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  Otero
County Government
  Assessor  Ken R. Hood 2 22 +100.00%
  Clerk and Recorder  Lynda "Lyn" Scott 2 22 +100.00%
  Coroner  Robert M. Fowler 2 22 +100.00%
  Sheriff  Shawn Mobley 2 22 +100.00%
  Treasurer  Sharon Jones 1 22 +100.00%
County Commission
  Board of Commissioners District 1  Robert Oquist 1 20 +40.44%
  Board of Commissioners District 2  Timothy J. Knabenshue 1 22 +100.00%
  Board of Commissioners District 3  James Baldwin 3 20 +100.00%
City
 La Junta    7,322
 Rocky Ford    3,876
Town
 Cheraw    237
 Fowler    1,253
 Manzanola    341
 Swink    604
Census Designated Place
 La Junta Gardens    123
 North La Junta    482
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Marketing Area
 Colorado Springs-Pueblo, CO     

Sub-Races
% Of Total VotesOfficeOtero WinnerYrOtero Votes% of Sub% Vs. Full Race
0.29% Governor   Heidi Ganahl 22 4,053 55.93% +16.75%
0.29% Secretary of State   Pam Anderson 22 4,048 56.10% +14.02%
0.29% Treasurer   Lang Sias 22 4,071 56.97% +13.94%
0.29% Attorney General   John Kellner 22 4,178 58.76% +15.75%
0.29% President   Donald J. Trump 20 5,756 60.11% +18.21%
0.29% Senate Class II   Cory Gardner 20 5,731 61.18% +17.01%
0.29% Senate Class III   Joe O'Dea 22 3,958 54.70% +13.43%
2.18% CO - District 03   Lauren Boebert 22 4,174 58.45% +8.39%
0.29% At-Large   Dan Maloit 22 4,244 60.37% +17.33%
2.03% District 4   Debora L. Scheffel 18 4,405 60.86% -0.18%
19.10% CO House 47   Ty Winter 22 4,388 62.78% -2.04%
8.94% CO Senate 35   Rodney Pelton 22 4,426 62.93% -11.37%
0.30% Amendment D - Judges to 23rd Judicial District   Yes 22 3,924 58.34% -9.04%
0.29% Amendment E - Homestead Exemption   Yes 22 5,855 83.69% -4.24%
0.29% Amendment F - Charitable Gaming   No 22 4,479 66.68% +7.32%
0.29% Proposition 121 - Income Tax Rate Reduction   Yes 22 5,214 74.24% +9.00%
0.29% Proposition 122 - Psychedelic Plants and Fungi   No 22 4,293 61.78% +15.42%
0.29% Proposition 123 - Income Tax for Housing   No 22 4,031 58.56% +11.16%
0.29% Proposition 124 - Liquor Store Licenses   No 22 4,785 69.28% +6.96%
0.29% Proposition 125 - Wine Sales   No 22 3,984 56.67% +7.25%
0.29% Proposition 126 - Alcohol Delivery   No 22 4,128 59.50% +8.36%
0.33% 067: Fetal Personhood   No 14 3,364 51.01% -13.86%
0.33% 105: Label Genetically Modified Food   No 14 5,204 78.03% +12.56%
0.29% Proposition FF - Income Tax for School Meals   Yes 22 3,626 51.62% -5.12%
0.29% Proposition GG - Income Tax Effects   Yes 22 4,322 63.07% -8.86%
0.31% Amendment 70   No 16 4,897 57.58% +12.93%
0.31% Amendment 72   No 16 6,073 71.25% +18.19%
0.30% Amendment 76   Yes 20 7,484 79.71% +16.81%
0.30% Amendment 77   Yes 20 5,367 58.23% -2.31%
0.30% Amendment B   No 20 4,713 51.43% +8.95%
0.30% Amendment C   No 20 4,713 51.43% +8.95%
0.39% Domestic Partnerships   No 06 4,527 74.63% +22.28%
0.39% Gay Marriage   Yes 06 4,360 71.06% +16.03%
0.36% Health Care   Yes 10 3,197 52.31% +5.41%
0.32% Legalize Marijuana   No 12 4,330 53.98% +9.30%
0.32% Proposition 108   No 16 4,653 55.91% +9.18%
0.29% Proposition 112 (Statutory)   No 18 5,057 69.84% +14.72%
0.30% Proposition 113   No 20 5,953 63.51% +15.84%
0.30% Proposition 114   No 20 6,054 64.93% +15.84%
0.29% Proposition 115   Yes 20 5,319 57.24% +16.23%
0.30% Proposition 116   Yes 20 6,517 69.90% +12.05%
0.30% Proposition 117   Yes 20 5,073 56.19% +3.64%
0.30% Proposition 118   No 20 4,997 53.39% +11.14%
0.30% Proposition EE   No 20 4,733 50.52% +18.08%
0.33% State Personnel System   No 12 3,886 51.31% +7.66%
0.40% Term Length   No 06 3,678 61.24% +4.15%

County DETAILS
Parents > United States > Colorado > CO Counties  
Websitehttps://oterocounty.colorado.gov/
Established March 25, 1889
Disbanded Still Active
ContributorRP
Last ModifiedBrentinCO October 28, 2022 04:19pm
Description Otero County’s population was 18,831 in 2010. The county was named for Miguel Antonio Otero, a La Junta town founder. La Junta is the county seat, located in southeastern Colorado on the Arkansas River. Bent’s Old Fort, a vital trading post on the Santa Fe Trail, is northeast of La Junta.

Comanche National Grassland is found in Otero County, offering 440,000 acres of petroglyphs, dinosaur footprints, abandoned homesteads, abundant wildlife, and the Santa Fe Trail.
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