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Clinton Wins In Colorado, But Loses Presidential Race

DENVER (CBS4) - Despite a strong push in Colorado in the final months of Campaign 2016, Donald Trump was defeated by Hillary Clinton in the Centennial state.

Trump went on to win the national race, however.

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Clinton pulled some television advertising in Colorado in the summer and didn't make nearly as many appearances in the Centennial State as Trump.

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That was because her campaign apparently felt confident in her chances here.

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She ended up with Colorado's nine electoral votes.

Colorado has become an attainable state for Democrats in recent years thanks to shifting demographics.

Clinton tried to woo a surge in Latino voters and the state's college-educated whites while Trump repeatedly made pitches to Colorado's large military population and swaths of rural voters.

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