Business Pulse: Readers favor Hickenlooper for governor
Half of denverbusinessjournal.com readers who answered our latest Business Pulse question say they support John Hickenlooper in the race for Colorado governor, a higher tally than all other candidates combined.
The Business Pulse survey is not a scientific sampling, and is not an attempt to predict actual voting totals, but offers a view of what readers are thinking.
Hickenlooper, Denver’s mayor, is running as the sole Democratic Party candidate for governor.
On Thursday he announced his running mate, Colorado State University-Pueblo President Joseph Garcia.
Another 20 percent of those answering the Business Pulse question said they support Tom Tancredo, a former Republican congressman and presidential candidate who is running as an American Constitution Party candidate.
Among the two Republicans vying to succeed Bill Ritter as governor, former congressman Scott McInnis was picked by 15 percent in our unscientific survey and businessman Dan Maes by 7 percent.
McInnis and Maes are running in a mostly-mail-in GOP primary, which ends Tuesday, Aug. 10. The winner will face Hickenlooper and Tancredo on the November general-election ballot.
There were 1,383 responses to our informal multiple-choice survey, which asked: “As of now, which candidate do you favor for Colorado governor?”
Readers answered:
• John Hickenloooper — 50%.
• Dan Maes — 7%.
• Scott McInnis — 15%.
• Tom Tancredo — 20%.
• Other/don’t know — 9%.
This week’s Business Pulse question: “As of now, which candidate do you favor for Colorado senator?”
Click here to respond, and please leave a comment explaining your answer. The deadline for replies to this question is Monday at 10 a.m. MDT.