The 2018 Colorado House of Representatives elections took place as part of the

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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

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. The Colorado Reapportionment Commission provides a statewide map of the state Hous
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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

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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

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switched parties to

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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

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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. *

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 *

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 *

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 * Dave Young (D), District 50 *

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

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 *

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) * Justin Everett (R), District 22 (Ran for Treasurer) * Jessie Danielson (D), District 24 (Ran for State Senate) *

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) * Joseph Salazar (D), District 31 (Ran for Attorney General) *

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) * Polly Lawrence (R), District 39 (Ran for Treasurer) *

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 * Dan Thurlow (R), District 55 (Ran for State Senate) *

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

* Paul Rosenthal (D), District 9

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%: * * gain * gain * gain * * * gain *

Detailed Results

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District 62

*The

's website does not report any votes for the Republicans in the 62nd House district Primary election.

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District 65

References

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