Heidi Ganahl will be the Colorado GOP’s nominee to face incumbent Democratic Gov. Jared Polis in November, following an easy election win Tuesday. The Associated Press called Ganahl’s victory over Greg Lopez less than an hour after polls closed in Colorado. With about 498,000 votes counted, the Secretary of State’s office showed Ganahl with just over 53% of the vote. Ganahl, a University of Colorado regent and the only Republican here still standing in statewide elected office, entered the race with significant advantages over opponent Lopez, including much more fundraising power, many more high-level endorsements and greater fluency on policy and legislative matters.