2024 Colorado Senate election explained

Election Name:2024 Colorado Senate election
Country:Colorado
Type:legislative
Ongoing:yes
Previous Election:2022 Colorado Senate election
Previous Year:2022
Election Date:November 5, 2024
Next Election:2026 Colorado Senate election
Next Year:2026
Seats For Election:18 of the 35 seats in the Colorado Senate
Majority Seats:18
Image1:File:Fenberg for Senate headshot.jpg
Leader1:Steve Fenberg
(term-limited)
Party1:Colorado Democratic Party
Leader Since1:February 22, 2022
Seats Before1:23
Leader2:Paul Lundeen
Party2:Colorado Republican Party
Leader Since2:January 9, 2023
Seats Before2:12
Seats Needed2: 6
President of the Senate
Before Election:Steve Fenberg
Before Party:Democratic
Last Election1:19 seats, 49.05%
Last Election2:12 seats, 50.27%

The 2024 Colorado Senate elections will take place on November 5, 2024, with the primary elections being held on June 25, 2024.[1] Voters in 18 out of the 35 districts of the state Senate will elect their representative for a four-year term.[2] It will coincide with other Colorado elections of the same year and the biennial United States elections.

Background

In the 2020 US Presidential Election, Joe Biden won 25 districts, while Donald Trump won 10. Republicans represented three districts where Biden had won in 2020: District 6 (Biden +2.18%), District 12 (Biden +3.61%), and District 30 (Biden +1.47%). Additionally, one Democrat, Kevin Priola, represented District 13, which Trump won by 3.78%.

Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 13

Kevin Priola is term-limited.

  1. District 14

Joann Ginal is term-limited.[3]

  1. District 18

Steve Fenberg is term-limited.

  1. District 19

Rachel Zenzinger is term-limited (running for Jefferson County Commission).[4]

  1. District 28

Rhonda Fields is term-limited (running for Arapahoe County Commission).[5]

Republicans

  1. District 2

Jim Smallwood is term-limited.

  1. District 5

Perry Will is retiring to run for Garfield County Commission.[6]

  1. District 12

Bob Gardner is term-limited.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
align=left CNalysis[7] August 10, 2024
align=left Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] June 18, 2024

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024 Election Calendar. Colorado Secretary of State.
  2. Web site: Senate Term Limits. Colorado General Assembly.
  3. Web site: Term Limit Information for Members of the Colorado Senate. February 8, 2024. Colorado Secretary of State.
  4. News: Goodland. Marianne. State Sen. Rachel Zenzinger will run for Jefferson County commission. November 9, 2023. Colorado Politics. May 6, 2024.
  5. News: Wilson. Sara. State Sen. Rhonda Fields running for Arapahoe County commissioner. July 20, 2023. Colorado Newsline. May 6, 2024.
  6. News: Wenzler. Elliott. January 26, 2024. State Sen. Perry Will won't run for re-election, instead kicks off county commissioner bid. Glenwood Springs Post Independent. May 6, 2024.
  7. Web site: 24 CO Forecast . 2024-08-10 . projects.cnalysis.com.
  8. Web site: Jacobson. Louis. 2024’s Battleground State Legislative Chambers. June 18, 2024. July 13, 2024.