Tens of thousands of ballots remain uncounted, and three state House races are still too close to call on Wednesday.

House District 50, which encompasses Greeley and Evans, has the narrowest margins, based on the latest results from about 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.

The race is between three-term incumbent Democratic Rep. Mary Young and Republican Ryan Gonzalez.

The first returns Tuesday night showed Young with a narrow 99-vote lead, which narrowed even further throughout the night, first to 36 votes at 9 p.m. and then to 14 votes.

As of 3:30 a.m., based on unofficial results, Gonzalez has taken a 37-vote lead over Young.

The district is rated as Democratic-leaning at 6.1%. However, the district is also 49.3% Latino, just shy of being a majority-minority population.

Young outraised Gonzalez by more than 3 to 1, bringing in more than $126,000 plus loaning her campaign another $10,000. Gonzalez raised just under $38,000.

Independent expenditure committees favored Gonzalez, particularly in the campaign’s final month. Three committees collectively spent more than $250,000 to back Gonzalez, while two committees spent about $170,000 in favor of Young.

Young was blasted during the campaign for claims she would ban fracking, a response to a 2020 questionnaire produced by Colorado People’s Action. She said in the questionnaire, “I am going to be honest- up to now, fracking has been one of the economic backbones of my area. The salaries workers have been paid have led to workers being very supportive of this industry. I definitely support regulations that protect our citizens, like setbacks from schools that protect our children. I need to represent my constituents and to be honest I am unsure where they stand on a fracking ban. I know where I do personally…I personally would ban fracking.”

Gonzalez was criticized for ties to Wall Street, which he denied.

Young won her third term in 2022 by 330 votes in a three-way, low-turnout (39%) race in which a Libertarian candidate captured 615 votes. This was the closest race by vote totals in the state. In 2024, it was only Young and Gonzalez.

The race in Colorado Springs’ House District 16 was not as close this morning. First-term lawmaker and Democratic Rep. Stephanie Vigil has taken a lead of 381 votes over Republican challenger Rebecca Keltie, according to 3:30 a.m. unofficial results. Early returns showed Vigil with a lead of 282 votes.

Vigil was the first Democrat elected to represent the district.

In House District 19, a contest between former Republican Rep. Dan Woog of Erie and Democratic candidate Jillaire McMillan of Longmont, McMillan leads by 1,827 votes.

An automatic recount for an election race must be held “if the difference between the highest number of votes cast in that election contest and the next highest number of votes cast in that election contest is less than or equal to one-half of one percent of the highest vote cast in that election contest.” Candidates, however, can pay for recounts if the margin is higher than one-half of one percent.