Democrat Jessica Killin took a lead over Republican U.S. Rep. Jeff Crank in Colorado’s 5th Congressional District , based on early returns posted after polls closed Tuesday night.
In early unofficial results, Killin had 51.8% of the vote to Crank’s 45.2%. Libertarian Mark Elworth and American Constitution Party nominee Christopher Mitchell had 1.5% and 1.4%, respectively.
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According to the estimates from the El Paso County Elections Department, an estimated 46% of the votes have been counted as of 10:40 p.m.
The district, which nearly coincides with the boundaries of El Paso County, hasn’t sent a Democrat to Congress since its creation in the early 1970s and until recent elections, its voters have routinely sided with Republicans by wide, double-digit margins.…
