Colorado Democratic Party

Last updated
Colorado Democratic Party
Chairperson Shad Murib
Governor Jared Polis
Lieutenant Governor Dianne Primavera
Senate President Steve Fenberg
House Speaker Julie McCluskie
Headquarters Denver, Colorado
Membership (2024)Increase2.svg 1,022,195 [1]
Ideology Modern liberalism
National affiliation Democratic Party
Colors  Blue
U.S. Senate
2 / 2
U.S. House
5 / 8
Statewide offices
5 / 5
Colorado Senate
23 / 35
Colorado House of Representatives
46 / 65
Colorado State Board of Education
6 / 9
University of Colorado Board of Regents
5 / 9
Website
www.coloradodems.org

The Colorado Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Colorado. Shad Murib serves as its chair. [2]

Contents

The governing body of the party is the State Central Committee, which consists of the chair and vice chair of the county Democratic Party in each of Colorado's 64 counties and "bonus" members for larger counties. In each odd-numbered year, county parties elect officers in February followed by the state party which elects its officers in March.

It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and all statewide executive offices, including the governorship. The Democrats also have a supermajority in the Colorado House of Representatives, and hold a majority of its U.S. House districts.

Responsibilities

The Colorado Democratic Party manages and oversees statewide coordinated campaigns and is responsible for arranging and staging the state convention in Presidential years and the state assembly every two years. The state convention selects delegates to the Democratic National Convention and Colorado's Presidential electors. The state's assemblies designate candidates for statewide, congressional, district attorneys, state legislative and county offices, including the offices of Governor, Attorney-General, Secretary of State, Treasurer, C.U. Regent At-Large, Board of Education Director At Large, and United States Senator. The party also adopts its platform at the state convention.

Current elected officials

Democrats hold all of the state's five statewide offices, a majority in the Colorado House of Representatives and a majority in the Colorado Senate. The party also holds both of the state's U.S. Senate seats and five of its eight U.S. House of Representatives seats.

Members of Congress

U.S. Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

DistrictMemberPhoto
1st Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette official photo (cropped).jpg
2nd Joe Neguse
Joe Neguse, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg
6th Jason Crow
Jason Crow, official portrait, 116th Congress.jpg
7th Brittany Pettersen
Rep. Brittany Pettersen 118th Congress.jpg
8th Yadira Caraveo
Rep. Yadira Caraveo - 118th Congress.jpg

Statewide offices

Legislative leadership

Municipal

The following Democrats hold prominent mayoralties in Colorado:

Election results

Presidential

Colorado Democratic Party presidential election results
ElectionPresidential TicketVotesVote %Electoral votesResult
1876 Samuel J. Tilden/Thomas A. Hendricks No popular vote
0 / 3
Lost
1880 Winfield S. Hancock/William H. English 24,64746.03%
0 / 3
Lost
1884 Grover Cleveland/Thomas A. Hendricks 27,72341.68%
0 / 3
Won
1888 Grover Cleveland/Allen G. Thurman 37,54940.84%
0 / 3
Lost
1892 State party endorsed James B. Weaver/James G. Field (Populist)N/AN/A
0 / 4
Won
1896 William Jennings Bryan/Arthur Sewall 161,00584.95%
4 / 4
Lost
1900 William Jennings Bryan/Adlai E. Stevenson 122,73355.43%
4 / 4
Lost
1904 Alton B. Parker/Henry G. Davis 100,10541.08%
0 / 5
Lost
1908 William Jennings Bryan/John W. Kern 126,64448.00%
5 / 5
Lost
1912 Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall 114,23242.80%
6 / 6
Won
1916 Woodrow Wilson/Thomas R. Marshall 178,81660.74%
6 / 6
Won
1920 James M. Cox/Franklin D. Roosevelt 104,93635.93%
0 / 6
Lost
1924 John W. Davis/Charles W. Bryan 75,23821.98%
0 / 6
Lost
1928 Al Smith/Joseph T. Robinson 156,31933.94%
0 / 6
Lost
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner 250,87754.81%
6 / 6
Won
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt/John N. Garner 295,02160.37%
6 / 6
Won
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt/Henry A. Wallace 265,55448.37%
0 / 6
Won
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt/Harry S. Truman 234,33146.40%
0 / 6
Won
1948 Harry S. Truman/Alben W. Barkley 267,28851.88%
6 / 6
Won
1952 Adlai Stevenson/John Sparkman 245,50438.96%
0 / 6
Lost
1956 Adlai Stevenson/Estes Kefauver 263,99739.81%
0 / 6
Lost
1960 John F. Kennedy/Lyndon B. Johnson 330,62944.91%
0 / 6
Won
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson/Hubert Humphrey 476,02461.27%
6 / 6
Won
1968 Hubert Humphrey/Edmund Muskie 335,17441.32%
0 / 6
Lost
1972 George McGovern/Sargent Shriver 329,98034.59%
0 / 7
Lost
1976 Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale 460,35342.58%
0 / 7
Won
1980 Jimmy Carter/Walter Mondale 367,97331.07%
0 / 7
Lost
1984 Walter Mondale/Geraldine Ferraro 454,97435.12%
0 / 8
Lost
1988 Michael Dukakis/Lloyd Bentsen 621,45345.28%
0 / 8
Lost
1992 Bill Clinton/Al Gore 629,68140.13%
8 / 8
Won
1996 Bill Clinton/Al Gore 671,15244.43%
0 / 8
Won
2000 Al Gore/Joe Lieberman 738,22742.39%
0 / 8
Lost
2004 John Kerry/John Edwards 1,001,73247.02%
0 / 9
Lost
2008 Barack Obama/Joe Biden 1,288,63353.66%
9 / 9
Won
2012 Barack Obama/Joe Biden 1,323,10151.49%
9 / 9
Won
2016 Hillary Clinton/Tim Kaine 1,338,87048.16%
9 / 9
Lost
2020 Joe Biden/Kamala Harris 1,804,35255.40%
9 / 9
Won

Gubernatorial

Colorado Democratic Party gubernatorial election results
ElectionGubernatorial candidateVotesVote %Result
1876 Bela M. Hughes 13,31648.47%LostRed x.svg
1878 William A. H. Loveland 11,53540.30%LostRed x.svg
1880 John S. Hough23,54744.08%LostRed x.svg
1882 James Benton Grant 31,37551.07%WonGreen check.svg
1884 Alva Adams 30,74346.09%LostRed x.svg
1886 Alva Adams 29,23449.66%WonGreen check.svg
1888 Thomas M. Patterson 39,19742.64%LostRed x.svg
1890 Caldwell Yeaman35,35942.36%LostRed x.svg
1892 Joseph H. Maupin8,9449.63%LostRed x.svg
1894 Charles S. Thomas 8,3374.63%LostRed x.svg
1896 Alva Adams 87,38746.22%WonGreen check.svg
1898 Charles S. Thomas 93,96662.89%WonGreen check.svg
1900 James Bradley Orman 118,64753.78%WonGreen check.svg
1902 E. C. Stimson80,72743.21%LostRed x.svg
1904 Alva Adams 123,09250.64%WonGreen check.svg
1906 Alva Adams 74,41636.63%LostRed x.svg
1908 John F. Shafroth 130,14149.41%WonGreen check.svg
1910 John F. Shafroth 114,67651.04%WonGreen check.svg
1912 Elias M. Ammons 114,04442.91%WonGreen check.svg
1914 Thomas M. Patterson 90,64034.17%LostRed x.svg
1916 Julius Caldeen Gunter 151,91253.27%WonGreen check.svg
1918 Thomas J. Tynan102,39746.47%LostRed x.svg
1920 James M. Collins108,73837.11%LostRed x.svg
1922 William Ellery Sweet 138,09849.64%WonGreen check.svg
1924 William Ellery Sweet 151,04144.04%LostRed x.svg
1926 Billy Adams 183,34259.84%WonGreen check.svg
1928 Billy Adams 240,16067.05%WonGreen check.svg
1930 Billy Adams 197,06760.41%WonGreen check.svg
1932 Edwin C. Johnson 257,18857.23%WonGreen check.svg
1934 Edwin C. Johnson 237,02658.11%WonGreen check.svg
1936 Teller Ammons 263,31154.57%WonGreen check.svg
1938 Teller Ammons 199,56240.02%LostRed x.svg
1940 George E. Saunders245,29244.96%LostRed x.svg
1942 Homer Bedford 149,40243.41%LostRed x.svg
1944 Roy Phelix Best 236,08647.60%LostRed x.svg
1946 William Lee Knous 174,60452.11%WonGreen check.svg
1948 William Lee Knous 332,75266.33%WonGreen check.svg
1950 Walter Walford Johnson 212,97647.22%LostRed x.svg
1952 John W. Metzger 260,04442.42%LostRed x.svg
1954 Edwin C. Johnson 262,20553.56%WonGreen check.svg
1956 Stephen McNichols 331,28351.34%WonGreen check.svg
1958 Stephen McNichols 321,16558.41%WonGreen check.svg
1962 Stephen McNichols 262,89042.64%LostRed x.svg
1966 Robert Lee Knous 287,13243.50%LostRed x.svg
1970 Mark Anthony Hogan 302,43245.24%LostRed x.svg
1974 Richard Lamm 441,19953.22%WonGreen check.svg
1978 Richard Lamm 483,98558.76%WonGreen check.svg
1982 Richard Lamm 627,96065.69%WonGreen check.svg
1986 Roy Romer 616,32558.20%WonGreen check.svg
1990 Roy Romer 626,03261.89%WonGreen check.svg
1994 Roy Romer 619,20555.47%WonGreen check.svg
1998 Gail Schoettler 639,90548.43%LostRed x.svg
2002 Rollie Heath 475,37333.65%LostRed x.svg
2006 Bill Ritter 888,09557.0%WonGreen check.svg
2010 John Hickenlooper 915,43651.1%WonGreen check.svg
2014 John Hickenlooper 1,006,43349.30%WonGreen check.svg
2018 Jared Polis 1,348,88853.42%WonGreen check.svg
2022 Jared Polis 1,468,48158.5%WonGreen check.svg

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ohio Democratic Party</span> Political party in Ohio

The Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Ohio. Summit County Council President Elizabeth Walters has been the party's chairwoman since January 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kansas Republican Party</span> Kansas affiliate of the Republican Party

The Kansas Republican Party is the state affiliate political party in Kansas of the United States Republican Party. The Kansas Republican Party was organized in May 1859.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Democratic Party of Illinois</span> Political party in the United States

The Democratic Party of Illinois is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the oldest extant state party in Illinois and one of just two recognized parties in the state, along with the Republican Party. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling the majority of Illinois' U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, both houses of the state legislature, and the governorship.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michigan Democratic Party</span> Political party in Michigan

The Michigan Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Michigan. It is based in Lansing. Lavora Barnes is the party's current chair. She was previously the party's Chief Operating Officer. It is currently the state's dominant party, controlling the majority of Michigan's U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, both houses of the state legislature, and the governorship.

The Utah Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Utah. The party describes itself as a big tent party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Utah Republican Party</span> Political party

The Utah Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in the U.S. state of Utah. It is currently the dominant party in the state, and has been for almost all of its history. It currently holds Utah's entire congressional delegation, all statewide executive offices, and supermajorities in both state legislative chambers.

The Pennsylvania Republican Party (PAGOP) is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Pennsylvania. It is headquartered in Harrisburg. Its chair is Lawrence Tabas and is the second largest political party in the state behind the Pennsylvania Democratic Party.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elections in New York (state)</span>

The results of elections in the state of New York have tended to be more Democratic-leaning than in most of the United States, with in recent decades a solid majority of Democratic voters, concentrated in New York City and some of its suburbs, including Westchester County, Rockland County and Long Island's Nassau county, and in the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and Ithaca.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Democratic Party of Oregon</span> Oregon affiliate of the Democratic Party

The Democratic Party of Oregon is the Oregon affiliate of the Democratic Party. The State Central Committee, made up of two delegates elected from each of Oregon's 36 counties and one additional delegate for every 15,000 registered Democrats, is the main authoritative body of the party. The party has 17 special group caucuses which also each have representation on the State Central Committee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maryland Democratic Party</span> Political party in the U.S. state of Maryland

The Maryland Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Maryland, headquartered in Annapolis. The current acting state party chair is Kenneth Ulman. It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling all but one of Maryland's eight U.S. House seats, both U.S. Senate seats, all statewide executive offices and supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Democratic Party of Connecticut</span> Political party in Connecticut

The Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the state of Connecticut. Its chair is Nancy DiNardo.

The Delaware Democratic Party (DelDems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is headquartered in New Castle County and chaired by Erik Raser-Schramm.

The Democratic Party of Georgia (DPG) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the two major political parties in the state and is chaired by Nikema Williams.

The Nevada State Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Nevada. It has been chaired by Daniele Monroe-Moreno since March 2023.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Democratic Party of New Mexico</span> U.S. Democratic Party state party affiliate of New Mexico

The Democratic Party of New Mexico (DPNM) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is headquartered in Albuquerque and led by Chair Jessica Velasquez, Vice Chair Manny Crespin, Secretary Isaac Dakota Casados, and Treasurer Rayellen Smith.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">New York State Democratic Party</span> Affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New York

The New York State Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New York. Its headquarters are in Manhattan, and it has an office in Albany.

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is headquartered in Harrisburg and is the largest political party in the state. Its chair is Senator Sharif Street.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alabama Republican Party</span> Alabama affiliate of the Republican Party

The Alabama Republican Party is the state affiliate of the Republican Party in Alabama. It is the dominant political party in Alabama. The state party is governed by the Alabama Republican Executive Committee. The committee usually meets twice a year. As of the February 23, 2019 meeting in Birmingham, the committee is composed of 463 members. Most of the committee's members are elected in district elections across Alabama. The district members are elected in the Republican Primary once every four years, with the most recent election for the committee having been on June 5, 2018. The new committee takes office following the general election in November 2018. In addition, all 67 county GOP chairmen have automatic seats as voting members. The state chairman can appoint 10 members. Each county committee can appoint bonus members based on a formula that theoretically could add 312 seats, although that formula currently calls for only about 50 seats.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Colorado elections</span>

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Colorado on November 6, 2018. All of Colorado's executive offices and all seven of its seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election. Democrats swept the statewide offices up for election, leaving the at-large seat on the University of Colorado Board of Regents and the Class 2 U.S. Senate seat as the last statewide offices held by Republicans.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2002 Illinois elections</span>

Elections were held in Illinois on Tuesday, November 5, 2002. Primary elections were held on March 19, 2002.

References

  1. "Total Registered Voters By Party Affiliation".
  2. Fish, Sandra (2023-04-01). "Shad Murib elected Colorado Democratic Party chairman in three-way contest". The Colorado Sun . Retrieved 2023-04-11.

Further reading