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DENVER RUNOFF 2019 | Scenes from the mayoral campaign (GALLERY)

By 06/04/2019 | updated 7 years ago

What a campaign season this year’s Denver municipal election has been.

The campaign featured big complex issues like homelessness, affordable housing, growth and development, traffic congestion and, yes, even magic mushrooms.

After millions in campaign spending, hundreds of volunteer hours, lots of debates and candidate forums, it all comes down to a very competitive race for mayor between incumbent Michael Hancock and challenger Jamie Giellis.

Colorado Politics has been there every step of the way. Ernest Luning and I covered the rallies, listened to the debates, interviewed the candidates and tagged along with them on the campaign trail.

And we took plenty of pictures. Here’s a slideshow featuring what we saw: “Scenes from Campaign 2019.”

A rare group portrait of all six Denver mayoral candidates posing with members of the Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation group following a Denver Decides debate on April 13, 2019.
By John C. Ensslin
Colorado Politics
Mayoral contenders Jamie Giellis and Michael Hancock await their turn on stage during a debate before the Denver Republican Party’s Lincoln Club on May 14, 2019 at South High School.
John C. Ensslin / Colorado Politics
Volunteers for Denver mayoral candidate Lisa Calderópn paint a fence purple in her honor outside the Whittier Café on April 28, 2019.
By John C. Ensslin
Colorado Politics
Former state lawmaker Penfield Tate III standing in front of the Denver Press Club after doing a Colorado Politics Podcast interview on March 11, 2019.
Denver mayoral candidate Kalyn Rose Heffernan conducts a makeshift group of musicians during a protest rally outside the Denver Center for the Performing Arts on May 5, 2019.
By John C. Ensslin
Colorado Politics
A supporter of Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis buzzes by a rally for Mayor Michael Hancock at Civic Center on May 14 2019.
By John C. Ensslin
Colorado Politics
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock speaks to supporters at W.H. Ferguson Park in the South Park Hill neighborhood at the start of his runoff campaign on May 13, 2019.
By John C. Ensslin
Colorado Politics
Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis is joined by Penfield Tate III, Rev. Timothy Tyler and Lisa Calderón on the steps of Denver City Hall during a unity rally on May 14. Former rivals Tate and Calderón endorsed Giellis.
By John C. Ensslin
Colorado Politics
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is joined by two of his predecessors John Hickenlooper and Wellington Webb at a Civic Center rally on May 14, 2019 where they re-iterated their support for him in the runoff election
By John C. Ensslin
Colorado Politics
Supporters of Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis hold a sign along Federal Boulevard prior to the Denver Post debate on April 1, 2019
By John C. Ensslin
Colorado Politics
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock answers a question about youth services at a candidate forum sponsored by the Colorado Black Round Table on Saturday, May 18, 2019, ahead of Denver’s mayoral runoff. Hancock’s challenger, urban planner Jamie Giellis, pulled out of the forum because its organizer is a consultant to the Hancock campaign.
(Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics)
Denver Police Detective Leslie Branch-Wise, left, talks on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, about suggestive text messages she received in 2012 from Denver Mayor Michael Hancock at a press conference with Jamie Giellis, right, who is challenging Hancock in a June 4 runoff election. Also in attendance is former mayoral candidate and Giellis supporter Lisa Calderon, right.
(Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics)
Supporters of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock hold sign up along Federal Bouldevard prior to the Denver Post debate on April 1, 2019.
By John C. Ensslin
Colorado Politics
Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis greets supporters at an event launching her run on Nov. 27, 2018, at her camapign headquarters in South Denver.
Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics
A TV ad for Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s reelection campaign that began airing Sunday, May 19, 2019, includes a clip from an interview when his challenger Jamie Giellis couldn’t recall that the initials of the NAACP civil rights organization stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
(Hancock campaign via YouTube)
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DENVER RUNOFF 2019 | Scenes from the mayoral campaign (GALLERY)

By 06/04/2019 | updated 7 years ago
A rare group portrait of all six Denver mayoral candidates posing with members of the Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation group following a Denver Decides debate on April 13, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
A rare group portrait of all six Denver mayoral candidates posing with members of the Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation group following a Denver Decides debate on April 13, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
A rare group portrait of all six Denver mayoral candidates posing with members of the Inter-Neighborhood Cooperation group following a Denver Decides debate on April 13, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Mayoral contenders Jamie Giellis and Michael Hancock await their turn on stage during a debate before the Denver Republican Party's Lincoln Club on May 14, 2019 at South High School. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Mayoral contenders Jamie Giellis and Michael Hancock await their turn on stage during a debate before the Denver Republican Party’s Lincoln Club on May 14, 2019 at South High School. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Volunteers for Denver mayoral candidate Lisa Calderópn paint a fence purple in her honor outside the Whittier Café on April 28, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Volunteers for Denver mayoral candidate Lisa Calderópn paint a fence purple in her honor outside the Whittier Café on April 28, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Former state lawmaker Penfield Tate III standing in front of the Denver Press Club after doing a Colorado Politics Podcast interview on March 11, 2019.
Former state lawmaker Penfield Tate III standing in front of the Denver Press Club after doing a Colorado Politics Podcast interview on March 11, 2019.
Denver mayoral candidate Kalyn Rose Heffernan conducts a makeshift group of musicians during a protest rally outside the Denver Center for the Performing Arts on May 5, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Denver mayoral candidate Kalyn Rose Heffernan conducts a makeshift group of musicians during a protest rally outside the Denver Center for the Performing Arts on May 5, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
A supporter of Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis buzzes by a rally for Mayor Michael Hancock at Civic Center on May 14 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
A supporter of Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis buzzes by a rally for Mayor Michael Hancock at Civic Center on May 14 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock speaks to supporters at W.H. Ferguson Park in the South Park Hill neighborhood at the start of his runoff campaign on May 13, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock speaks to supporters at W.H. Ferguson Park in the South Park Hill neighborhood at the start of his runoff campaign on May 13, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis is joined by Penfield Tate III, Rev. Timothy Tyler and Lisa Calderón on the steps of Denver City Hall during a unity rally on May 14. Former rivals Tate and Calderón endorsed Giellis. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis is joined by Penfield Tate III, Rev. Timothy Tyler and Lisa Calderón on the steps of Denver City Hall during a unity rally on May 14. Former rivals Tate and Calderón endorsed Giellis. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is joined by two of his predecessors John Hickenlooper and Wellington Webb at a Civic Center rally on May 14, 2019 where they re-iterated their support for him in the runoff election (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock is joined by two of his predecessors John Hickenlooper and Wellington Webb at a Civic Center rally on May 14, 2019 where they re-iterated their support for him in the runoff election (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Supporters of Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis hold a sign along Federal Boulevard prior to the Denver Post debate on April 1, 2019 (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Supporters of Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis hold a sign along Federal Boulevard prior to the Denver Post debate on April 1, 2019 (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock answers a question about youth services at a candidate forum sponsored by the Colorado Black Round Table on Saturday, May 18, 2019, ahead of Denver's mayoral runoff. Hancock's challenger, urban planner Jamie Giellis, pulled out of the forum because its organizer is a consultant to the Hancock campaign. ((Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics))
Denver Mayor Michael Hancock answers a question about youth services at a candidate forum sponsored by the Colorado Black Round Table on Saturday, May 18, 2019, ahead of Denver’s mayoral runoff. Hancock’s challenger, urban planner Jamie Giellis, pulled out of the forum because its organizer is a consultant to the Hancock campaign. ((Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics))
Denver Police Detective Leslie Branch-Wise, left, talks on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, about suggestive text messages she received in 2012 from Denver Mayor Michael Hancock at a press conference with Jamie Giellis, right, who is challenging Hancock in a June 4 runoff election. Also in attendance is former mayoral candidate and Giellis supporter Lisa Calderon, right. ((Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics))
Denver Police Detective Leslie Branch-Wise, left, talks on Wednesday, May 29, 2019, about suggestive text messages she received in 2012 from Denver Mayor Michael Hancock at a press conference with Jamie Giellis, right, who is challenging Hancock in a June 4 runoff election. Also in attendance is former mayoral candidate and Giellis supporter Lisa Calderon, right. ((Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics))
Supporters of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock hold sign up along Federal Bouldevard prior to the Denver Post debate on April 1, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Supporters of Denver Mayor Michael Hancock hold sign up along Federal Bouldevard prior to the Denver Post debate on April 1, 2019. (John C.Ensslin, Colorado PoliticsReporterjohn.ensslin@coloradopolitics.comhttps://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/13c8a8fa0c79051b19e7177c4c511fbc?s=100&d=mm&r=g)
Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis greets supporters at an event launching her run on Nov. 27, 2018, at her camapign headquarters in South Denver. (Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics)
Denver mayoral candidate Jamie Giellis greets supporters at an event launching her run on Nov. 27, 2018, at her camapign headquarters in South Denver. (Ernest Luning/Colorado Politics)
A TV ad for Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's reelection campaign that began airing Sunday, May 19, 2019, includes a clip from an interview when his challenger Jamie Giellis couldn't recall that the initials of the NAACP civil rights organization stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ((Hancock campaign via YouTube))
A TV ad for Denver Mayor Michael Hancock’s reelection campaign that began airing Sunday, May 19, 2019, includes a clip from an interview when his challenger Jamie Giellis couldn’t recall that the initials of the NAACP civil rights organization stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ((Hancock campaign via YouTube))
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