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Jena Griswold (D) defeated incumbent Wayne Williams (R), Amanda Campbell (American Constitution), and Blake Huber (Approval Voting) in the 2018 general election for Colorado Secretary of State.
Williams was first elected in 2014 by a margin of 2 percentage points. The Republican candidate had won each of the ten preceding secretary of state elections. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) carried the state by a margin of 5 percentage points.
Griswold's victory, alongside Jared Polis' (D) victory in the gubernatorial election and Phil Weiser's (D) victory in the attorney general election, created a Democratic triplex in Colorado. At the time of the election, neither party had held a triplex in Colorado since Gov. Bill Ritter (D) took office in 2007, breaking a Republican triplex.
Among the office's duties are management and oversight of the state's elections and voter registration, registration of businesses, nonprofits, and political lobbyists, and administration of the Uniform Commercial Code.
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In the 2014 secretary of state election, Wayne Williams (R) defeated Joe Neguse (D).
Secretary of State of Colorado, 2014
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Wayne Williams |
47.3% | 932,588 | |
| Democratic | Joe Neguse | 45% | 886,043 | |
| American Constitution | Amanda Campbell | 3.9% | 77,790 | |
| Libertarian | David Schambach | 3.7% | 73,413 | |
| Total Votes | 1,969,834 | |||
| Election results via Colorado Secretary of State | ||||
Demographic data for Colorado
| Colorado | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|
| Total population: | 5,448,819 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 103,642 | 3,531,905 |
| Gender | ||
| Female: | 49.8% | 50.8% |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 84.2% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 4% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 2.9% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 3.5% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 21.1% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 90.7% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 38.1% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $60,629 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 13.5% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Colorado. | ||
As of July 2017, Colorado had a population of approximately 5.6 million people, and its two largest cities were Denver (pop. est. 719,000) and Colorado Springs (pop. est. 484,000).
