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Percent of the vote that John Hickenlooper, a Denver brew-pub owner with no political experience, received in a runoff election for mayor last week. Hickenlooper’s campaign TV spots, which were as frothy as his beers, won the day. He talked about issues while riding a scooter, trying on clothes to make himself look more mayoral and feeding parking meters for overticketed citizens. “I liked his commercials,” said one voter. “He just got on his little scooter.”