Members of both major parties met Saturday to select candidates for their statewide primary races.
Colorado offers hopefuls two ways to make the primary ballot. They can gather enough valid signatures to petition on, or they can win support from at least thirty percent of delegates at their party assembly. Candidates can hedge their bets and do both, but in that case, they need enough valid signatures and at least ten percent support.
For Democrats, who currently hold every statewide office up for election this year, the process was relatively simple. The state convention was held virtually, and delegates chose to put all of the incumbents -- and just the incumbents -- back on the ballot. That means Sen. Michael Bennet, Gov. Jared Polis, Attorney General Phil Weiser, Secretary of State Jena Griswold, and Treasurer Dave Young will all be unopposed in the June 28 primary.
For Republicans, though, the day set up a number of high stakes primaries.
Here's who qualified for the GOP primaries:
CPR reporters Bente Birkeland and Andrew Kenney contributed to this report.
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