Mike Johnston declared winner in Denver mayoral runoff election.

Former state Sen. Mike Johnston has won the Denver mayoral election, defeating Kelly Brough, the former CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. Johnston won 54% of the vote, while Brough won 46%. Johnston will take over from Mayor Michael Hancock, who has led the city for the past 12 years. The new mayor will be inaugurated on July 17 and will be paid nearly $206,000 annually to run the city, which has 11,000 employees and a budget of nearly $3.8 billion. Affordable housing and homelessness were major focuses of the election.