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 20th Senate district is one of 35 districts in the

Colorado Senate The Colorado State Senate is the upper house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Colorado. It is composed of 35 members elected from single-member districts, with each district having a population of abou ...

. It has been represented by

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Lisa Cutter Lisa Ann Cutter (born October 14, 1963) is an American politician and a member of the Colorado Senate who represents District 20. The 20th senate district includes all or part of the communities of Lakewood, Dakota Ridge, Arvada, Fairmount an ...

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

Jessie Danielson Jessie Danielson is an American politician from the Colorado, State of Colorado. She is an elected member of the Colorado Senate, Colorado State Senate representing Colorado's 22nd Senate district, District 22 after being redistricted from Colorad ...

and

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Cheri Jahn.

Geography

District 20 covers the immediate western suburbs of Denver in Jefferson County, including Applewood, Wheat Ridge, and parts of Arvada and Lakewood. The district is largely based in

Colorado's 7th congressional district Colorado's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Colorado. Formerly located only in the northeast part of the state, the district now encompasses the western parts of the Denver metropolitan area, including ...

, with small pieces extending into the

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and 2nd congressional districts. It overlaps with the 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 27th, and 28th districts of the

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 distri ...

Recent election results

Colorado state senators are elected to staggered four-year terms; under normal circumstances, the 20th district holds elections in midterm years. The 2022 election will be the first held under the state's new district lines.

2022

Thanks to redistricting, Senator

Rachel Zenzinger Rachel Zenzinger (born 1974) is an American politician from the state of Colorado. A Democrat, Zenzinger is the Jefferson County Commissioner for District 1. She has also represented the 19th district of the Colorado Senate beginning in 2017, s ...

Geography

Recent election results

2022

Historical election results

2018

2014

Federal and statewide results

References