A general election was held in the
U.S. state
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of
Colorado
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on November 8, 2022. All of Colorado's executive officers were up for election, as well as all of Colorado's seats in the
United States House of Representatives
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, and Colorado's
U.S. Senate
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seat currently occupied by
Michael Bennet
Michael Farrand Bennet (born November 28, 1964) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Colorado, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed t ...
.
The
Colorado Democratic Party
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The governing body of the party is the State Central Committee, which consi ...
had a very successful election, sweeping every single statewide race by a double-digit margin. The party
easily maintained control of the state’s Class 3
U.S. Senate
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seat and all state executive offices,
including the governorship. Democrats expanded their supermajorities in both chambers of the
general assembly
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and won five of eight
U.S. House
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districts (including winning the newly drawn
8th district in an upset, and nearly flipping the Republican-leaning
3rd district in an unexpectedly close result).
The lopsided results were described by many as a “
blue wave”, with one Republican strategist labeling it an "utter annihilation". After unexpectedly losing his own race, Republican state representative
Colin Larson lamented that “Colorado Republicans need to take this and learn the lesson that the party is dead. This was an extinction-level event.”
United States Senate election
Democratic incumbent
Michael Bennet
Michael Farrand Bennet (born November 28, 1964) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Colorado, a seat he has held since 2009. A member of the Democratic Party, he was appointed t ...
was re-elected to a third term full term against
Republican
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Joe O'Dea. Bennet won with 55.9% of the vote.
U.S. House of Representatives
Congressional District 1
Incumbent Democrat
Diana DeGette
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won re-election against Republican Jennifer Qualteri. DeGette was re-elected with 80.3% of the vote.
Congressional District 2
Incumbent Democrat
Joe Neguse
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won re-election against Republican Marshall Dawson. Neguse was re-elected with 70.0% of the vote.
Congressional District 3
Incumbent Republican
Lauren Boebert
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won re-election against Democrat
Adam Frisch
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. Boebert was re-elected with 50.1% of the vote.
Congressional District 4
Incumbent Republican
Ken Buck
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won re-election against Democrat Ike McCorkle. Buck was re-elected with 60.9% of the vote.
Congressional District 5
Incumbent Republican
Doug Lamborn
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won re-election against Democrat David Torres. Lamborn was re-elected with 56.0% of the vote.
Congressional District 6
Incumbent Democrat
Jason Crow won re-election against Republican Steven Monahan. Crow was re-elected with 60.6% of the vote.
Congressional District 7
Incumbent Democrat
Ed Perlmutter
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retired. Democrat
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 ...
defeated Republican Erik Aadland. Pettersen was elected with 56.4% of the vote.
Congressional District 8
Colorado gained a congressional district after the
2020 Census. Democrat
Yadira Caraveo
Yadira D. Caraveo (born December 23, 1980) is an American politician and pediatrician serving as the U.S. representative for Colorado's 8th congressional district since 2023. A Democrat, she is Colorado's first Latina member of Congress.
Carave ...
defeated Republican
Barbara Kirkmeyer
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. Caraveo was elected with 48.4% of the vote to Kirkmeyer's 47.7%.
Governor and lieutenant governor
Democratic incumbent
Jared Polis
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was re-elected to a second term against
Republican
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Heidi Ganahl
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. Polis won with 58.5% of the vote.
Attorney General
Incumbent Democrat
Phil Weiser
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won re-election against Republican John Kellner. Weiser was re-elected with 54.7% of the vote.
Secretary of State
Incumbent Democrat
Jena Griswold
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won re-election against Republican Pam Anderson. Griswold was re-elected with 55.1% of the vote.
Treasurer
Incumbent Democrat
Dave Young won re-election against Republican
Lang Sias
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. Young was re-elected with 53.7% of the vote.
State Board of Education
Congressional District 5
Incumbent Republican Steve Durham won re-election against Democrat Joseph Shelton. Durham was re-elected with 58.39% of the vote.
Congressional District 6
Incumbent Democrat Rebecca McClellan won re-election against Republican Molly Lamar. McClellan was re-elected with 58.28% of the vote.
Congressional District 8
The creation of a new congressional district created a new seat on the State Board of Education. Democrat Rhonda Solis defeated Republican Peggy Propst. Solis was elected with 49.28% of the vote to Propst's 48.46%.
At-Large
During periods in which there are an even number of congressional districts (such as there will be for the 2022 election), the Colorado State Board of Education features an at-large member in order to retain an odd number of members and avoid ties. During the period in which there were six congressional districts, current governor Jared Polis most recently held this position.
Democrat Kathy Plomer defeated Republican Dan Maloit with 53.43% of the vote.
CU Regent
Congressional District 1
Incumbent Democrat Jack Kroll did not run for re-election. Democrat
Wanda James defeated Republican Amy Naes with 78.61% of the vote.
Congressional District 4
Incumbent Sue Sharkey is term limited and ineligible to run for re-election. Republican
Frank McNulty defeated Democrat Jack Barrington with 63.96% of the vote.
Congressional District 5
Incumbent Republican Ken Montera defeated Democrat Ron Casados with 60.39% of the vote.
Congressional District 8
The creation of a new Congressional district created a new seat on the Board of CU Regents. Because there must be nine members of the Board, one seat was eliminated to make room for the new one, the at-large seat currently held by Heidi Ganahl.
Republican Mark VanDriel defeated Democrat Yolanda Ortega with 51.68% of the vote.
Colorado Ballot Measures
Amendments
А 55% supermajority was required to pass amendments D, E, and F.
Propositions
References
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