Election Name: | 2016 Colorado House of Representatives election |
Country: | Colorado |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 Colorado House of Representatives election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 Colorado House of Representatives election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | All 65 seats in the Colorado House of Representatives |
Majority Seats: | 33 |
Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
Leader1: | Dickey Lee Hullinghorst (term-limited) |
Party1: | Colorado Democratic Party |
Last Election1: | 34 |
Seats Before1: | 34 |
Seats1: | 37 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,201,949 |
Percentage1: | 47.83% |
Swing1: | 3.98 pp |
Leader2: | Brian DelGrosso (term-limited) |
Party2: | Colorado Republican Party |
Last Election2: | 31 |
Seats Before2: | 31 |
Seats2: | 28 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,238,154 |
Percentage2: | 49.27% |
Swing2: | 4.77 pp |
Map Size: | 450px |
Speaker of the House | |
Before Election: | Dickey Lee Hullinghorst |
Before Party: | Democratic |
After Election: | Crisanta Duran |
After Party: | Democratic |
The 2016 Colorado House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, with the primary election being held on June 28, 2016. Voters in the 65 districts of the Colorado House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President and the state senate. Democrats expanded their majority in the chamber, winning back all three seats which they lost in 2014.
Colorado House of Representatives election, 2016 General election — November 8, 2016 | |||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | Seatscontesting | ||
Democratic | 1,201,949 | 47.83% | 37 | 3 | 58 | ||
Republican | 1,238,154 | 49.27% | 28 | 3 | 59 | ||
Libertarian | 51,103 | 2.03% | 0 | 12 | |||
Independent | 20,174 | 0.80% | 0 | 2 | |||
Green | 1,802 | 0.07% | 0 | 1 | |||
Total | 2,513,182 | 100.0% | 65 | − | − |
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
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