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Date Type Results
Nov 08, 2022 General Election
 Jared Polis(I)
1,468,481
58.53% 		 Heidi Ganahl
983,040
39.18% 		 Kevin R. Ruskusky
28,939
1.15% 		 Danielle Neuschwanger
21,623
0.86% 		 Paul Fiorino
6,687
0.27% 		 Zachary Varon (W)
52
0.00% 		 Paul Willmon (W)
8
0.00%
Nov 06, 2018 General Election
 Jared Polis
1,348,888
53.42% 		 Walker Stapleton
1,080,801
42.80% 		 Scott Helker
69,519
2.75% 		 William "Bill" Hammons
25,854
1.02% 		 Kathleen Rosewater Cunningham (W)
0
0.00%
Nov 04, 2014 General Election
 John Hickenlooper(I)
1,006,433
49.30% 		 Bob Beauprez
938,195
45.95% 		 Matthew Hess
39,590
1.94% 		 Harry Hempy
27,391
1.34% 		 Mike Dunafon
24,042
1.18% 		 Paul Fiorino
5,923
0.29% 		 Marcus Giavanni (W)
31
0.00%
Nov 02, 2010 General Election
 John Hickenlooper
915,436
51.05% 		 Tom Tancredo
652,376
36.38% 		 Dan Maes
199,792
11.14% 		 Jaimes Brown
13,365
0.75% 		 Jason R. Clark
8,601
0.48% 		 Paul Fiorino
3,492
0.19% 		 Holly Cremeens (W)
43
0.00%
  Willie Travis Chambers (W)
24
0.00% 		 Michael R. Moore (W)
18
0.00% 		 Peter J. Carr (W)
1
0.00%
Nov 07, 2006 General Election
 Bill Ritter
887,986
56.99% 		 Bob Beauprez
625,886
40.17% 		 Dawn Winkler
23,323
1.50% 		 Paul Fiorino
10,996
0.71% 		 Clyde J. Harkins
9,716
0.62% 		 Charles Walter Sylvester Jr. (W)
370
0.02%
Nov 05, 2002 General Election
 Bill Owens(I)
884,583
62.62% 		 Rollie Heath, Jr.
475,373
33.65% 		 Ronald Norman "Ron" Forthofer
32,099
2.27% 		 Ralph Schnelvar
20,547
1.45% 		 Michael Plato
0
0.00% 		 Charles Van Layton
0
0.00%
Nov 03, 1998 General Election
 Bill Owens
645,806
49.04% 		 Gail S. Schoettler
637,655
48.42% 		 Sandra Johnson
22,150
1.68% 		 Tim Leonard
10,996
0.83% 		  Write-In (W)
362
0.03%
Nov 08, 1994 General Election
 Roy R. Romer(I)
619,205
55.46% 		 Bruce D. Benson
432,042
38.70% 		 Kevin Swanson
40,397
3.62% 		 Phillip Huggord
16,956
1.52% 		 Earl F. Dodge Jr.
7,722
0.69% 		 Thomas F. Todd (W)
123
0.01%
Nov 06, 1990 General Election
 Roy R. Romer(I)
626,032
61.89% 		 John K. Andrews, Jr.
358,403
35.43% 		 David Aitken
18,930
1.87% 		 David Livingston
7,907
0.78% 		  Scattering (W)
241
0.02%
Nov 04, 1986 General Election
 Roy R. Romer
616,325
58.20% 		 Ted L. Strickland
434,420
41.02% 		 Earl F. Dodge Jr.
8,183
0.77%
Nov 02, 1982 General Election
 Richard "Dick" Lamm(I)
627,960
65.68% 		 John D. Fuhr
302,740
31.67% 		 Paul K. Grant
19,349
2.02% 		 Earl F. Dodge Jr.
3,496
0.37% 		 Alan Gummerson
2,476
0.26%
Nov 07, 1978 General Election
 Richard "Dick" Lamm(I)
483,985
58.76% 		 Ted L. Strickland
317,292
38.52% 		 E. L. "Roy" Peister
13,990
1.70% 		 Elsa Blum
3,690
0.45% 		 Sal A. Mander
2,452
0.30% 		 Earl F. Dodge Jr.
2,198
0.27%
Nov 05, 1974 General Election
 Richard "Dick" Lamm
441,199
53.22% 		 John D. Vanderhoof(I)
378,907
45.71% 		 Earl F. Dodge Jr.
6,419
0.77% 		 Lann Meyers
2,307
0.28% 		 Luke Zell (W)
136
0.02%
Jul 01, 1973 Appointment
 John D. Vanderhoof
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1970 General Election
 John A. Love(I)
350,690
52.46% 		 Mark Hogan
302,432
45.24% 		 Albert L. Gurule
12,179
1.82% 		 Walter R. Plankinton
2,052
0.31% 		 James Lauderdale
1,143
0.17%
Nov 08, 1966 General Election
 John A. Love(I)
356,730
54.04% 		 Robert L. Knous
287,132
43.50% 		 Levi Martinez
16,201
2.45%
Nov 06, 1962 General Election
 John A. Love
349,342
56.67% 		 Stephen McNichols(I)
262,890
42.64% 		 Louis K. Stephens
2,511
0.41% 		 Stephen L. DeArvil
1,738
0.28%
Nov 04, 1958 General Election
 Stephen McNichols(I)
321,165
58.41% 		 Palmer L. Burch
228,643
41.59%
Nov 06, 1956 General Election
 Stephen McNichols
331,283
51.34% 		 Donald G. Brotzman
313,950
48.66%
Nov 02, 1954 General Election
 Edwin Carl "Ed" Johnson
262,205
53.56% 		 Donald G. Brotzman
227,335
46.44%
Nov 04, 1952 General Election
 Daniel I.J. "Dan" Thornton(I)
349,924
57.08% 		 John W. Metzger
260,044
42.42% 		 Louis K. Stephens
3,066
0.50%
Nov 07, 1950 General Election
 Daniel I.J. "Dan" Thornton
236,472
52.43% 		 Walter W. Johnson(I)
212,976
47.22% 		 Louis K. Stephens
1,546
0.34%
Apr 15, 1950 Appointment
 Walter W. Johnson
1
100.00%
Nov 02, 1948 General Election
 William Lee Knous(I)
332,752
66.33% 		 David A. Hamil
168,928
33.67%
Nov 05, 1946 General Election
 William Lee Knous
174,604
52.11% 		 Leon E. Lavington
160,483
47.89%
Nov 07, 1944 General Election
 John C. Vivian(I)
259,862
52.40% 		 Roy Phelix Best
236,086
47.60%
Nov 03, 1942 General Election
 John C. Vivian
193,501
56.23% 		 Homer F. Bedford
149,402
43.41% 		 William R. Dietrich
1,232
0.36%
Nov 05, 1940 General Election
 Ralph L. Carr(I)
296,671
54.37% 		 George E. Saunders
245,292
44.96% 		 Carle Whitehead
2,211
0.41% 		 Laurence W. Coffman
1,462
0.27%
Nov 08, 1938 General Election
 Ralph L. Carr
255,159
55.82% 		 Teller Ammons(I)
199,562
43.66% 		 Jack R. White
1,262
0.28% 		 Harvey L. Mayfield
1,140
0.25%
Jan 01, 1937 Appointment
 Ray H. Talbot
1
100.00%
Nov 03, 1936 General Election
 Teller Ammons
263,311
54.57% 		 Charles McBride Armstrong
210,614
43.65% 		 Huston Hugh Marrs
5,162
1.07% 		 Paul S. McCormick
1,498
0.31% 		 James Allander
948
0.20% 		 Claude C. Buhrman
825
0.17% 		 Harvey L. Mayfield
177
0.04%
Nov 06, 1934 General Election
 Edwin Carl "Ed" Johnson(I)
237,026
58.11% 		 Nathan C. Warren
162,791
39.91% 		 Paul S. McCormick
5,355
1.31% 		 Paul W. Hipp
1,430
0.35% 		 P. C. Feste
1,290
0.32%
Nov 08, 1932 General Election
 Edwin Carl "Ed" Johnson
257,188
57.23% 		 James D. Parriott
183,258
40.78% 		 Morton Alexander
6,226
1.39% 		 William Penn Collins
1,685
0.37% 		 William R. Dietrich
1,012
0.23%
Nov 04, 1930 General Election
 William H. “Billy” Adams(I)
197,067
60.41% 		 Robert F. Rockwell
124,164
38.06% 		 Claud A. Bushnell
2,218
0.68% 		 Lizabeth A. Williams
1,418
0.43% 		 William R. Dietrich
766
0.23% 		 Walter Moore
326
0.10% 		 Perry M. Jones
247
0.08%
Nov 06, 1928 General Election
 William H. “Billy” Adams(I)
240,160
61.87% 		 William Louis Boatright
144,067
37.11% 		 Samuel A. Garth
1,873
0.48% 		 Vera Jane Pease
1,233
0.32% 		 George J. Saul
832
0.21%
Nov 02, 1926 General Election
 William H. “Billy” Adams
183,342
59.84% 		 Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup
116,756
38.11% 		 Frank Cass
3,919
1.28% 		 Edward F. Wright
1,508
0.49% 		 William R. Dietrich
583
0.19% 		 Barney Haughey
294
0.10%
Nov 04, 1924 General Election
 Clarence J. Morley
178,078
51.92% 		 William E. Sweet(I)
151,041
44.04% 		 Frank Cass
10,843
3.16% 		 William R. Dietrich
1,582
0.46% 		 Louis E. Leeder
1,418
0.41%
Nov 07, 1922 General Election
 William E. Sweet
138,098
49.64% 		 Benjamin Griffith
134,353
48.29% 		 Lauren E. Arnold
2,283
0.82% 		 G.F. Stevens
2,036
0.73% 		 Barney Haughey
1,445
0.52%
Nov 02, 1920 General Election
 Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup(I)
174,487
59.55% 		 James M. Collins
108,738
37.11% 		 William Penn Collins
9,802
3.35% 		  Others (W)
2
0.00%
Nov 05, 1918 General Election
 Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup
112,693
51.15% 		 Thomas J. Tynan
102,397
46.47% 		 Mary L. Geffs
5,249
2.38%
Nov 07, 1916 General Election
 Julius C. Gunter
151,912
53.27% 		 George A. Carlson(I)
117,723
41.28% 		 C. Goddard
12,495
4.38% 		 Louis E. Leeder
3,025
1.06% 		  Others
8
0.00%
Nov 03, 1914 General Election
 George A. Carlson
129,096
48.67% 		 Thomas M. Patterson
90,640
34.17% 		 Edward P. Costigan
32,920
12.41% 		 Abraham Marions
10,516
3.96% 		 L. D. Hosman
2,057
0.78%
Nov 05, 1912 General Election
 Elias M. Ammons
114,044
42.91% 		 Edward P. Costigan
66,132
24.88% 		 Clifford C. Parks
63,061
23.73% 		 Charles A. Ashelstrom
16,189
6.09% 		 John Henry Ketchum
5,900
2.22% 		 Jonathan U. Billings
460
0.17%
Nov 08, 1910 General Election
 John F. Shafroth(I)
115,627
51.25% 		 John B. Stephen
97,648
43.28% 		 Henry W. Pinkham
7,844
3.48% 		 Phidelah A. Rice
3,751
1.66% 		 George Anderson
735
0.33%
Nov 03, 1908 General Election
 John F. Shafroth
130,141
49.41% 		 Jesse F. McDonald
118,953
45.16% 		 Henry Clay Darrah
7,972
3.03% 		 Harry L. Murray
6,314
2.40%
Nov 06, 1906 General Election
 Henry A. Buchtel
92,602
45.59% 		 Alva Adams
74,416
36.63% 		 Ben B. Lindsey
18,014
8.87% 		 William D. "Big Bill" Haywood
16,015
7.88% 		 Frank C. Chamberlain
2,087
1.03%
Mar 17, 1905 Appointment
 Jesse F. McDonald
1
100.00%
Mar 15, 1905 Appointment
 James H. Peabody
55
57.29% 		 Alva Adams
41
42.71%
Nov 08, 1904 General Election
 Alva Adams
123,092
50.64% 		 James H. Peabody(I)
113,754
46.80% 		 Robert A. N. Wilson
3,023
1.24% 		 Andrew H. Floaten
2,593
1.07% 		 James Merwin
325
0.13% 		 J. A. Knight
279
0.11%
Nov 04, 1902 General Election
 James H. Peabody
87,684
46.92% 		 E. C. Stimson
80,727
43.20% 		 J. C. Provost
7,177
3.84% 		 Frank W. Owens
6,403
3.43% 		 Otto A. Reinhardt
3,910
2.09% 		 J. A. Knight
979
0.52%
Nov 06, 1900 General Election
 James B. Orman
118,647
53.78% 		 Frank C. Goudy
96,027
43.53% 		 James R. Wylie
3,695
1.67% 		 DeWitt Copley
987
0.45% 		 S. B. Hutchinson
843
0.38% 		 James T. Pearson
421
0.19%
Nov 08, 1898 General Election
 Charles S. Thomas
93,966
62.89% 		 Henry R. Wolcott
51,051
34.17% 		 Robert H. Rhodes
2,711
1.81% 		 Nixon Elliott
1,696
1.14%
Nov 03, 1896 General Election
 Alva Adams
87,387
46.22% 		 Morton Shelley Bailey
71,808
37.98% 		 G. H. Allen
23,945
12.66% 		 Davis H. Waite
3,359
1.78% 		  Others
2,573
1.36%
Nov 06, 1894 General Election
 Albert W. McIntire
93,502
51.95% 		 Davis H. Waite(I)
73,894
41.06% 		 Charles S. Thomas
8,337
4.63% 		 George Richardson
4,250
2.36%
Nov 08, 1892 General Election
 Davis H. Waite
43,342
46.68% 		 Joseph C. Helm
38,806
41.79% 		 Joseph H. Maupin
8,944
9.63% 		 John Hipp
1,764
1.90%
Nov 04, 1890 General Election
 John Long Routt
41,827
50.11% 		 Caldwell Yeaman
35,359
42.36% 		 John G. Coy
5,199
6.23% 		 John A. Elett
1,058
1.27% 		  Others
22
0.03%
Nov 06, 1888 General Election
 Job A. Cooper
49,490
53.84% 		 Thomas M. Patterson
39,197
42.64% 		 William C. Stover
2,098
2.28% 		 Gilbert De La Matyr
1,085
1.18% 		  Others
50
0.05%
Nov 02, 1886 General Election
 Alva Adams
29,234
49.66% 		 William H. Meyer
26,816
45.55% 		 William H. Fishback
2,710
4.60% 		  Others
108
0.18%
Nov 04, 1884 General Election
 Benjamin H. Eaton
33,845
50.74% 		 Alva Adams
30,743
46.09% 		 John E. Washburn
2,104
3.15% 		  Others
17
0.03%
Nov 07, 1882 General Election
 James B. Grant
31,375
51.07% 		 E. L. Campbell
28,820
46.91% 		 George Woy
1,220
1.99% 		  Others
26
0.04%
Nov 02, 1880 General Election
 Frederick W. Pitkin(I)
28,465
53.28% 		 John S. Hough
23,547
44.08% 		 A. J. Chittenden
1,408
2.64% 		  Others
1
0.00%
Oct 01, 1878 General Election
 Frederick W. Pitkin
14,308
49.98% 		 William A. H. Loveland
11,535
40.30% 		 R. G. Buckingham
2,783
9.72%
Oct 03, 1876 General Election
 John Long Routt
14,154
51.53% 		 Bela Metcalfe Hughes
13,316
48.47%

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