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About the format of this abstract

Results contained in the abstract

This publication contains the official certified results for the 2021 Odd-Year, 2022 Primary, and 2022 General Elections
for all candidates, judicial retention races, and ballot issues certified to the ballot by the Colorado Secretary of State's
Office.

Results & officer information reported by the counties

The election results and county officer information in this abstract were obtained from each of Colorado’s 64 counties.
The results in this abstract are more accurate than the compiled and totaled returns reported on the Secretary of State’s
website immediately after the election because they account for any miscalculations in the totals initially reported by each
county.

Judicial officer information

Judicial officer information, including dates of oath and terms of office, was provided by the Office of the State Court
Administrator.

Registered voters, ballots cast, & turnout

In the results section of this abstract, the column titled “Registered Voters” is the number of registered voters eligible to
vote in each contest. The column titled “Ballots Cast” is the number of voters who cast a ballot in each contest. The
column titled “Turnout %” reflects the percentage of registered voters who cast a ballot in each contest.

The county-level turnout, located at the back of the abstract, is provided using both active voters and registered voters.
Colorado statute currently requires that county-level turnout be reported by registered voters. However, prior to 2011,
statute required that turnout be reported by active voters. To allow comparison of turnout data throughout the years, we
have chosen to provide the turnout data for both active and registered voters.

Redistricting

2022 saw the first elections to use redrawn district lines as a result of the 2020 Census. Congressional district lines were redrawn by the Colorado Independent Congressional Redistricting Commission and state house and state senate district lines were drawn by the Colorado Independent Legislative Redistricting Commission. Both Commissions were established by Amendments Y and Z in 2018 to draw Colorado’s congressional and state legislative districts after each decennial census.

In addition to new district boundaries, Colorado gained one new congressional district for the first time in 20 years after the 2020 Census and the resulting congressional reapportionment. As a result of the new 8th congressional district, this also meant the addition of a new 8th congressional district seat for the State Board of Education and Regents of the University of Colorado.

In addition to its new 8th congressional district seat, the State Board of Education also gained a statewide at large seat. To accommodate the addition of its 8th congressional district seat, one of the two at-large seats of the Regents of the University of Colorado was eliminated.