Senator Paula Sandoval Wins City Council District 1 Special Vacancy Election

Congratulations to Senator Paula Sandoval, who won the City Council District 1 Special Vacancy Election Tuesday night and will take the seat formerly held by Rick Garcia, who resigned in March to accept an appointment by the Obama administration as HUD Regional Director for Denver.

Sen. Sandoval's victory means a Vacancy Committee Election will take place on May 16th to fill her Senate seat (Senate District 34).

Here are the full results as reported by the Denver Elections Division at 9:20 Tuesday night:

Candidate                Votes       % of Votes
Paula E. Sandoval     1,748           22.59%
Susan Shepherd        1,328          17.16%
K. Jerry Frangas        1,178          15.22%
John Haney                  971          12.55%
Larry Ambrose              782          10.11%
Ken Padilla                  770            9.95%
Randle Swan  (R)         363            4.69%
Jon Lehmann                281           3.63%
Chris Jeffrey   (U)          163           2.11%
Georgia A. Sigala         118            1.52%
Write-In                         36              .47%

Total Votes                7,738