Political_party_strength_in_Colorado
Political party strength in Colorado
Elected officials
The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Colorado:
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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:
- State Senate
- State House of Representatives
- State delegation to the U.S. Senate
- State delegation to the U.S. House of Representatives
For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.
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Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | |||||||
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Governor | Lieutenant Governor | Secretary of State | Attorney General | Treasurer | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. Senator (Class III) | U.S. House | ||
1876 | John Long Routt (R) | Lafayette Head (R) | William Clark (R) | vacant | Fred Z. Solomon (NP) | 19R, 7D | 31R, 18D | Henry M. Teller (R) | Jerome B. Chaffee (R) | James B. Belford (R) |
Hayes/ Wheeler (R) Y |
1877 | A. J. Sampson (R) | George C. Corning (NP) | Thomas M. Patterson (D) | ||||||||
1878 | |||||||||||
1879 | Frederick Walker Pitkin (R) | Horace Tabor (R) | Norman H. Meldrum (R) | Charles W. Wright (R) | Nathan C. Culver (NP) | 36R, 12D, 1GB | Nathaniel P. Hill (R) | James B. Belford (R) | |||
1880 | Garfield/ Arthur (R) Y | ||||||||||
1881 | Charles H. Toll (R) | W. C. Sanders (NP) | 23R, 3D | 36R, 13D | |||||||
1882 | George M. Chilcott (R) | ||||||||||
1883 | James Benton Grant (D) | William H. Meyer (R) | Melvin Edwards (R) | David F. Urmy (R) | Fred Walsen (NP) | 17R, 9D | Horace Tabor (R) | ||||
Thomas M. Bowen (R) | |||||||||||
1884 | Blaine/ Logan (R) N | ||||||||||
1885 | Benjamin Harrison Eaton (R) | Peter W. Breene (R) | Theodore H. Thomas (R) | George R. Swallow (NP) | 19R, 7D | 35R, 13D, 1I | Henry M. Teller (R) | George G. Symes (R) | |||
1886 | |||||||||||
1887 | Alva Adams (D) | Norman H. Meldrum (R) | James Rice (R) | Alvin Marsh (R) | Peter W. Breene (NP) | 18R, 8D | 25R, 23D, 1I | ||||
1888 | Harrison/ Morton (R) Y | ||||||||||
1889 | Job Adams Cooper (R) | William Grover Smith (R) | Samuel W. Jones (R) | William Brisbane (NP) | 20R, 6D | 43R, 6D | Edward O. Wolcott (R) | Hosea Townsend (R) | |||
1890 | |||||||||||
1891 | John Long Routt (R) | William Story (R) | Edward J. Eaton (R) | Joseph H. Maupin (D) | James N. Carlile (NP) | 16R, 10D | 32R, 17D | ||||
1892 | Weaver/ Field (Pop) N | ||||||||||
1893 | Davis Hanson Waite (Pop) | David H. Nichols (Pop) | Nelson O. McCless (Pop) | Eugene Engley (D) | Albert Nance (NP) | 15R, 12Pop, 8D[lower-alpha 6] | 33R, 27Pop, 5D | 2P | |||
1894 | |||||||||||
1895 | Albert McIntire (R) | Jared L. Brush (R) | Albert B. McGaffey (R) | Byron L. Carr (R) | Harry E. Mulnix (NP) | 18Pop, 16R, 1D | 41R, 14Pop, 10D | 1Pop, 1R | |||
1896 | Bryan/ Sewall (D/SvR) N | ||||||||||
1897 | Alva Adams (D) | Charles H.S. Whipple (D) | George W. Kephart (NP) | 16R, 14Pop, 4D, 1SvR[lower-alpha 7] | 33Pop, 20D, 11R, 1SvR | Henry M. Teller (SvR) | 1Pop, 1SvR | ||||
1898 | |||||||||||
1899 | Charles S. Thomas (D) | Francis Patrick Carney (Pop) | Elmer F. Beckwith (D) | David M. Campbell (D) | John H. Fesler (NP) | 15SvR, 9Pop, 9D, 2R[lower-alpha 8] | 21D, 20Pop, 16SvR, 6R[lower-alpha 9] | ||||
1900 | Bryan/ Stevenson (D) N | ||||||||||
1901 | James Bradley Orman (D) | David C. Coates (D) | David A. Mills (D) | Charles C. Post (R) | James N. Chipley (NP) | 19D, 7Pop, 6SvR, 2R, 1ST | 37D, 13Pop, 8SvR, 7R | Thomas M. Patterson (D) | |||
1902 | Warren A. Haggott (R) | ||||||||||
1903 | James Hamilton Peabody (R) | Jesse Fuller McDonald (R) | James Cowie (R) | Nathan C. Miller (R) | Whitney Newton (NP) | 24D, 11R | 36R, 29D | Henry M. Teller (D) | 2R, 1D | ||
1904 | 3R | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R) Y | |||||||||
1905 | Alva Adams (D)[lower-alpha 10] | Arthur Cornforth (D) | John A. Holmbert (NP) | 19R, 16D | |||||||
James Hamilton Peabody (R)[lower-alpha 10] | Jesse Fuller McDonald (R) | ||||||||||
Jesse Fuller McDonald (R)[lower-alpha 10] | Fred W. Parks (R) | ||||||||||
1906 | |||||||||||
1907 | Henry Augustus Buchtel (R) | Erastus Harper (R) | Timothy O'Connor (R) | William H. Dickson (R) | Alfred E. Bent (NP) | 24R, 11D | 46R, 19D | Simon Guggenheim (R) | |||
1908 | Bryan/ Kern (D) N | ||||||||||
1909 | John F. Shafroth (D) | Stephen R. Fitzgarrald (D) | James B. Pearce (D) | John T. Barnett (D) | W. J. Galligan (NP) | 20D, 15R | 53D, 12R | Charles J. Hughes Jr. (D) | 3D | ||
1910 | |||||||||||
1911 | Benjamin Griffith (R) | Roady Kenehan (NP) | 26D, 9R | 40D, 25R | vacant | ||||||
1912 | Wilson/ Marshall (D) Y | ||||||||||
1913 | Elias M. Ammons (D) | Fred Farrar (D) | M. A. Leddy (NP) | 24D, 11R | 48D, 17R | John F. Shafroth (D) | Charles S. Thomas (D) | 4D | |||
1914 | |||||||||||
1915 | George Alfred Carlson (R) | Moses E. Lewis (R) | John E. Ramer (R) | Allison Stocker (NP) | 18R, 17D | 36R, 29D | 3D, 1R | ||||
1916 | |||||||||||
1917 | Julius Caldeen Gunter (D) | James Pulliam (D) | James R. Noland (D) | Leslie E. Hubbard (D) | Robert H. Higgins (NP) | 18D, 17R | 45D, 20R | ||||
1918 | |||||||||||
1919 | Oliver Henry Shoup (R) | George Stephan (R) | Victor E. Keyes (R) | Harry E. Mulnix (NP) | 21D, 14R | 41R, 24D | Lawrence C. Phipps (R) | 3R, 1D | |||
1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R) Y | ||||||||||
1921 | Earl Cooley (R) | Carl Miliken (R) | Arthur Strong (NP) | 24R, 11D | 58R, 7D | Samuel D. Nicholson (R) | |||||
1922 | |||||||||||
1923 | William Ellery Sweet (D) | Robert F. Rockwell (R) | Russel W. Fleming (D) | Harry E. Mulnix (NP) | 33R, 32D | Alva B. Adams (D) | |||||
1924 | Wayne C. Williams (D) | Rice W. Means (R) | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) Y | ||||||||
1925 | Clarence Morley (R) | Sterling Byrd Lacy (D) | William Boatright (R) | W. D. MacGinnis (NP) | 21R, 14D | 53R, 12D | |||||
1926 | |||||||||||
1927 | Billy Adams (D) | George Milton Corlett (R) | Charles Armstrong (R) | Harry E. Mulnix (NP) | 20R, 15D | 43R, 22D | Charles W. Waterman (R) | 2R, 2D | |||
1928 | Herbert Fairall (NP) | Hoover/ Curtis (R) Y | |||||||||
1929 | Robert E. Winbourn (R) | W. D. MacGinnis (NP) | 24R, 11D | 46R, 19D | 3R, 1D | ||||||
1930 | John S. Underwood (R) | ||||||||||
1931 | Edwin C. Johnson (D) | Clarence L. Ireland (R) | John M. Jackson (NP) | 22R, 13D | 34D, 31R | Edward P. Costigan (D) | |||||
1932 | Walter Walker (D) | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) Y | |||||||||
1933 | Edwin C. Johnson (D)[lower-alpha 11] | Ray Herbert Talbot (D) | Paul P. Prosser (D) | Homer Bedford (D) | 26D, 9R | 54D, 11R | Karl C. Schuyler (R) | 4D | |||
1934 | Alva B. Adams (D) | ||||||||||
1935 | James Carr (D) | Charles Armstrong (R) | 29D, 6R | 50D, 15R | |||||||
1936 | George Saunders (D) | Byron G. Rogers (D) | |||||||||
1937 | Ray Herbert Talbot (D)[lower-alpha 12] | vacant | Homer Bedford (D) | Edwin C. Johnson (D) | |||||||
Teller Ammons (D) | Frank J. Hayes (D) | ||||||||||
1938 | |||||||||||
1939 | Ralph Lawrence Carr (R) | John Charles Vivian (R) | Charles Armstrong (R) | 23D, 12R | 37R, 28D | ||||||
1940 | Willkie/ McNary (R) N | ||||||||||
1941 | Walter Morrison (R) | Gail L. Ireland (R) | Homer Bedford (D) | 18D, 17R | Eugene Millikin (R) | 3R, 1D | |||||
1942 | |||||||||||
1943 | John Charles Vivian (R) | William Eugene Higby (R) | Leon Lavington (R) | 23R, 12D | 55R, 10D | 4R | |||||
1944 | Dewey/ Bricker (R) N | ||||||||||
1945 | H. Lawrence Hinkley (R) | Homer Bedford (D) | 27R, 8D | 46R, 19D | |||||||
1946 | |||||||||||
1947 | William Lee Knous (D)[lower-alpha 13] | Homer L. Pearson (D) | Rodney Anderson (R) | 3R, 1D | |||||||
1948 | Truman/ Barkley (D) | ||||||||||
1949 | Walter Walford Johnson (D) | George Baker (D) | John W. Metzger (D) | Homer Bedford (D) | 19R, 16D | 39D, 26R | 3D, 1R | ||||
1950 | |||||||||||
Walter Walford Johnson (D)[lower-alpha 12] | Charles P. Murphy (R) | ||||||||||
1951 | Daniel I. J. Thornton (R) | Gordon Allott (R) | Duke W. Dunbar (R) | Earl E. Ewing (R) | 20R, 15D | 47R, 18D | 2D, 2R | ||||
1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) Y | ||||||||||
1953 | Homer Bruce (R) | Homer Bedford (D) | 23R, 12D | 45R, 20D | |||||||
1954 | |||||||||||
1955 | Edwin C. Johnson (D) | Stephen McNichols (D) | George Baker (D) | Earl E. Ewing (R) | 20R, 15D | 38R, 27D | Gordon Allott (R) | ||||
1956 | |||||||||||
1957 | Stephen McNichols (D)[lower-alpha 14] | Frank L. Hays (R) | Homer Bedford (D) | 21D, 14R | 38D, 27R | John A. Carroll (D) | |||||
1958 | |||||||||||
1959 | Robert Lee Knous (D) | Tim Armstrong (D) | 22D, 13R | 44D, 21R | 3D, 1R | ||||||
1960 | Nixon/ Lodge (R) N | ||||||||||
1961 | 19D, 16R | 33D, 32R | 2D, 2R | ||||||||
1962 | |||||||||||
1963 | John Arthur Love (R)[lower-alpha 15] | Bryon A. Anderson (R) | Homer Bedford (D) | 20R, 15D | 41R, 24D | Peter H. Dominick (R) | |||||
1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) Y | ||||||||||
1965 | 42D, 23R | 4D | |||||||||
1966 | |||||||||||
1967 | Mark Anthony Hogan (D) | Virginia Neal Blue (R) | 37R, 28D | 3D, 1R | |||||||
1968 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) Y | ||||||||||
1969 | 24R, 11D | 38R, 27D | |||||||||
1970 | |||||||||||
Julia Swearingen (R) | |||||||||||
1971 | John D. Vanderhoof (R) | Palmer Burch (R) | 21R, 14D | 2D, 2R | |||||||
1972 | |||||||||||
1973 | 22R, 13D | 37R, 28D | Floyd Haskell (D) | 3R, 2D | |||||||
John D. Vanderhoof (R)[lower-alpha 12] | Ted L. Strickland (R) | John P. Moore (R) | |||||||||
1974 | Mary Estill Buchanan (R) | ||||||||||
1975 | Richard Lamm (D) | George L. Brown (politician) (D) | J.D. MacFarlane (D) | Sam Brown (D) | 19R, 16D | 39D, 26R | Gary Hart (D) | 3D, 2R | |||
1976 | Ford/ Dole (R) N | ||||||||||
1977 | Roy Romer (D) | 18R, 17D | 35R, 30D | ||||||||
1978 | |||||||||||
1979 | Nancy E. Dick (D) | 22R, 13D | 38R, 27D | William L. Armstrong (R) | |||||||
1980 | Reagan/ Bush (R) Y | ||||||||||
1981 | 39R, 26D | ||||||||||
1982 | |||||||||||
1983 | Natalie Meyer (R) | Duane Woodard (R) | 40R, 25D | 3D, 3R | |||||||
1984 | |||||||||||
1985 | 24R, 11D | 48R, 17D | 4R, 2D | ||||||||
1986 | |||||||||||
1987 | Roy Romer (D) | Mike Callihan (D) | Duane Woodard (D)[lower-alpha 16] | Gail Schoettler (D) | 25R, 10D | 41R, 24D | Tim Wirth (D) | 3R, 3D | |||
1988 | Bush/ Quayle (R) Y | ||||||||||
1989 | 24R, 11D | 40R, 25D | |||||||||
1990 | |||||||||||
1991 | Gale Norton (R) | 23R, 12D | 38R, 27D | Hank Brown (R) | |||||||
1992 | Clinton/ Gore (D) Y | ||||||||||
1993 | 19R, 16D | 34R, 31D | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (D) |
4R, 2D | |||||||
1994 | Samuel H. Cassidy (D) | ||||||||||
1995 | Gail Schoettler (D) | Victoria Buckley (R)[lower-alpha 17] | Bill Owens (R) | 41R, 24D | Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R) | ||||||
1996 | Dole/ Kemp (R) N | ||||||||||
1997 | 20R, 15D | Wayne Allard (R) | |||||||||
1998 | |||||||||||
1999 | Bill Owens (R) | Joe Rogers (R) | Ken Salazar (D) | Mike Coffman (R) | 21R, 14D | 39R, 26D | |||||
Donetta Davidson (R)[lower-alpha 18] | |||||||||||
2000 | Bush/ Cheney (R) Y | ||||||||||
2001 | 18D, 17R | 38R, 27D | |||||||||
2002 | |||||||||||
2003 | Jane E. Norton (R) | 18R, 17D | 37R, 28D | 5R, 2D | |||||||
2004 | |||||||||||
2005 | John Suthers (R) | 18D, 17R | 35D, 30R | Ken Salazar (D)[lower-alpha 19] | 4R, 3D | ||||||
Gigi Dennis (R)[lower-alpha 20] | Mark Hillman (R)[lower-alpha 20] | ||||||||||
2006 | |||||||||||
Mike Coffman (R)[lower-alpha 21] | |||||||||||
2007 | Bill Ritter (D) | Barbara O'Brien (D) | Mike Coffman (R)[lower-alpha 22] | Cary Kennedy (D) | 20D, 15R | 39D, 26R | 4D, 3R | ||||
2008 | Obama/ Biden (D) Y | ||||||||||
2009 | Bernie Buescher (D)[lower-alpha 20] | 21D, 14R | 38D, 27R | Mark Udall (D) | Michael Bennet (D)[lower-alpha 18] | 5D, 2R | |||||
2010 | |||||||||||
2011 | John Hickenlooper (D) | Joseph Garcia (D) | Scott Gessler (R) | Walker Stapleton (R) | 20D, 15R | 33R, 32D | 4R, 3D | ||||
2012 | |||||||||||
2013 | 37D, 28R | ||||||||||
2014 | 18D, 17R[lower-alpha 23] | ||||||||||
2015 | Wayne W. Williams (R) | Cynthia Coffman (R) | 18R, 17D | 34D, 31R | Cory Gardner (R) | ||||||
2016 | Clinton/ Kaine (D) N | ||||||||||
Donna Lynne (D) | |||||||||||
2017 | 37D, 28R | ||||||||||
2018 | |||||||||||
2019 | Jared Polis (D) | Dianne Primavera (D) | Jena Griswold (D) | Phil Weiser (D) | Dave Young (D) | 19D, 16R | 41D, 24R | 4D, 3R | |||
2020 | Biden/ Harris (D) Y | ||||||||||
2021 | 20D, 15R | John Hickenlooper (D) | |||||||||
2022 | 21D, 14R[lower-alpha 24] | ||||||||||
2023 | 23D, 12R | 46D, 19R | 5D, 3R | ||||||||
2024 | [to be determined] | ||||||||||
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- Resigned at the request, made July 18, 1865, of President Andrew Johnson following the Sand Creek massacre.
- Position was filled by the U.S. Attorney due to lack of funding by the territorial government.
- A coalition of Democrats and Populists elected a Democrat, Casimiro Barela, as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.[1]
- A coalition of Democrats, Populists, Silver Republicans elected a Populist, Francis Patrick Carney, as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.[2]
- A coalition of Democrats, Populists, Silver Republicans elected a Silver Republican, John R. Schermerhorn, as President Pro Tempore and organized the chamber.[3]
- A coalition of Democrats, Populists, Silver Republicans elected a Silver Republican, William Grover Smith, as Speaker and organized the chamber.[4]
- The 1904 election was rife with fraud and controversy. Adams took office, but soon afterwards the Republican-majority state legislature declared James Peabody to be the actual winner, on the condition that Peabody immediately resign. Since Peabody had been governor for a few moments before resigning, it was his lieutenant governor, Jesse McDonald, that succeeded to the governorship. In all, Colorado had three governors on March 17, 1905.
- Resigned to take elected seat in the United States Senate.
- Resigned to take a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.
- Entered office as a Republican but by 1990 had switched parties and become a Democrat.
- Resigned following appointment as United States Secretary of the Interior.
- Resigned in 2005 in order to re-join the United States Marine Corps, with whom he then served tour-of-duty in Iraq. Upon Coffman's resignation as treasurer, Governor Bill Owens appointed State Senator Mark Hillman to the office. Hillman served as treasurer until 2006, when Coffman returned from Iraq and was able to fulfill the duties of the office.
- Elected in November 2008 to U.S. House representing Colorado's 6th congressional district.
- Democrats Angela Giron (District 3) and John P. Morse (District 11) were recalled.[5]
- State Sen. Kevin Priola (D-Henderson District 25) left the Republican Party to register as a Democrat on August 22, 2022.[6]
- Senate journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado. 1894. p. 16-17. Retrieved 2021-06-20 – via HathiTrust.
- Senate journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado. 1897 AND EXTRA. p. 8. Retrieved 2021-06-20 – via HathiTrust.
- Senate, Colorado General Assembly (1899). Senate Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado. p. 8.
- "House journal. 1899". HathiTrust. p. 6. Retrieved 2021-06-20.
- Frank, John (2022-08-22). "Colorado lawmaker exits GOP, switches to Democratic Party, citing Jan. 6 attack and Trump". Axios. Retrieved 2022-08-22.
- Martin, Curtis. “The 1962 Election in Colorado.” The Western Political Quarterly, vol. 16, no. 2, 1963, pp. 421–425.