1999 Denver mayoral election

1999 Denver mayoral election
 
Candidate Wellington Webb Gill Ford
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 39,707 3,684
Percentage 80.77% 7.49%
 
Candidate Richard Grimes Stephannie Huey
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
Popular vote 2,907 2,660
Percentage 5.91% 5.41%
Mayor before election

Wellington Webb
Nonpartisan

Elected mayor

Wellington Webb
Nonpartisan

The 1999 Denver mayoral election took place on took place on May 4, 1999. Incumbent Mayor Wellington Webb ran for re-election to a third term. Unlike Webb's 1991 and 1995 campaigns, he faced little-known competitors, including minister Gill Ford, cosmetologist Richard Grimes, and mortgage broker Stephannie Huey.

Webb ultimately won the election in a landslide, winning 81 percent of the vote and avoiding the need for a runoff election.

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