Colorado's 5th Senate district

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Colorado's 5th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Perry Will
R New Castle
Registration28.2%  Democratic
27.5%  Republican
42.7%  No party preference
Demographics77%  White
1%  Black
19%  Hispanic
1%  Asian
1% Other
Population (2018)146,776 [1]
Registered voters109,461 [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]

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Geography

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.

Recent election results

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.

2018

2018 Colorado State Senate election, District 5 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kerry Donovan (incumbent) 41,838 60.4
Republican Olen Lund27,37539.6
Total votes69,213 100
Democratic hold

2014

2014 Colorado State Senate election, District 5 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kerry Donovan 27,526 49.0
Republican Don Suppes26,22546.7
Libertarian Lee Mulcahy2,3744.2
Total votes56,125 100
Democratic hold

2010

2010 Colorado State Senate election, District 5 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gail Schwartz (incumbent) 26,355 51.5%
Republican Bob Rankin 25,26948.5%
Total votes51,624 100
Democratic hold

2006

2006 Colorado State Senate election, District 5 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gail Schwartz 24,677 51.0%
Republican Lewis Entz (incumbent)23,69149.0%
Total votes48,368 100
Democratic gain from Republican

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [16]
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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