A Denver City Council candidate’s withdrawal from the District 7 race Monday means the other candidate will win by default — and reduces the number of competitive council runoff elections to three.
A Denver City Council candidate’s withdrawal from the District 7 runoff race Monday means the other candidate will win by default — and reduces the number ofNick Campion cited family reasons, including a likely move out of the city, for the unusual move of withdrawing from the June 6 runoff. He had faced Flor Alvidrez for an open seat representing mostly south Denver neighborhoods, from Baker south to Ruby Hill and Rosedale.
“That’s my goal — to be an awesome father, be an awesome partner and still make a difference,” he said inthe April 4 election , Alvidrez won nearly 39% of the vote to Campion’s 19.2% in a five-way race. Campion finished just 107 votes ahead of the third-place finisher, Adam Estroff. Denver election rules don’t allow third-place candidates to advance to the runoff if one of the runoff qualifiers withdraws.
Alvidrez, a real estate agent who helps run her family’s concrete construction company, will succeed Councilman Jolon Clark, who opted not to seek a third term.
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