The first wave of ballots were mailed out over the weekend to voters for the Denver run-off election on June 7th and both candidates are in high gear, releasing statements to remind voters of their particular plans, strengths and passions.
Hancock focuses on the planning in his “People’s Plan” statement released late Thursday night before the ballots started to go out in the mail on Friday.
In his “People’s Plan,” Hancock reiterates many of his same areas of focus in his original “100 Days Plan” that was released in May before the original Denver mayoral election.
In the “100 Days Plan,” Hancock wants to recruit new businesses and jobs to Denver before the end of the year, create the “Denver Education Compact” - a new commitment between Denver and education institutions throughout the city to improve education in Denver, balance the budget by September and appoint a new Chief of Police.
The “People’s Plan,” which was compiled based on input from city residents, businesses and policy experts that Hancock’s team has gathered, expands on those original ideas with Hancock pledging to a renewed commitment to the arts in the city, lead the way in clean energy and sustainability, creating new opportunities for all of Denver’s children and more.
On the same day, Romer also released his newly refined plan, the “Blueprint For A Great American City” as we push into the last weeks of the run-off.
In Romer’s “Blueprint,” he is committed to creating and supporting job growth in and economic development in the city by streamlining city government, improving Denver’s public school system by focusing on early literacy and connecting high school kids to colleges and careers, balancing the budget, expanding Denver’s multimodal public transportation system and creating clean energy jobs as well as pushing Denver to become a leader in sustainability and energy efficiency.
A recent poll conducted by RBI Strategies, a Denver-based strategic research and consulting firm, shows a very close race between Hancock and Romer with voters favoring Hancock by only 4 points in the run-off -- 41 percent favoring Hancock and 37 percent favoring Romer. In the same poll they asked voters about their first round pre-run-off mayoral preference and it was even closer with Hancock leading by a single point over Romer.
Political analyst Floyd Ciruli had this to say to The Denver Post about this very close race to the run-off:
Both campaigns understand this race is about 2,000 votes and when you're talking about 2,000 votes, anything can happen.
If you didn’t receive your ballot in the mail or would like more information about the run-off election on June 7th, go to the Denver Elections Division website.