Political party strength in Colorado explained

The following table indicates the party of elected officials in the U.S. state of Colorado:

The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Pre-statehood (1861–1875)

YearExecutive officesTerritorial AssemblyU.S. Congress
GovernorSecretary of StateAttorney GeneralTreasurerTerritorial CouncilHouseDelegate
1861William Gilpin (R)Lewis Ledyard Weld (NP)James E. Dalliba (R)George T. Clark (R)Hiram Pitt Bennet
1862
1863John Evans (R)Samuel Hitt Elbert (R)Samuel E. Brown (R)
1864Alexander W. Atkins (NP)
1865Allen Alexander Bradford (R)
1866Alexander Cummings (R)Frank Hall (NP)George W. Chamberlain (R)Alexander Cameron Hunt (NP)
1867John Wanless (NP)George M. Chilcott (R)
1868Alexander Cameron Hunt (I)Columbus Nuckolls (NP)
1869Allen Alexander Bradford (R)
1870Edward M. McCook (R)Henry C. Thatcher (R)George T. Clark (R)
1871Jerome B. Chaffee (R)
1872
1873Samuel Hitt Elbert (I)vacant
1874Edward M. McCook (R)John W. Jenkins (NP)David H. Moffat (NP)
1875John Long Routt (R)John Taffe (NP)Thomas M. Patterson (D)

1876–present

YearExecutive officesGeneral AssemblyUnited States CongressElectoral votes
class=unsortable Governor!class=unsortable Lieutenant
Governor
!
class=unsortable Secretary
of State
!
class=unsortable Attorney
General
!
class=unsortable Treasurer!class=unsortable State Senate!class=unsortable State House!class=unsortable U.S. Senator
(Class II)
!
class=unsortable U.S. Senator
(Class III)
!
class=unsortable U.S. House
1876John Long Routt (R)Lafayette Head (R)William Clark (R)vacantFred Z. Solomon (NP)19R, 7D31R, 18DHenry M. Teller (R)Jerome B. Chaffee (R)James B.
Belford
(R)
Hayes/
Wheeler (R)
1877A. J. Sampson (R)George C. Corning (NP)Thomas M.
Patterson
(D)
1878
1879Frederick Walker Pitkin (R)Horace Tabor (R)Norman H. Meldrum (R)Charles W. Wright (R)Nathan C. Culver (NP)36R, 12D, 1GBNathaniel P. Hill (R)James B.
Belford
(R)
1880Garfield/
Arthur (R)
1881Charles H. Toll (R)W. C. Sanders (NP)23R, 3D36R, 13D
1882George M. Chilcott (R)
1883James Benton Grant (D)William H. Meyer (R)Melvin Edwards (R)David F. Urmy (R)Fred Walsen (NP)17R, 9DHorace Tabor (R)
Thomas M. Bowen (R)
1884Blaine/
Logan (R)
1885Benjamin Harrison Eaton (R)Peter W. Breene (R)Theodore H. Thomas (R)George R. Swallow (NP)19R, 7D35R, 13D, 1IHenry M. Teller (R)George G.
Symes
(R)
1886
1887Alva Adams (D)Norman H. Meldrum (R)James Rice (R)Alvin Marsh (R)Peter W. Breene (NP)18R, 8D25R, 23D, 1I
1888Harrison/
Morton (R)
1889Job Adams Cooper (R)William Grover Smith (R)Samuel W. Jones (R)William Brisbane (NP)20R, 6D43R, 6DEdward O. Wolcott (R)Hosea
Townsend
(R)
1890
1891John Long Routt (R)William Story (R)Edward J. Eaton (R)Joseph H. Maupin (D)James N. Carlile (NP)16R, 10D32R, 17D
1892Weaver/
Field (Pop)
1893Davis Hanson Waite (Pop)David H. Nichols (Pop)Nelson O. McCless (Pop)Eugene Engley (D)Albert Nance (NP)15R, 12Pop, 8D33R, 27Pop, 5D2P
1894
1895Albert McIntire (R)Jared L. Brush (R)Albert B. McGaffey (R)Byron L. Carr (R)Harry E. Mulnix (NP)18Pop, 16R, 1D41R, 14Pop, 10D1Pop, 1R
1896Bryan/
Sewall (D/SvR)
1897Alva Adams (D)Charles H.S. Whipple (D)George W. Kephart (NP)16R, 14Pop, 4D, 1SvR33Pop, 20D, 11R, 1SvRHenry M. Teller (SvR)1Pop, 1SvR
1898
1899Charles S. Thomas (D)Francis Patrick Carney (Pop)Elmer F. Beckwith (D)David M. Campbell (D)John H. Fesler (NP)15SvR, 9Pop, 9D, 2R21D, 20Pop, 16SvR, 6R
1900Bryan/
Stevenson (D)
1901James Bradley Orman (D)David C. Coates (D)David A. Mills (D)Charles C. Post (R)James N. Chipley (NP)19D, 7Pop, 6SvR, 2R, 137D, 13Pop, 8SvR, 7RThomas M. Patterson (D)
1902Warren A. Haggott (R)
1903James Hamilton Peabody (R)Jesse Fuller McDonald (R)James Cowie (R)Nathan C. Miller (R)Whitney Newton (NP)24D, 11R36R, 29DHenry M. Teller (D)2R, 1D
19043RRoosevelt/
Fairbanks (R)
1905Alva Adams (D)Arthur Cornforth (D)John A. Holmbert (NP)19R, 16D
James Hamilton Peabody (R)Jesse Fuller McDonald (R)
Jesse Fuller McDonald (R)Fred W. Parks (R)
1906
1907Henry Augustus Buchtel (R)Erastus Harper (R)Timothy O'Connor (R)William H. Dickson (R)Alfred E. Bent (NP)24R, 11D46R, 19DSimon Guggenheim (R)
1908Bryan/
Kern (D)
1909John F. Shafroth (D)Stephen R. Fitzgarrald (D)James B. Pearce (D)John T. Barnett (D)W. J. Galligan (NP)20D, 15R53D, 12RCharles J. Hughes Jr. (D)3D
1910
1911Benjamin Griffith (R)Roady Kenehan (NP)26D, 9R40D, 25Rvacant
1912Wilson/
Marshall (D)
1913Elias M. Ammons (D)Fred Farrar (D)M. A. Leddy (NP)24D, 11R48D, 17RJohn F. Shafroth (D)Charles S. Thomas (D)4D
1914
1915George Alfred Carlson (R)Moses E. Lewis (R)John E. Ramer (R)Allison Stocker (NP)18R, 17D36R, 29D3D, 1R
1916
1917Julius Caldeen Gunter (D)James Pulliam (D)James R. Noland (D)Leslie E. Hubbard (D)Robert H. Higgins (NP)18D, 17R45D, 20R
1918
1919Oliver Henry Shoup (R)George Stephan (R)Victor E. Keyes (R)Harry E. Mulnix (NP)21D, 14R41R, 24DLawrence C. Phipps (R)3R, 1D
1920Harding/
Coolidge (R)
1921Earl Cooley (R)Carl Miliken (R)Arthur Strong (NP)24R, 11D58R, 7DSamuel D. Nicholson (R)
1922
1923William Ellery Sweet (D)Robert F. Rockwell (R)Russel W. Fleming (D)Harry E. Mulnix (NP)33R, 32DAlva B. Adams (D)
1924Wayne C. Williams (D)Rice W. Means (R)Coolidge/
Dawes (R)
1925Clarence Morley (R)Sterling Byrd Lacy (D)William Boatright (R)W. D. MacGinnis (NP)21R, 14D53R, 12D
1926
1927Billy Adams (D)George Milton Corlett (R)Charles Armstrong (R)Harry E. Mulnix (NP)20R, 15D43R, 22DCharles W. Waterman (R)2R, 2D
1928Herbert Fairall (NP)Hoover/
Curtis (R)
1929Robert E. Winbourn (R)W. D. MacGinnis (NP)24R, 11D46R, 19D3R, 1D
1930John S. Underwood (R)
1931Edwin C. Johnson (D)Clarence L. Ireland (R)John M. Jackson (NP)22R, 13D34D, 31REdward P. Costigan (D)
1932Walter Walker (D)Roosevelt/
Garner (D)
1933Edwin C. Johnson (D)Ray Herbert Talbot (D)Paul P. Prosser (D)Homer Bedford (D)26D, 9R54D, 11RKarl C. Schuyler (R)4D
1934Alva B. Adams (D)
1935James Carr (D)Charles Armstrong (R)29D, 6R50D, 15R
1936George Saunders (D)Byron G. Rogers (D)
1937Ray Herbert Talbot (D)vacantHomer Bedford (D)Edwin C. Johnson (D)
Teller Ammons (D)Frank J. Hayes (D)
1938
1939Ralph Lawrence Carr (R)John Charles Vivian (R)Charles Armstrong (R)23D, 12R37R, 28D
1940Willkie/
McNary (R)
1941Walter Morrison (R)Gail L. Ireland (R)Homer Bedford (D)18D, 17REugene Millikin (R)3R, 1D
1942
1943John Charles Vivian (R)William Eugene Higby (R)Leon Lavington (R)23R, 12D55R, 10D4R
1944Dewey/
Bricker (R)
1945H. Lawrence Hinkley (R)Homer Bedford (D)27R, 8D46R, 19D
1946
1947William Lee Knous (D)Homer L. Pearson (D)Rodney Anderson (R)3R, 1D
1948Truman/
Barkley (D)
1949Walter Walford Johnson (D)George Baker (D)John W. Metzger (D)Homer Bedford (D)19R, 16D39D, 26R3D, 1R
1950
Walter Walford Johnson (D)Charles P. Murphy (R)
1951Daniel I. J. Thornton (R)Gordon Allott (R)Duke W. Dunbar (R)Earl E. Ewing (R)20R, 15D47R, 18D2D, 2R
1952Eisenhower/
Nixon (R)
1953Homer Bruce (R)Homer Bedford (D)23R, 12D45R, 20D
1954
1955Edwin C. Johnson (D)Stephen McNichols (D)George Baker (D)Earl E. Ewing (R)20R, 15D38R, 27DGordon Allott (R)
1956
1957Stephen McNichols (D)Frank L. Hays (R)Homer Bedford (D)21D, 14R38D, 27RJohn A. Carroll (D)
1958
1959Robert Lee Knous (D)Tim Armstrong (D)22D, 13R44D, 21R3D, 1R
1960Nixon/
Lodge (R)
196119D, 16R33D, 32R2D, 2R
1962
1963John Arthur Love (R)Bryon A. Anderson (R)Homer Bedford (D)20R, 15D41R, 24DPeter H. Dominick (R)
1964Johnson/
Humphrey (D)
196542D, 23R4D
1966
1967Mark Anthony Hogan (D)Virginia Neal Blue (R)37R, 28D3D, 1R
1968Nixon/
Agnew (R)
196924R, 11D38R, 27D
1970
Julia Swearingen (R)
1971John D. Vanderhoof (R)Palmer Burch (R)21R, 14D2D, 2R
1972
197322R, 13D37R, 28DFloyd Haskell (D)3R, 2D
John D. Vanderhoof (R)Ted L. Strickland (R)John P. Moore (R)
1974Mary Estill Buchanan (R)
1975Richard Lamm (D)George L. Brown (D)J.D. MacFarlane (D)Sam Brown (D)19R, 16D39D, 26RGary Hart (D)3D, 2R
1976Ford/
Dole (R)
1977Roy Romer (D)18R, 17D35R, 30D
1978
1979Nancy E. Dick (D)22R, 13D38R, 27DWilliam L. Armstrong (R)
1980Reagan/
Bush (R)
198139R, 26D
1982
1983Natalie Meyer (R)Duane Woodard (R)40R, 25D3D, 3R
1984
198524R, 11D48R, 17D4R, 2D
1986
1987Roy Romer (D)Mike Callihan (D)Duane Woodard (D)Gail Schoettler (D)25R, 10D41R, 24DTim Wirth (D)3R, 3D
1988Bush/
Quayle (R)
198924R, 11D40R, 25D
1990
1991Gale Norton (R)23R, 12D38R, 27DHank Brown (R)
1992Clinton/
Gore (D)
199319R, 16D34R, 31DBen Nighthorse
Campbell
(D)
4R, 2D
1994Samuel H. Cassidy (D)
1995Gail Schoettler (D)Victoria Buckley (R)Bill Owens (R)41R, 24DBen Nighthorse
Campbell
(R)
1996Dole/
Kemp (R)
199720R, 15DWayne Allard (R)
1998
1999Bill Owens (R)Joe Rogers (R)Ken Salazar (D)Mike Coffman (R)21R, 14D39R, 26D
Donetta Davidson (R)
2000Bush/
Cheney (R)
200118D, 17R38R, 27D
2002
2003Jane E. Norton (R)18R, 17D37R, 28D5R, 2D
2004
2005John Suthers (R)18D, 17R35D, 30RKen Salazar (D)4R, 3D
Gigi Dennis (R)Mark Hillman (R)
2006
Mike Coffman (R)
2007Bill Ritter (D)Barbara O'Brien (D)Mike Coffman (R)Cary Kennedy (D)20D, 15R39D, 26R4D, 3R
2008Obama/
Biden (D)
2009Bernie Buescher (D)21D, 14R38D, 27RMark Udall (D)Michael Bennet (D)5D, 2R
2010
2011John Hickenlooper (D)Joseph Garcia (D)Scott Gessler (R)Walker Stapleton (R)20D, 15R33R, 32D4R, 3D
2012
201337D, 28R
201418D, 17R
2015Wayne W. Williams (R)Cynthia Coffman (R)18R, 17D34D, 31RCory Gardner (R)
2016Clinton/
Kaine (D)
Donna Lynne (D)
201737D, 28R
2018
2019Jared Polis (D)Dianne Primavera (D)Jena Griswold (D)Phil Weiser (D)Dave Young (D)19D, 16R41D, 24R4D, 3R
2020Biden/
Harris (D)
202120D, 15RJohn Hickenlooper (D)
202221D, 14R
202323D, 12R46D, 19R5D, 3R
2024

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