2024 Colorado Senate election

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2024 Colorado Senate election
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18 of the 35 seats in the Colorado Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Steve Fenberg
(term-limited)		 Paul Lundeen
Party Democratic Republican
Leader sinceFebruary 22, 2022January 9, 2023
Leader's seat 18th – Boulder 9th – Colorado Springs
Last election23 seats, 49.05%12 seats, 50.27% [a]
Seats before2312
Seats after2312
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote817,303594,858
Percentage56.35%41.01%
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Results:
     Democratic hold     Democratic gain
     Republican hold     Republican gain
     No election
President of the Senate before election

Steve Fenberg
Democratic

Elected President of the Senate

James Coleman
Democratic

The 2024 Colorado Senate elections took place on November 5, 2024, with the primary elections being held on June 25, 2024. [1] Voters in 18 out of the 35 districts of the state Senate elected their representative for a four-year term. [2] This election coincided with other Colorado elections of the same year and the biennial United States elections.

Contents

Background

In the 2020 US Presidential Election, Joe Biden won 25 districts, while Donald Trump won 10. Republicans represented three districts where Biden had won in 2020: District 6 (Biden +2.18%), represented by Cleave Simpson; District 12 (Biden +3.61%), represented by Bob Gardner; and District 30 (Biden +1.47%), represented by Kevin Van Winkle. Additionally, one Democrat, Kevin Priola, represented District 13, which Trump won by 3.78%.

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Retirements

Democrats

  1. District 13: Kevin Priola is term-limited. [3]
  2. District 14: Joann Ginal is term-limited. [3]
  3. District 18: Steve Fenberg is term-limited. [3]
  4. District 19: Rachel Zenzinger is term-limited (ran for Jefferson County Commission). [3] [4]
  5. District 28: Rhonda Fields is term-limited (ran for Arapahoe County Commission). [3] [5]

Republicans

  1. District 2: Jim Smallwood is term-limited. [3]
  2. District 5: Perry Will retired to run for Garfield County Commission. [6]
  3. District 12: Bob Gardner is term-limited. [3]

Predictions

Statewide

SourceRankingAs of
CNalysis [7] Solid DAugust 10, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8] Safe DJune 18, 2024

Competitive districts

District IncumbentLast Result CNalysis [9]
October 13, 2024
5th Perry Will N/A [b] Tilt R
6th Cleave Simpson 60.12% RTossup
12th Bob Gardner 58.35% RLean D (flip)
13th Kevin Priola 50.84% R [c] Very Likely R (flip)

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 12, 1.35%
  2. District 21, 2.22%
  3. District 16, 4.31%
  4. District 5, 4.46%

Results by district

District 2 • District 5 • District 6 • District 10 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 26 • District 28 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 [11] [12]

District 2

2024 Colorado Senate election, 2nd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lisa Frizell 63,181 60.68%
Democratic Jennifer Brady38,26136.75%
Libertarian Caryn Ann Harlos2,6722.57%
Total votes104,114 100%
Republican hold

District 5

2024 Colorado Senate election, 5th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marc Catlin 46,310 52.23%
Democratic Cole Buerger42,35747.77%
Total votes88,667 100%
Republican hold

District 6

2024 Colorado Senate election, 6th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Cleave Simpson (incumbent) 52,131 55.91%
Democratic Vivian Smotherman41,10844.09%
Total votes93,239 100%
Republican hold

District 10

2024 Colorado Senate election, 10th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Larry Liston (incumbent) 49,886 57.05%
Democratic Ryan Howard Lucas34,35239.29%
Libertarian John Hjersman3,1983.66%
Total votes87,436 100%
Republican hold

District 12

2024 Colorado Senate election, 12th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Marc Snyder 36,971 48.90%
Republican Stan VanderWerf35,87247.45%
Libertarian John Michael Angle2,7553.64%
Total votes75,598 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

District 13

2024 Colorado Senate election, 13th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Bright 34,045 56.64%
Democratic Matt Johnston26,06043.36%
Total votes60,105 100%
Republican gain from Democratic

District 14

2024 Colorado Senate election, 14th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Cathy Kipp 58,742 68.24%
Republican Phoebe McWilliams24,08527.98%
Libertarian Jeffrey Brosius3,2593.79%
Total votes86,086 100%
Democratic hold

District 16

2024 Colorado Senate election, 16th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Kolker (incumbent) 53,740 52.15%
Republican Robyn Carnes49,30247.84%
Libertarian Bennett Rutledge (write-in)120.01%
Total votes103,054 100%
Democratic hold

District 17

2024 Colorado Senate election, 17th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sonya Jaquez Lewis (incumbent) 63,308 66.77%
Republican Tom Van Lone31,50933.23%
Total votes94,817 100%
Democratic hold

District 18

2024 Colorado Senate election, 18th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Judy Amabile 73,150 90.47%
Unity Gary Swing7,7049.53%
Total votes80,854 100%
Democratic hold

District 19

2024 Colorado Senate election, 19th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lindsey Daugherty 54,900 56.13%
Republican Sam Bandimere40,59641.51%
Libertarian Ryan VanGundy2,3052.36%
Total votes97,801 100%
Democratic hold

District 21

2024 Colorado Senate election, 21st District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dafna Michaelson Jenet (incumbent) 33,438 51.11%
Republican Frederick Alfred Jr31,98248.89%
Total votes65,420 100%
Democratic hold

District 23

2024 Colorado Senate election, 23rd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Barbara Kirkmeyer (incumbent) 75,608 97.76%
Democratic Joseph Bobko (write-in)1,7312.24%
Total votes77,339 100%
Republican hold

District 26

2024 Colorado Senate election, 26th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jeff Bridges (incumbent) 48,296 62.03%
Republican Bob Lane27,75635.65%
Unity Meredith Ryan1,8062.32%
Total votes77,858 100%
Democratic hold

District 28

2024 Colorado Senate election, 28th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Weissman 35,064 63.51%
Republican Pedro Espinoza20,14336.49%
Total votes55,207 100%
Democratic hold

District 29

2024 Colorado Senate election, 29th District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Janet Buckner (incumbent) 45,658 100%
Total votes45,658 100%
Democratic hold

District 31

2024 Colorado Senate election, 31st District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Hansen (incumbent) 75,769 83.92%
Libertarian David Aitken14,51516.08%
Total votes90,284 100%
Democratic hold

District 33

2024 Colorado Senate election, 33rd District
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic James Coleman (incumbent) 56,129 81.84%
Republican Max Minnig12,45218.16%
Total votes68,581 100%
Democratic hold

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Although the Democratic Party won the majority of seats, the Republican Party won the popular vote.
  2. ↑ Will was appointed to his seat following the resignation of Bob Rankin. [10]
  3. ↑ Priola switched parties in 2021 after the January 6 United States Capitol attack.

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  2. ↑ "Senate Term Limits". Colorado General Assembly.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Term Limit Information for Members of the Colorado Senate" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
  4. ↑ Goodland, Marianne (November 9, 2023). "State Sen. Rachel Zenzinger will run for Jefferson County commission". Colorado Politics . Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  5. ↑ Wilson, Sara (July 20, 2023). "State Sen. Rhonda Fields running for Arapahoe County commissioner". Colorado Newsline . Retrieved May 6, 2024.
  6. ↑ Wenzler, Elliott (January 26, 2024). "State Sen. Perry Will won't run for re-election, instead kicks off county commissioner bid". Glenwood Springs Post Independent . Retrieved May 6, 2024.
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