Local media described Michael Hancock’s 16-point win over Chris Romer variously as a trouncing, a cruise to victory and a landslide.It duplicated Wellington Webb’s winning margin in the mayoral race 20 years ago but was a slimmer margin than the most recent three contests yielded. Other races in the modern era (since the reign of Bill McNichols Jr. was cut short by an upstart Federico Peña) were much closer. Below are the results of those elections, all but two of which went to a runoff.

2011 runoffMichael Hancock — 70,780 − 58%Chris Romer — 51,082 − 42%

2007 — no runoffJohn Hickenlooper — 68,568 − 86%Danny Lopez — 10,053 − 12%

2003 runoffJohn Hickenlooper — 69,526 − 65%Don Mares — 38,126 − 35%

1999 — no runoffWellington Webb — 39,707 − 81%Gill Ford — 3,684 − 7%Richard Grimes — 2,907 − 6%Stephanie Huey — 2,660 − 5%

1995 runoffWellington Webb — 66,884 − 54%Mary DeGroot — 56,725 − 46%

1991 runoffWellington Webb — 66,551 − 58%Norm Early — 48,822 − 42%

1987 runoffFederico Peña — 79,674 − 51%Don Bain — 76,648 − 49%

1983 runoffFederico Peña — 79,542 51%Dale Tooley — 75,097 49%

— Sources: Archives of the Denver Election Division, New York Times and Ciruli & Assoc.