2022 Colorado Secretary of State election

2022 Colorado Secretary of State election
	Griswold: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Anderson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; Tie: 40–50% 50%; No votes
Secretary of State before election; Jena Griswold; Democratic	Elected Secretary of State ; Jena Griswold; Democratic

The 2022 Colorado Secretary of State election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the Secretary of State of Colorado. Incumbent Democrat Jena Griswold won re-election to a second term, improving on her 2018 results.

Democratic primary[edit]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Jena Griswold, incumbent secretary of state

Endorsements[edit]

Jena Griswold

Organizations

Results[edit]

Democratic primary results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jena Griswold (incumbent)	510,462	100.0%
Total votes			510,462	100.0%

Republican primary[edit]

The Republican primary was held on June 28, 2022.^[7]

Candidates[edit]

Nominee[edit]

Pam Anderson, former Jefferson County clerk (2007–2015)^[8]^[9]

Eliminated in primary[edit]

Mike O'Donnell, former head of Colorado Lending Source^[10]
Tina Peters, Mesa County clerk^[11]

Withdrew[edit]

David Winney, marine veteran^[8] (endorsed Tina Peters, running for El Paso County county commissioner)^[12]

Declined[edit]

Rose Pugliese, former Mesa County commissioner^[13]

Endorsements[edit]

Pam Anderson

Federal officials

Hank Brown, former U.S. Senator from Colorado (1991–1997)^[14]
Jason R. Dunn, former United States Attorney for the District of Colorado (2018–2021)^[14]
Troy Eid, former United States Attorney for the District of Colorado (2006–2009)^[14]
Scott McInnis, member of the Mesa County commission (2015–) and former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 3rd congressional district (1993–2005)^[14]

State legislators

Vicki Alger, former state representative^[14]
Don Ament, former state senator^[14]
Rob Fairbank, former state representative^[14]
Tim Foster, former state representative^[14]
Bob Gardner, state senator from the 12th district (2017–)^[14]
Larry Liston, state senator from the 10th district (2021–)^[14]
Chris Paulson, former state representative^[14]
Jerry Sonnenberg, state senator from the 1st district (2015–)^[14]
Nancy Spence, former state senator from the 27th district (2005–2013)^[14]
Ron Teck, former state senator^[14]
Rob Witwer, former state representative (2005–2009)^[14]

Local officials

Cami Bremer, member of the El Paso County board of commissioners^[14]
Mike Coffman, mayor of Aurora (2019–), former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 6th congressional district (2009–2019) and former Secretary of State of Colorado (2007–2009)^[14]
Cody Davis, Mesa County commissioner^[14]
Scott Doyle, former Larimer County clerk^[14]
Ann Eddins, former Delta County clerk^[14]
Kevin Grantham, member of the Fremont County board of commissioners^[14]
Danielle Jurinsky, member of the Aurora city council^[14]
Ted Mink, former Jefferson County sheriff^[14]
Steve Moreno, Weld County commissioner^[14]
Janet Rowland, Mesa County commissioner^[14]
Jeff Schrader, Jefferson County sheriff^[14]
John Suthers, mayor of Colorado Springs (2015–) and former Colorado Attorney General (2005–2015)^[14]
Wayne W. Williams, member of the Colorado Springs city council (2019–) and former Secretary of State of Colorado (2015–2019)^[14]

Newspapers and other media

Colorado Springs Gazette^[15]

Individuals

Norma Anderson, former majority leader of the Colorado Senate (candidate's mother-in-law)^[14]
Donetta Davidson, former chair of the Election Assistance Commission and former Secretary of State of Colorado (1999–2005)^[14]
Mark Hillman, former Colorado State Treasurer (2005–2006)^[14]

Forum[edit]

2022 Colorado Secretary of State republican primary candidate forum
No.	Date	Host	Link	Republican	Republican	Republican
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
				Pam Anderson	Mike O'Donnell	Tina Peters
1	May 12, 2022	Foothills Republicans Club	YouTube	P	P	P

Results[edit]

Republican primary results^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pam Anderson	268,638	43.06%
	Republican	Tina Peters	180,059	28.86%
	Republican	Mike O'Donnell	175,158	28.08%
Total votes			623,855	100.0%

General election[edit]

Debate[edit]

2022 Colorado Secretary of State debate
No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					Jena Griswold	Pam Anderson
1	Oct. 24, 2022	KUSA	Kyle Clark Marshall Zelinger	YouTube	P	P

Predictions[edit]

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[16]	Leans D	November 3, 2022
Elections Daily^[17]	Leans D	November 7, 2022

Endorsements[edit]

Jena Griswold (D)

Organizations

Newspapers

Sentinel Colorado^[18]

Pam Anderson (R)

Federal officials

Hank Brown, former U.S. Senator from Colorado (1991–1997)^[14]
Jason R. Dunn, former United States Attorney for the District of Colorado (2018–2021)^[14]
Troy Eid, former United States Attorney for the District of Colorado (2006–2009)^[14]
Scott McInnis, member of the Mesa County commission (2015–) and former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 3rd congressional district (1993–2005)^[14]

State legislators

Vicki Alger, former state representative^[14]
Don Ament, former state senator^[14]
Rob Fairbank, former state representative^[14]
Tim Foster, former state representative^[14]
Bob Gardner, state senator from the 12th district (2017–)^[14]
Larry Liston, state senator from the 10th district (2021–)^[14]
Chris Paulson, former state representative^[14]
Jerry Sonnenberg, state senator from the 1st district (2015–)^[14]
Nancy Spence, former state senator from the 27th district (2005–2013)^[14]
Ron Teck, former state senator^[14]
Rob Witwer, former state representative (2005–2009)^[14]

Local officials

Cami Bremer, member of the El Paso County board of commissioners^[14]
Mike Coffman, mayor of Aurora (2019–), former U.S. Representative from Colorado's 6th congressional district (2009–2019) and former Secretary of State of Colorado (2007–2009)^[14]
Cody Davis, Mesa County commissioner^[14]
Scott Doyle, former Larimer County clerk^[14]
Ann Eddins, former Delta County clerk^[14]
Kevin Grantham, member of the Fremont County board of commissioners^[14]
Danielle Jurinsky, member of the Aurora city council^[14]
Ted Mink, former Jefferson County sheriff^[14]
Steve Moreno, Weld County commissioner^[14]
Janet Rowland, Mesa County commissioner^[14]
Jeff Schrader, Jefferson County sheriff^[14]
John Suthers, mayor of Colorado Springs (2015–) and former Colorado Attorney General (2005–2015)^[14]
Wayne W. Williams, member of the Colorado Springs city council (2019–) and former Secretary of State of Colorado (2015–2019)^[14]

Newspapers and other media

Individuals

Norma Anderson, former majority leader of the Colorado Senate (candidate's mother-in-law)^[14]
Donetta Davidson, former chair of the Election Assistance Commission and former Secretary of State of Colorado (1999–2005)^[14]
Gigi Dennis, former Secretary of State (2005–2007)^[20]
Mark Hillman, former Colorado State Treasurer (2005–2006)^[14]

Polling[edit]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Jena Griswold (D)	Pam Anderson (R)	Other	Undecided
CU Boulder/YouGov	October 11–19, 2022	709 (LV)	± 4.4%	54%	43%	3%^[b]	–
Global Strategy Group (D)^[A]	October 6–11, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	46%	36%	8%^[c]	10%
Global Strategy Group (D)^[A]	October 6–11, 2022	800 (LV)	± 3.5%	50%	41%	–	9%

Results[edit]

2022 Colorado Secretary of State election^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jena Griswold (incumbent)	1,369,040	55.10%	+2.40%
	Republican	Pam Anderson	1,045,582	42.08%	-2.61%
	Libertarian	Bennett Rutledge	36,485	1.47%	N/A
	American Constitution	Amanda Campbell	17,602	0.71%	-1.37%
	Unity	Gary Swing	11,458	0.46%	N/A
	Approval Voting	Jan Kok	4,591	0.18%	-0.35%
Total votes			2,484,758	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Notes[edit]

^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
^ "Other" with 3%
^ Rutledge (L) with 4%; Campbell (ACP) with 3%; Swing (U) with 1%

Partisan clients

^ This poll was sponsored by ProgressNow Colorado, a liberal nonprofit organization.

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Our Candidates". democracyforamerica.com. Democracy for America.
^ ^a ^b "EMILY's List Endorses Jena Griswold for Reelection". www.emilyslist.org. EMILY's List. November 17, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Luning, Ernest (July 29, 2021). "National election reform group endorses Jena Griswold's re-election bid". www.coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Jared Polis for Governor, Dianne Primavera for Lieutenant Governor, Phil Weiser for Attorney General, Jena Griswold for Secretary of State". Everytown for Gun Safety. June 24, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Luneau, Delphine (May 11, 2022). "Human Rights Campaign Endorses Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold for Reelection". Human Rights Campaign. Human Rights Campaign.
^ ^a ^b "State primary certificate - Statewide Amended Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State.
^ "Colorado's secretary of state's race tests Republicans' embrace of election conspiracies". The Colorado Sun. May 13, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Luning, Ernest (October 23, 2021). "Republican Pam Anderson announces she's challenging Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold". www.coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
^ "Election Night Reporting".
^ "Yuma County resident declares as candidate for Colorado Secretary of State race in 2022". www.burlington-record.com. Burlington Record. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ Luning, Ernest. "Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters launches challenge to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold". www.coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
^ Luning, Ernest (March 7, 2022). "GOP secretary of state candidate endorses Tina Peters, jumps to El Paso County commissioner primary". www.coloradopolitics.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
^ Luning, Ernest (September 8, 2021). "Rumored Griswold challenger Rose Pugliese declares she isn't running for anything". www.coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj Luning, Ernest (April 26, 2022). "John Suthers, Hank Brown among Republicans backing Pam Anderson in secretary of state primary". coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Gazette endorsements for June 28 primary election". June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
^ "Secretary of State and Attorney General: What to Watch for Next Week in Key Statewide Contests". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
^ Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
^ "ENDORSEMENT: Voters should send Griswold back to lead the war against election disinformation". October 14, 2022.
^ "Endorsement: Pam Anderson for Secretary of State". October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
^ Luning, Ernest (September 8, 2022). "GOP secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson backed by former election officials of all stripes". coloradopolitics.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
^ "Certificate & Results - General Election Statewide Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State.

External links[edit]

Official campaign websites

[Key-21] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[22] "Other" with 3%

[24] Rutledge (L) with 4%; Campbell (ACP) with 3%; Swing (U) with 1%

[PNCO-23] This poll was sponsored by ProgressNow Colorado, a liberal nonprofit organization.

[Our_Candidates-1] "Our Candidates". democracyforamerica.com. Democracy for America.

[EMILY's_List-2] "EMILY's List Endorses Jena Griswold for Reelection". www.emilyslist.org. EMILY's List. November 17, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

[eculav-3] Luning, Ernest (July 29, 2021). "National election reform group endorses Jena Griswold's re-election bid". www.coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

[efgs-4] "Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund Endorses Jared Polis for Governor, Dianne Primavera for Lieutenant Governor, Phil Weiser for Attorney General, Jena Griswold for Secretary of State". Everytown for Gun Safety. June 24, 2022. Retrieved April 22, 2023.

[Human_Rights_Campaign-5] Luneau, Delphine (May 11, 2022). "Human Rights Campaign Endorses Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold for Reelection". Human Rights Campaign. Human Rights Campaign.

[primary-6] "State primary certificate - Statewide Amended Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State.

[7] "Colorado's secretary of state's race tests Republicans' embrace of election conspiracies". The Colorado Sun. May 13, 2022. Retrieved June 5, 2022.

[pa-8] Luning, Ernest (October 23, 2021). "Republican Pam Anderson announces she's challenging Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold". www.coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved January 8, 2022.

[9] "Election Night Reporting".

[10] "Yuma County resident declares as candidate for Colorado Secretary of State race in 2022". www.burlington-record.com. Burlington Record. January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

[11] Luning, Ernest. "Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters launches challenge to Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold". www.coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved February 15, 2022.

[12] Luning, Ernest (March 7, 2022). "GOP secretary of state candidate endorses Tina Peters, jumps to El Paso County commissioner primary". www.coloradopolitics.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.

[13] Luning, Ernest (September 8, 2021). "Rumored Griswold challenger Rose Pugliese declares she isn't running for anything". www.coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[pae-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai ^aj ^ak ^al ^am ^an ^ao ^ap ^aq ^ar ^as ^at ^au ^av ^aw ^ax ^ay ^az ^ba ^bb ^bc ^bd ^be ^bf ^bg ^bh ^bi ^bj Luning, Ernest (April 26, 2022). "John Suthers, Hank Brown among Republicans backing Pam Anderson in secretary of state primary". coloradopolitics.com. Retrieved April 29, 2022.

[gazette.com-15] "Gazette endorsements for June 28 primary election". June 5, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

[Sabato's_Crystal_Ball-16] "Secretary of State and Attorney General: What to Watch for Next Week in Key Statewide Contests". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 3, 2022.

[Elections_Daily-17] Solomon, Zack (November 7, 2022). "Elections Daily Secretary of State Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved November 29, 2022.

[18] "ENDORSEMENT: Voters should send Griswold back to lead the war against election disinformation". October 14, 2022.

[19] "Endorsement: Pam Anderson for Secretary of State". October 15, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2022.

[20] Luning, Ernest (September 8, 2022). "GOP secretary of state candidate Pam Anderson backed by former election officials of all stripes". coloradopolitics.com. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.

[25] "Certificate & Results - General Election Statewide Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State.

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