Boulder District Claims Country's Second-Highest Voter Turnout

BOULDER, CO -- Colorado's 2nd Congressional District was second in the country for voter turnout this November with 73 percent of eligible voters casting a ballot in the 2018 election. Only Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District could top the area that encompasses Boulder, the mountains to the west, Fort Collins, Westminster, Thornton, and Northglenn.

Joe Neguse, the district's newly elected congressman, was quick to celebrate the accomplishment. "Proud that our district -- Colorado's CD2 -- had the 2nd highest voter turnout in the entire country!!" Neguse wrote on Twitter

Proud that our district -- Colorado's CD2 -- had the 2nd highest voter turnout in the entire country!! #copolitics #youthvote @NewEraColorado https://t.co/1atLfZbyRB
— Joe Neguse (@JoeNeguse) November 27, 2018

In addition to being a congressman-elect, Neguse is also one of the founders of New Era Colorado, an organization which works to mobilize the state's youth vote.

Other Colorado districts ranking high on the list were CO-4 in 5th place with 69 percent turnout, and CO-6 in 12th with 67 percent turnout.

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