Municipal elections in El Paso County, Colorado (2024)

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2024 El Paso County elections
Election dates
Filing deadline: March 19, 2024, April 1, 2024, July 11, 2024, & August 5, 2024
Primary election: June 25, 2024 General election: November 5, 2024
Election stats
Offices up: District attorney, county commission, district court judges, and county court judges
Total seats up: 17
Election type: Partisan
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El Paso County, Colorado, held general elections for district attorney, county commission, district court judges, and county court judges on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for June 25, 2024. The filing deadline for major party candidates was March 19, 2024, the filing deadline for minor party candidates was April 1, 2024, and the filing deadline for unaffiliated candidates was July 11, 2024. The filing deadline for judicial retention was August 5, 2024.

Elections

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Candidates and results

Offices up for election in 2024:

• District attorney
• County commission
• Judicial offices

District attorney

General election

General election for El Paso County District Attorney

Incumbent Michael Allen defeated Jeremy Dowell in the general election for El Paso County District Attorney on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Allen (R)	60.9	217,064
	Submit photo	Jeremy Dowell (D)	39.1	139,638

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 356,702
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for El Paso County District Attorney

Jeremy Dowell advanced from the Democratic primary for El Paso County District Attorney on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Jeremy Dowell	100.0	36,984

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,984
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for El Paso County District Attorney

Incumbent Michael Allen defeated David Willson in the Republican primary for El Paso County District Attorney on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Michael Allen	65.6	54,561
	Submit photo	David Willson	34.4	28,638

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 83,199
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County commission

District 2

General election

General election for El Paso County Commission District 2

Incumbent Carrie Geitner defeated Bernard Byers and Garfield Johnson in the general election for El Paso County Commission District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Carrie Geitner (R)	65.0	52,159
		Bernard Byers (D)	34.9	28,008
	Submit photo	Garfield Johnson (Unaffiliated) (Write-in)	0.1	59

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,226
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for El Paso County Commission District 2

Bernard Byers advanced from the Democratic primary for El Paso County Commission District 2 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bernard Byers	100.0	6,578

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 6,578
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for El Paso County Commission District 2

Incumbent Carrie Geitner defeated Kristopher Guido in the Republican primary for El Paso County Commission District 2 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Carrie Geitner	62.9	11,943
		Kristopher Guido	37.1	7,045

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,988
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District 3

General election

General election for El Paso County Commission District 3

Bill Wysong defeated Naomi Lopez in the general election for El Paso County Commission District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Wysong (R)	54.3	46,263
		Naomi Lopez (D)	45.7	38,999

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 85,262
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for El Paso County Commission District 3

Naomi Lopez advanced from the Democratic primary for El Paso County Commission District 3 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Naomi Lopez	100.0	11,386

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,386
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for El Paso County Commission District 3

Bill Wysong defeated Don Wilson, Brandy Williams, and David Leinweber in the Republican primary for El Paso County Commission District 3 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Bill Wysong	33.0	6,879
		Don Wilson	30.1	6,291
	Submit photo	Brandy Williams	18.8	3,918
		David Leinweber	18.1	3,785

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 20,873
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District 4

General election

General election for El Paso County Commission District 4

Cory Applegate defeated Detra Duncan and Luis Ybarra Jr. in the general election for El Paso County Commission District 4 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cory Applegate (R)	54.5	29,431
		Detra Duncan (D)	36.2	19,555
	Submit photo	Luis Ybarra Jr. (Unaffiliated)	9.3	5,002

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 53,988
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for El Paso County Commission District 4

Detra Duncan advanced from the Democratic primary for El Paso County Commission District 4 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Detra Duncan	100.0	5,183

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,183
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for El Paso County Commission District 4

Cory Applegate defeated Brenda Delgado Miller and Raymond Garcia in the Republican primary for El Paso County Commission District 4 on June 25, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cory Applegate	50.9	5,394
	Submit photo	Brenda Delgado Miller	34.5	3,654
		Raymond Garcia	14.6	1,547

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,595
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Judicial offices

District Court

Retention election

4th Judicial District Court retention election, 2024
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Candidates
David Shakes' seat	David Shakes (i)
Diana May's seat	Diana May (i)
Eric Bentley's seat	Eric Bentley (i)
Jill Brady's seat	Jill Brady (i)
Laura Findorff's seat	Laura Findorff (i)
Linda Billings-Vela's seat	Linda Billings-Vela (i)
Samuel Evig's seat	Samuel Albert Evig (i)
William Moller's seat	William H. Moller (i)

County Court

Retention election

El Paso County County Court retention election, 2024
Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
Office	Candidates
Charlotte Ankeny's seat	Charlotte A. Ankeny (i)
Cynthia McKedy's seat	Cynthia McKedy (i)
Shannon Gerhart's seat	Shannon Gerhart (i)
Steven Katzman's seat	Steven Katzman (i)
Yolanda Fennick's seat	Yolanda Fennick (i)

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Demographics

The following table displays demographic data provided by the United States Census Bureau.

Demographic Data for El Paso County, Colorado
	El Paso County	Colorado
Population	730,395	5,773,714
Land area (sq mi)	2,126	103,636
Race and ethnicity**
White	78.3%	81.5%
Black/African American	6.3%	4.1%
Asian	2.6%	3.2%
Native American	0.8%	0.9%
Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Other (single race)	3.8%	4.1%
Multiple	7.8%	5.9%
Hispanic/Latino	17.5%	21.7%
Education
High school graduation rate	94.5%	92.1%
College graduation rate	38.7%	41.6%
Income
Median household income	$71,517	$75,231
Persons below poverty level	9.8%	9.8%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2015-2020).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

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