Denver Municipal Election Results: Mayor's race, city council races & Park Hill Golf Course

The latest Denver Municipal Election results have Mike Johnson and Kelly Brough vying for Denver's mayor in a runoff election. That runoff election for mayor is scheduled for June 6. 

Denver Election Division released the latest numbers from Tuesday's election on Friday afternoon. Johnston has 24% of the vote followed by Brough with 20%.

Lisa Calderon picked up hundreds more votes in the past two days but it wasn't enough to push her into the runoff election. 

Election results remain unofficial until the election is certified on April 20.

The latest results in the Denver Mayoral Election released on Thursday afternoon continue to have Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough as the leading candidates. 

Johnston is in the lead with 24% of the votes and Brough has received 20%.

The other top candidates, Lisa Calderon and Andy Rougeot, are coming in with 18% and 12% respectively. 

Denver Elections said there are about 2400 ballots left to be counted. The next set of results will be released Friday at 2 p.m.

These results are as of 5 p.m. Wednesday from the Denver Elections Division. These numbers will be updated when the official numbers are updated on denvergov.org. Stay tuned for more results.

Two of the more moderate candidates for Denver mayor in the unusually large and divergent field of 16 contestants pulled far ahead in initial results. See their interviews on CBS News Colorado on Wednesday below.

Kelly Brough is the former president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce.

Mike Johnston is a former Colorado state senator.

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These results are as of 5 p.m. Wednesday from the Denver Elections Division. These numbers will be updated when the official numbers are updated on denvergov.org.  

Voters in Denver voted to keep Park Hill Golf Course an open space. The 2O referred question failed 60% to 40% to remove the easement on the golf course to make way for development. 

This is the second time voters in Denver have blocked the proposed development of the 155-acre course at Colorado Boulevard and 35th. Development options included a grocery store, other retail and more low-income housing options. 

Read Community Journalist Michael Abeyta's report Park Hill Golf Course will remain a golf course: Denver voters say "NO" on 2O or watch it below:

These results are as of 5 p.m. Wednesday from the Denver Elections Division. These numbers will be updated when the official numbers are updated on denvergov.org.

CBS News Colorado was live at Mike Johnston's watch party when he took the stage to address supporters. The election has not yet been called as of about 9:30 p.m., but Johnston and Kelly Brough were the two frontrunners slated to go to the June runoff election.

CBS News Colorado reporter Alan Gionet spoke to Denver mayoral candidate Andy Rougeot.

CBS News Colorado reporter Marissa Armas spoke to Denver mayoral candidate Deborah "Debbie" Ortega.

Crowded in a small ballroom at Denver's ritzy Maven Hotel, a mayoral election watch party for candidate Mike Johnston broke into applause and cheers when the first batch of votes were returned Tuesday night.

Their candidate, a former state senator and one of an unusually large and divergent field of 16 contestants vying for an increasingly powerful position, held a slim lead. Candidate Kelly Brough, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, was close behind.

The stakes are high for Denver voters, said Ty Robertson, an engineer in Denver and Johnston supporter. The city has rapidly burgeoned into a major metropolis, she said, and "we just weren't prepared."

Read the full story here.

There are 16 candidates for mayor. One candidate on the ballot, Kwame Spearman, has since dropped out of the race. 

Here's who's still in the running:

• Renate Behrens
• Kelly Brough
• Lisa Calderón
• Al Gardner
• Chris Hansen
• Leslie Herod
• Mike Johnston
• Aurelio Martinez
• Deborah "Debbie" Ortega
• Terrance Roberts
• Trinidad Rodriguez
• Andy Rougeot
• Ean Thomas Tafoya
  
• Robert Treta
• James Walsh
• Thomas Wolf

The election likely won't be decided until a June 6 runoff, which would be between the top two vote-getting candidates.