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David K. Williams (Colorado)
David K. Williams was a Libertarian candidate for Attorney General of Colorado in the 2014 elections.[1]
David K. Williams (Colorado) lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Elections
2014
- See also: Colorado attorney general election, 2014
Williams ran on the Libertarian ticket for election to the office of Attorney General of Colorado. He was seeking to replace John Suthers (R), who was ineligible to run for re-election due to term limits. Williams faced Cynthia Coffman (R) and Don Quick (D) in the general election, which Coffman won. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
Results
| Attorney General of Colorado, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Cynthia Coffman |
51.4% | 1,002,626 | |
| Democratic | Don Quick | 42.4% | 826,182 | |
| Libertarian | David K. Williams | 6.2% | 120,745 | |
| Total Votes | 1,949,553 | |||
| Election results via Colorado Secretary of State | ||||
Race background
Originally appointed in 2005 to fill a vacancy in the office, outgoing Republican Colorado Attorney General John Suthers went on to win two full terms in 2006 and 2010. He was barred by term limits from running for a third consecutive term, leaving the attorney general seat open in the 2014 elections.
The seat was first marked as "vulnerable" to partisan switch in a March 2013 report Governing put together about the 2014 attorney general elections.[2] In December, the same publication rated the race a "tossup." Out of a total of 31 attorney general seats up for election nationwide in 2014, only four received this rating, including Colorado. The others were Arizona, Arkansas and Wisconsin.[3]
The Democratic Party supported the campaign of Don Quick, a career prosecutor whom Governing called "a strong contender to flip the seat."[2] Quick previously served as District Attorney for the 17th Judicial District, which includes Adams County, and spent six years as deputy attorney general under Suthers' predecessor, Democrat Ken Salazar.[4][5]
Also vying to succeed Suthers as Colorado's chief legal officer was Republican contender Cynthia Coffman. Coffman served as chief deputy under Suthers. Coffman's husband, Mike Coffman (R), is a three-term U.S. Representative from Colorado's 6th Congressional District and a former Colorado Secretary of State.[6][5]
Quick and Coffman were uncontested for their respective party nominations in the June 24 primary and advanced automatically to the general election. Libertarian attorney and party activist David K. Williams was the only third party candidate on the November ballot. Coffman won the general election on November 4, 2014.[7]
Polls
| Colorado Attorney General - 2014 General Election | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | Cynthia Coffman (R) | Don Quick (D) | David K. Williams (L) | Undecided | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Suffolk University September 9-16, 2014 | 40% | 30% | 4.8% | 25.2% | +/-4.4 | 500 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling July 17-20, 2014 | 38% | 29% | 0% | 32% | +/-3.8 | 653 | |||||||||||||
| Gravis Marketing July 8-10, 2014 | 42% | 38% | 9% | 11% | +/-3.0 | 1,106 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 40% | 32.33% | 4.6% | 22.73% | +/-3.73 | 753 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
**Due to the nature of the comparison, a placeholder figure of 0% is assigned to candidates not included in any given match-up round
Campaign themes
2014
- Death Penalty:
| “ | Unlike any of my other opponents running for Attorney General, I am against the death penalty. Because the execution process is flawed in many areas, I cannot in good conscious allow an execution where the prisoner could later be found innocent. As Attorney General, I will fight to uphold those sentenced to capital punishment to be stayed from execution. [8] | ” |
| —David K. Williams[9] | ||
- Corruption:
| “ | One of my top priorities is to investigate and prosecute government corruption. [8] | ” |
| —David K. Williams[10] | ||
- Marijuana:
| “ | As AG I will aggressively enforce those who violate our marijuana laws, but I also promise to protect this industry from the over regulation by our federal counterparts and our state’s own legislators. [8] | ” |
| —David K. Williams[11] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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Recent news
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ The Libertarian Party of Colorado's Facebook page, "Congratulations to our 2014 Libertarian Party candidates for the State of Colorado," accessed April 7, 2014
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Governing, "The 2013-2014 Attorneys General Races: Who's Vulnerable?" March 25, 2013
- ↑ Governing, "What's Ahead for the Attorney General Races in 2014?" December 19, 2013
- ↑ Broomfield Democrats, "17th J.D. District Attorney: Don Quick ," accessed February 13, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 The Denver Post, "Democrat Don Quick, former DA, to run for Colorado attorney general," February 12, 2013 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "coag" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Cynthia Coffman for Colorado Attorney General 2014 Official Campaign Website, "Homepage," accessed September 3, 2013
- ↑ Colorado Secretary of State, "Colorado Election Results," accessed September 24, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ David K. Williams for Attorney General 2014 Official campaign website, "Death Penalty," accessed October 5, 2014
- ↑ David K. Williams for Attorney General 2014 Official campaign website, "Government Corruption," accessed October 5, 2014
- ↑ David K. Williams for Attorney General 2014 Official campaign website, "Cannabis," accessed October 5, 2014
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