Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough poised to advance to Denver’s mayoral runoff election in June

Former state Sen. Mike Johnston and Kelly Brough, the former CEO of the Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, appeared poised Tuesday night to advance to a June 6 runoff election that will decide who will be Denver’s next mayor.

As of 11:30 p.m., Johnston and Brough held commanding leads and were on track to finish No. 1 and No. 2, respectively, in Tuesday’s municipal election among the 16 contenders for Denver’s top office.

The other 14 candidates lagged far behind the top two candidates’ vote totals. 

A candidate needed to win more than 50% of the vote Tuesday to prevent a runoff election. Johnston and Brough each had about 25% of the vote at 11:30 p.m., with the next closest candidate, Lisa Calderón, with just 15% of the vote.

“Denver chose…