With several close races, recounts loom in Boulder County for the 2024 general election.
Dan Woog (R) is narrowly defeating Jillaire McMillan (D) by just 123 votes for the House District 19 seat as of Nov. 20, meeting the threshold for an automatic recount. If Woog beats out McMillan, it will be one of three house seats to flip from blue to red, with Dems losing their supermajority in the House.
Boulder’s measure to give city council more control over boards and commissions is failing by a margin of 64 votes as of Nov. 15, and is set for a recount. If it fails, changes to boards and commissions will continue to require voter approval, as is specified in the city charter. Boulder voters also passed measures to increase council pay and allow for executive sessions.
The Town of Superior is set to elect Mike Foster, incumbent Jason Serbu and Heather Cracraft to fill its three open seats on the town board, but Cracraft is defeating incumbent Sandie Hammerly by just 15 votes — which meets the threshold for a recount. The town also passed a .315% sales tax increase to fund big projects. Superior voters will decide in a Dec. 10 special election whether to adopt a home rule charter. (Read more here.)
The Boulder County Clerk’s office anticipates the recount will begin after Thanksgiving Week, and the deadline to complete it is Dec. 6.
Close but not too close
In Louisville’s battle of the Joshes, Josh Cooperman is defeating Joshua Sroge by just 19 votes for the Ward 1 council seat, according to the Nov. 14 data from the county, which doesn’t meet the threshold for a recount in this race. Cooperman was sworn in to office on Nov. 19.
In Erie, Andrew Moore will take back up the post of mayor, garnering 51.43% of the votes over incumbent Justin Brooks. Anil Pesaramelli and John Mortellaro are poised to take the D1 seats, with Mortellaro defeating incumbent Andrew Sawusch by just 19 votes but not triggering a recount.
Erie’s Dan Hoback and Brandon M. Bell are set to keep their seats in D2, and incumbent Emily Baer and Brian O’Connor defeated Travis Pinz by more than 1,000 votes in D3. The town also passed a marijuana excise tax, which will allow cannabis sales within the town.
See all the local election results here.