Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...

's 11th Senate district is one of 35 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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Tony Exum Thomas Exum Sr. (born June 16, 1952) is an American politician who is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic member of the Colorado Senate. He represents Colorado's 11th Senate district, District 11, which includes all or parts of Colora ...

since 2023. Prior to redistricting the district was represented by Democrats

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and Michael Merrifield.

Geography

District 11 is based in central

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in El Paso County, also stretching to cover the nearby communities of

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and Stratmoor. The district is located entirely within

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, and overlaps with the 17th, 18th, and 20th districts of the

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Recent election results

Colorado state senators are elected to staggered four-year terms; under normal circumstances, the 11th district holds elections in midterm years.

2022

The 2022 election will be the first one held under the state's new district lines. Democratic incumbent

now lives in the 12th district, meaning he won't be able to run for the Senate at all in 2022, and 2nd district Republican senator Dennis Hisey is running in the 11th district instead.

Historical election results

2018

2014

2013 recall

In 2013, an attempt to recall incumbent Democrat John Morse over his support for gun control legislation was successful, resulting in the election of Republican Bernie Herpin.

Federal and statewide results

References

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