The 2018 Colorado House of Representatives elections took place as part of the
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United States elections
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Colorado
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voters elected state representatives in all 65 of the state house's districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the
Colorado House of Representatives
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. The Colorado Reapportionment Commission provides a statewide map of the state Hous
here and individual district maps are available from the U.S. Censu
A primary election on June 26, 2018 determined which candidates appear on the November 6
general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the
Colorado Secretary of State
The secretary of state of Colorado is the secretary of state of the state of Colorado in the United States. The office is one of five elected constitutional offices in the state. The current secretary of state is Democrat Jena Griswold.
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's website.
Following the 2016 state House elections,
Democrats maintained effective control of the House with 37 members. However, on March 2, 2018 immediately before being expelled from the legislature in the face of sexual harassment allegations, State Representative
Steve Lebsock
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switched parties to
Republican
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. This forced his replacement to be a fellow Republican. Due to these acts, Republican seats increased from 28 to 29 (Republican Alex Winkler was seated on March 23, 2018 to represent District 34) and Democratic seats decreased from 37 to 36 by election day 2018.
On election day, Democrats expanded their majority by 5 seats, as the party also swept all statewide elections in the state. To claim control of the chamber from
Democrats, the
Republicans
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would have needed to net 4 House seats.
Summary of Results
Source:
Incumbents not seeking re-election
Term-limited incumbents
Five Democratic incumbents are term-limited and prohibited from seeking a fifth term.
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Dan Pabon
Daniel Robert Pabon (born October 18, 1977) is an American politician and lawyer from Colorado. He is a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives, having served from 2011-2019.
Biography
Pabon grew up in the same community he is no ...
(D), District 4
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Crisanta Duran
Crisanta Duran (born August 23, 1980) is a former American politician who served as the 38th Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the Colorado State Representative for the ...
(D), District 5
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Pete Lee
Sanford Edmund Lee (born October 11, 1947) is an American politician. He served in the Colorado Senate from the 11th district as a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to his tenure in the state senate he served in the Colorado House of Represen ...
(D), District 18
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Dave Young (D), District 50
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Millie Hamner
Millie Hamner is an American educator and politician who served as a member of the Colorado State House of Representatives and a former superintendent of schools for Summit County, Colorado.
Career
In December 2010, Rep. Christine Scanlan re ...
(D), District 61
Retiring incumbents
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Mike Foote
Mike Foote is an American politician and a former member of the Colorado House of Representatives who represented District 12 from January 9, 2013, to early 2019. In December 2018, Foote, a Democrat, was selected to fill the vacant State Senate ...
(D), District 12
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Paul Lundeen
Paul Lundeen is a Colorado politician and a member of the Colorado State Senate, representing District 9. Previously he served in the Colorado House of Representatives as the representative from the 19th District, which encompassed portions of ...
(R), District 19 (Ran for State Senate)
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Justin Everett (R), District 22 (Ran for Treasurer)
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Jessie Danielson (D), District 24 (Ran for State Senate)
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Brittany Pettersen
Brittany Louise Pettersen (born December 6, 1981) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative from Colorado's 7th congressional district since 2023. She previously served as a member of the Colorado Senate from the 22nd distric ...
(D), District 28 (Ran for State Senate)
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Joseph Salazar (D), District 31 (Ran for Attorney General)
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Faith Winter
Faith Winter (born May 7, 1980) is a Colorado Democratic Party, Democratic Party legislator in the U.S. State of Colorado. She represents Colorado's 25th Senate district, District 25 in the Colorado State Senate. Her district covers portions of ...
(D), District 35 (Ran for State Senate)
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Polly Lawrence (R), District 39 (Ran for Treasurer)
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Yeulin Willett
Yeulin V. Willett (born July 30, 1958) is an attorney and politician from Grand Junction, Colorado. A Republican, he represented District 54 in the Colorado House of Representatives.
Education
Willett earned an undergraduate degree in Business/Ec ...
(R), District 54
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Dan Thurlow (R), District 55 (Ran for State Senate)
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Jon Becker
Jon Jeremy Becker (born October 20, 1972) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Colorado House of Representatives representing District 65.
He attended Colorado Christian University (MBA, International Business), Col ...
(R), District 65
Eliminated at convention
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Paul Rosenthal (D), District 9
Closest races
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Detailed Results
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District 50
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District 62
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Colorado Secretary of State
The secretary of state of Colorado is the secretary of state of the state of Colorado in the United States. The office is one of five elected constitutional offices in the state. The current secretary of state is Democrat Jena Griswold.
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's website does not report any votes for the Republicans in the 62nd House district Primary election.
District 63
District 64
District 65
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United States elections, 2018
The 2018 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. These midterm elections occurred during Republican Donald Trump's term. Democrats made a net gain of 41 seats in the United States House of Representatives, gaining a majo ...
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Colorado elections, 2018
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6, 2018. All of Colorado's executive offices and all seven of its seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats swept the statewide offic ...
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Colorado gubernatorial election, 2018
The 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2018, to elect the next and the 43rd Governor of Colorado. Incumbent Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Governor John Hickenlooper was term-limited and could not seek ...
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Colorado Attorney General election, 2018
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Colorado Secretary of State election, 2018
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Colorado State Treasurer election, 2018
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Colorado State Board of Education election, 2018
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Regents of the University of Colorado election, 2018
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Colorado State Senate election, 2018
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Elections in Colorado
Elections in Colorado are held to fill various local, state and federal seats. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time.
In a 2020 study, Colorado was ranked as the 7th easiest state for citizens to vote in.
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Colorado House of Representatives
The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado. The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts, with each distr ...