Staff report
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman handily won his re-election bid to
represent Colorado’s 6th Congressional District.
The Republican Coffman, facing Democrat John Flerlage, garnered
more than 60 percent of the vote in the district, which includes
all or portions of Arapahoe, Douglas, Jefferson, Elbert and Park
counties.
As expected, Coffman dominated in two of his larger
constituencies, Arapahoe and Douglas counties.
With most votes counted the morning of Nov. 3, Coffman had about
62 percent of the votes in his favor in Arapahoe. In Douglas, more
than 70 percent of voters chose the incumbent.
Coffman, Colorado’s former secretary of state, won election to
the U.S. House in 2008 with about 60 percent of the vote in
District 6.
Flerlage, an airline pilot from Jefferson County, was seeking
his first public office.
