Colorado Democrats needed all four remaining Senate contests to swing their way to gain a supermajority in the state Senate. At 11:49 a.m. on Thursday, AP called state Senate district 15 for Republican Marc Catlin over his Democratic opponent, Cole Buerger. Catlin bested Buerger by about 4%, or 3,500 votes.

Sen. James Coleman, a Denver Democrat, will lead the Colorado state Senate as its president after Tuesday’s elections affirmed the party’s large majority in the chamber.

On Friday Senate Democrats gathered over Zoom — a change necessitated by the snowstorm sitting over the Front Range — to select new leaders for the upcoming legislative session. House Democrats will meet on Monday in the hopes that the few outstanding races will be called by then.

Sen. James Coleman, a Denver Democrat, will be the next president of the Colorado Senate after his caucus selected him in a virtual meeting Friday. Coleman, elected to the Senate in 2020, is one

James Coleman, who has been serving as the Colorado Senate president pro tempore, ran unopposed for the position.