Colorado's 5th State Senate district | |||
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Registration | 28.2% Democratic 27.5% Republican 42.7% No party preference | ||
Demographics | 77% White 1% Black 19% Hispanic 1% Asian 1% Other | ||
Population (2018) | 146,776 [1] | ||
Registered voters | 109,461 [2] |
Colorado's 5th Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Colorado Senate. It has been represented by Republican Perry Will since 2023 following the resignation of fellow Republican Bob Rankin. [3] Prior to redistricting the district was represented by Democrats Kerry Donovan and Gail Schwartz. [4] [5]
Since being redrawn in 2021, District 5 covers all or parts of Montrose, Delta, Hinsdale, Gunnison, Pitkin, Garfield, and Eagle Counties. There are 22 incorporated cities and towns in the District including Aspen, Basalt, Carbondale, Crawford, Crested Butte, Delta, Glenwood Springs, Gunnison, Hotchkiss, Lake City, Marble, Montrose, Mt. Crested Butte, New Castle, Olathe, Orchard City, Paonia, Parachute, Pitkin, Rifle, Silt, and Snowmass Village. [6]
The entire Colorado Senate District 5 is within Colorado's 3rd congressional district. [7]
Before being redistricted in January 2022, District 5 was based in the mountain towns of the Rockies, covering all of Chaffee, Delta, Eagle, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Lake, and Pitkin Counties. Communities in the district include Vail, Avon, Basalt, Eagle, Gypsum, Minturn, Edwards, El Jebel, Eagle-Vail, Aspen, Snowmass Village, Leadville, Leadville North, Salida, Buena Vista, Gunnison, Crested Butte, Powderhorn, Delta, Cedaredge, Orchard City, Paonia, and Lake City. [8] Prior to 2022, the district was located primarily within Colorado's 3rd congressional district, also overlapping with the 2nd and 5th congressional districts.
Republican Perry Will was appointed to the senate seat by the Republican Vacancy Committee on January 7, 2023. [9] The seat was vacant because on December 1, 2022 then current senator Bob Rankin announced his intention to resign effective January 10, 2023. [10]
Colorado state senators are elected to staggered four-year terms. The old 5th district held elections in midterm years, but the new district drawn following the 2020 Census will hold elections in presidential years.
Former Senator Kerry Donovan was term-limited in 2022 regardless, but two Republican senators, Don Coram and Bob Rankin, live within the new boundaries of the 5th district. Coram, whose term ended in 2022, was unable to run for re-election because the seat wasn't up for election. Rankin represented the district beginning in January 2021 [11] and was therefore able to remain as the district Senator.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kerry Donovan (incumbent) | 41,838 | 60.4 | |
Republican | Olen Lund | 27,375 | 39.6 | |
Total votes | 69,213 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kerry Donovan | 27,526 | 49.0 | |
Republican | Don Suppes | 26,225 | 46.7 | |
Libertarian | Lee Mulcahy | 2,374 | 4.2 | |
Total votes | 56,125 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gail Schwartz (incumbent) | 26,355 | 51.5% | |
Republican | Bob Rankin | 25,269 | 48.5% | |
Total votes | 51,624 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gail Schwartz | 24,677 | 51.0% | |
Republican | Lewis Entz (incumbent) | 23,691 | 49.0% | |
Total votes | 48,368 | 100 | ||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||
Year | Office | Results [16] |
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2020 | President | Biden 55.9 – 41.7% |
2018 | Governor | Polis 55.0 – 41.4% |
2016 | President | Clinton 48.5 – 43.5% |
2014 | Senate | Udall 48.3 – 46.5% |
Governor | Hickenlooper 51.3 – 43.9% | |
2012 | President | Obama 51.0 – 46.5% |
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