County

Republicans turn out to vote at 62 percent; 30 percent of Dems vote

RBC I Tuesday’s election day belonged to the Republicans in Rio Blanco County as they had at least a couple of contested races while the county Democrats had none. Nevertheless, there is an indicator in even uncontested races as to how popular a candidate is when votes received are measured against other uncontested candidates.

There were 2,586 ballots sent out to Rio Blanco County Republicans, and 1,610 of those ballots were returned for a 62…