SD-26

The Senate District 26 race won't be decided until at least Nov. 17, as the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder's office seeks to reach 800 voters who sent in mail-in ballots without identification, according to Democratic nominee Linda Newell.

The Clerk and Recorder's office has 10 days to reach the voters by mail and phone to verify they cast their ballot, Newell said; only after that will approximately 4,000 provisional ballots be counted, she said.

While the Arapahoe County Clerk and Recorder's office finishes counting more than 17,000 mail-in and provisional ballots in the extremely tight state Senate District 26 race, Democratic nominee Linda Newell and her daughter are taking a break from politics.

Newell's daughter Kate said she and her mom - who's down by 99 votes against Republican Lauri Clapp - planned to get a movie, make some pasta, and "chill out" Wednesday evening.

"We can't think about (the race) 24/7 -- we have to do something else for a couple minutes," Kate Newell said.

Democrat Linda Newell knows she has a Republican opponent in Senate District 26.

She's just never met, seen or heard from Lauri Clapp.

 "It's so bizarre," Newell told PolitickerCO.com. "I've never even met her -- I never even talked to her. I tried -- I've called her. I called her the day after the primaries (and) said ‘Congratulations.' I called her two times after that. I emailed her to invite her to a town hall so that we could have all of the candidates there. I never got a call or email back."

State Senate District 26 Democratic nominee Linda Newell picked up an endorsement Tuesday night from the biggest name in fake television news.

Sitting in the balcony just prior to the taping of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" at the University of Denver, Newell shouted at host Jon Stewart to ask for his endorsement, according to the Colorado Independent.

"Is that Jesus?" Stewart asked before granting her request.

Stewart then asked what state she was from.

 "Colorado? Can't hurt me." Stewart said.