2011 Denver mayoral election

The 2011 Denver mayoral election took place on May 3 and June 7, 2011, to elect the Mayor of Denver. It led to a run-off election on June 7, 2011, which was won by Michael Hancock.

On January 12, 2011, Guillermo "Bill" Vidal was sworn in as Mayor of Denver, Colorado after John Hickenlooper resigned to be sworn in as the 42nd Governor of Colorado. Vidal was not a candidate in the election. Vidal served as mayor until July 2011. The preliminary election was held on May 3, 2011, and the general election was on June 7, 2011, between Senator Chris Romer and City Councilman Michael B. Hancock.

Candidates
The major candidates were:


 * Carol Boigon, at-large member of the Denver City Council
 * Michael B. Hancock, District 11 member of the Denver City Council
 * Doug Linkhart, at-large member of the Denver City Council
 * Danny F. Lopez, Public Works employee and 2007 Mayoral candidate
 * James Mejia, founding CEO of the Denver Preschool Program
 * Chris Romer, Democratic state Senator
 * Kenneth R. Simpson
 * Theresa Spahn, former director of the University of Denver's Sandra Day O'Connor Judicial Selective Initiative
 * Thomas Andrew Wolf, lawyer
 * Jeff Peckman
 * Marcus Giavanni, write-in candidate