner-up- Kevin Lundberg (R)
Percentage- 55% Polis, 40% Lundberg
U.S. House of Representative District 7- Ed Perlmutter (D)
Runner-up- Joe Coors (R)
Percentage- 53% Perlmutter, 41% Coors
State Senate District 17 (Louisville) – Matt Jones (D)
Runner-up- Charlie Plaginos (R)
Percentage- 63% Jones, 33% Plaginos
State House District 12 (Louisville) – Mike Foote (D)
Runner-up- Russ Lyman (R)
Percentage- 65% Foote, 30% Lyman
State House District 33 (Superior) – Dianne Primavera (D)
Runner-up- David Pigott (R)
Percentage- 50% Primavera, 45% Pigott
Amendment 64: Recreational use of marijuana for persons over 21- Passed, 55% in favor 45% opposed
Amendment 65: Supports limiting campaign spending in elections- Passed, 73% in favor, 27% opposed
Fun Facts about the 2012 election: ·
Maine and Maryland approved same-sex marriage. ·
Colorado and Washington approved recreational use of marijuana. ·
Tammy Baldwin, D, of Wisconsin is the first openly gay senator. ·
There are now twenty women senators, breaking the previous record of seventeen.