Hick May Pick Sides in One City Council Race

by: Colorado Pols

Wed May 02, 2007 at 11:46:22 AM MDT

There will be three runoff elections in Denver (see below for the list) after yesterday's first round, and there are rumors that Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper could get involved in one of them.

Hickenlooper doesn't normally make public endorsements of candidates for city office, but there was a lot of talk last night that he would soon endorse Shelly Watters over Chris Nevitt in City Council District 7 because he is uncomfortable with Nevitt's close ties to organized labor. Nevitt very nearly received the required 50% of votes needed to avoid a runoff, but if Hick gets involved in the race, this one could get rough.

Denver Runoff Elections:

City Council District 3
Paul Lopez (45.7%)
JoAnn Phillips (15.3%)

City Council District 7
Chris Nevitt (46.9%)
Shelly Watters (27.4%)

City Council District 8
Sharon Bailey (36.3%)
Carla Madison (28.6%)