The 2022 Colorado Senate elections took place on November 8, 2022, along with elections in the State House of Representatives, with the primary elections held on June 28, 2022.[1] Voters in 17 out of the 35 districts of the Colorado Senate elected their representative for a four-year term.[2] It coincided with other Colorado elections of the same year and the biennial United States elections.
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Democrats gained two seats increasing their majority to 23 out of 35 seats, with one seat shy of an outright supermajority.[3] Despite winning a majority of the votes cast, the Republican Party only won 6 of the 17 seats up for election.
Background edit
In the previous state Senate election (2020), the Democrats increased their majority to 5 seats. In August 2022, Republican Sen. Kevin Priola announced he was changing his party affiliation to Democratic.[4] Therefore, for Democrats to lose their absolute majority in the Senate in this election, Republicans and other parties would need to gain at least 4 more seats.
This will be the first election with the districts drawn based on the 2020 census.[5] Due to this, some districts do not have incumbents, as they chose to run in other districts that are not up for election in 2022.
Incumbents not seeking re-election edit
One Democratic and four Republican incumbents are term-limited and prohibited from seeking a consecutive third term. Under the laws for the state Senate, for terms to be considered non-consecutive, there needs to be a gap of at least 4 years between them.[2]
Democrats edit
- District 5: Kerry Donovan was term-limited.
- District 11: Pete Lee retired.
- District 16: Tammy Story retired to run for state representative from District 25.
- District 22: Brittany Pettersen retired to run for U. S. representative from Colorado's 7th congressional district.
Republicans edit
- District 1: Jerry Sonnenberg was term-limited.
- District 6: Don Coram retired to run for U. S. representative from Colorado's 3rd congressional district.
- District 7: Ray Scott was term-limited.
- District 13: John Cooke was term-limited.
- District 30: Chris Holbert was term-limited, then resigned on May 31, 2022.
Predictions edit
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball[6] | Likely D | May 19, 2022 |
Results edit
District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Party | ||
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1 | Jerry Sonnenberg† | Rep | Byron Pelton | Rep | ||
3 | Nick Hinrichsen | Dem | Nick Hinrichsen | Dem | ||
4 | Jim Smallwood | Rep | Mark Baisley | Rep | ||
7 | Ray Scott† | Rep | Janice Rich | Rep | ||
8 | Bob Rankin | Rep | Dylan Roberts | Dem | ||
9 | Paul Lundeen | Rep | Paul Lundeen | Rep | ||
11 | Pete Lee† | Dem | Tony Exum | Dem | ||
Dennis Hisey | Rep | |||||
15 | Rob Woodward | Rep | Janice Marchman | Dem | ||
20 | Rachael Zenzinger | Dem | Lisa A. Cutter | Dem | ||
22 | Jessie Danielson | Dem | Jessie Danielson | Dem | ||
Brittany Pettersen† | ||||||
24 | No incumbent | Kyle Mullica | Dem | |||
25 | Faith Winter | Dem | Faith Winter | Dem | ||
27 | Chris Kolker | Dem | Tom Sullivan | Dem | ||
30 | Kevin Van Winkle | Rep | Kevin Van Winkle | Rep | ||
32 | Robert Rodriguez | Dem | Robert Rodriguez | Dem | ||
34 | Julie Gonzales | Dem | Julie Gonzales | Dem | ||
35 | Cleave Simpson | Rep | Rod Pelton | Rep |
† - Incumbent not seeking re-election
Italics - Incumbent redistricted to different district
Bold - gain
Closest races edit
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- District 15, 1.2% gain
- District 3, 2.58%
- District 11, 5.46% gain
- District 30, 7.64%
- District 27, 9.78%
Detailed results edit
District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 16 • District 20 • District 22 • District 24 • District 30 • District 32 • District 34 |
District 1 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Byron Pelton | 23,142 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 23,142 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Byron Pelton | 53,199 | 100% | |
Total votes | 53,199 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
District 3 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nick Hinrichsen (incumbent) | 15,560 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 15,560 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Stephen Varela | 13,130 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,130 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Nick Hinrichsen (incumbent) | 33,795 | 51.29% | ||
Republican | Stephen Varela | 32,090 | 48.71% | ||
Total votes | 65,885 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold |
District 4 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeff Ravage | 13,811 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,811 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark Baisley | 26,887 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 26,887 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Mark Baisley | 55,595 | 60.84% | ||
Democratic | Jeff Ravage | 35,789 | 39.16% | ||
Total votes | 91,384 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 7 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Janice Rich | 28,026 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 28,026 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | David Stahlke | 8,694 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 8,694 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Janice Rich | 52,696 | 70.06% | ||
Democratic | David Stahlke | 22,520 | 29.94% | ||
Total votes | 75,216 | 100% | |||
Republican hold |
District 8 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Matt Solomon | 13,492 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,492 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Dylan Roberts | 12,661 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 12,661 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dylan Roberts | 40,765 | 55.70 | |
Republican | Matt Solomon | 32,427 | 44.30 | |
Total votes | 73,192 | 100.00% |
District 9 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Arik Dougherty | 10,968 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 10,968 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Paul Lundeen (incumbent) | 15,385 | 69.7 | |
Republican | Lynda Zamora Wilson | 6,675 | 30.3 | |
Total votes | 22,060 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Paul Lundeen (incumbent) | 50,266 | 62.31 | |
Democratic | Arik Dougherty | 28,327 | 35.12 | |
Libertarian | Stephen Darnell | 2,075 | 2.57 | |
Total votes | 80,668 | 100.00% |
District 11 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Exum | 3,990 | 54.6 | |
Democratic | Yolanda L. Avila | 3,318 | 45.4 | |
Total votes | 7,308 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Dennis Hisey (incumbent) | 8,946 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 8,946 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tony Exum | 20,258 | 49.94 | |
Republican | Dennis Hisey (incumbent) | 18,042 | 44.48 | |
Libertarian | Daryl Kuiper | 2,264 | 5.58 | |
Total votes | 40,564 | 100.00 |
District 15 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Janice Marchman | 16,593 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 16,593 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rob Woodward (incumbent) | 19,942 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 19,942 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rob Woodward (incumbent) | 42,054 | 49.4 | |
Democratic | Janice Marchman | 43,068 | 50.6 | |
Total votes | 85,122 | 100 |
District 20 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lisa Cutter | 17,450 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 17,450 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tim Walsh | 17,691 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 17,691 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lisa Cutter | |||
Republican | Tim Walsh | |||
Total votes |
District 22 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jessie Danielson (incumbent) | 16,478 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 16,478 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Colby Drechsel | 10,257 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 10,257 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jessie Danielson (incumbent) | |||
Republican | Colby Drechsel | |||
Total votes |
District 24 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Courtney Potter | 9,642 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 9,642 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kyle Mullica | 11,499 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 11,499 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Kyle Mullica | |||
Republican | Courtney Potter | |||
Total votes |
District 25 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Melody Peotter | 12,038 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 12,038 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Faith Winter (incumbent) | 16,842 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 16,842 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Faith Winter (incumbent) | 43,435 | 61.49 | |
Republican | Melody Peotter | 23,207 | 38.51 | |
Total votes | 66,642 | 100.0 |
District 27 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Tom Kim | 8,129 | 70.2 | |
Republican | JulieMarie A. Shepherd Macklin | 3,447 | 29.8 | |
Total votes | 11,576 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tom Sullivan | 13,209 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,209 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Tom Sullivan | |||
Republican | Tom Kim | |||
Total votes |
District 30 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Kevin Van Winkle (incumbent) | 19,925 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 19,925 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Braeden Miguel | 13,290 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 13,290 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Kevin Van Winkle (incumbent) | |||
Democratic | Braeden Miguel | |||
Total votes |
District 32 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dean Flanders | 5,520 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 5,520 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert Rodriguez (incumbent) | 18,157 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 18,157 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Robert Rodriguez (incumbent) | |||
Republican | Dean Flanders | |||
Total votes |
District 34 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Julie Gonzales (incumbent) | 17,279 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 17,279 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Julie Gonzales (incumbent) | 100.0 | ||
Total votes | 100.0 |
District 35 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Rod Pelton | 29,062 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 29,062 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Travis Nelson | 8,691 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 8,691 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Travis Nelson | |||
Republican | Rod Pelton | |||
Total votes |
References edit
- ^ "2022 Election Calendar" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State.
- ^ a b "Senate Term Limits". Colorado General Assembly.
- ^ "Colorado's Democratic supermajority talks spending before session starts". KUSA.com. January 4, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ Edwards, Jonathan (August 23, 2022). "After decades in GOP, Colo. senator says: 'We need Democrats in charge'". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
- ^ Verlee, Megan (November 15, 2021). "Colorado officially has new state legislative maps". CPR News. Colorado Public Radio.
- ^ Jacobson, Louis (May 19, 2022). "The Battle for State Legislatures". Retrieved May 19, 2022.