About a third of Denver’s 300,000 registered voters had cast ballots by late Tuesday, and unofficial, early totals showed Hancock leading Romer 57 percent to 43 percent, or 49,957 votes to 38,290.
The winner of the all-mail election will be sworn in July 18, replacing interim Mayor Guillermo “Bill” Vidal. Denver’s last full-term mayor, Democrat John Hickenlooper, became Colorado’s governor in January.
Denver will make the decision June 7 whether to elect a state senator with a background in business or a Denver City Council President with awareness for public service. The race tightens as the last two standing mayoral candidates, Chris Romer and Michael Hancock make their final pleas to voters.