Pepito Castellanes

Ward

State Senator Steve Ward polled better than expected at Saturday’s CD-6 GOP assembly, ending up in second place with 43 percent of the vote.

State Sen. Ted Harvey (R-Centennial) scored the most delegate support on Saturday with 325 votes, or 53.4 percent. Ward (R-Littleton) won 260 votes, or 42.7 percent, while relative newcomer Pepito Castellanes received 24 votes, or 3.9 percent of the votes cast, according to an e-mail from the Douglas County Republican Party.

The results mean that Harvey and Ward will be placed on the August 12 primary ballot.

Steve Ward's candidacy in the 6th Congressional race is threatend by a non-person which will appear on the ballot: "I abstain." So while the Inside Edge has always viewed Ward as the odd-man out amongst the serious contenders in the 6th, on Saturday we could have our first statistcal proof, with delegates saying that they prefer someone not on the ballot before they prefer Ward.