Colorado's 9th Senate district

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Colorado's 9th
State Senate district
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Senator
  Lynda Zamora Wilson
R Air Force Academy
Registration34.3%  Republican
14.1%  Democratic
49.6%  No party preference
Demographics81%  White
3%  Black
10%  Hispanic
3%  Asian
3% Other
Population (2018)164,800 [1]
Registered voters138,308 [2]

Colorado's 9th Senate district is one of 35 districts in the Colorado Senate. It is currently represented by Lynda Zamora Wilson, who was selected by vacancy committee following the resignation Paul Lundeen, who reprsentated the district from 2019 until his resignation in June 2025. [3] [4]

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Geography

District 9 covers the northern suburbs of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, including the communities of Monument, Palmer Lake, Black Forest, Gleneagle, Woodmoor, and parts of Falcon and Colorado Springs proper. The district is also home to the United States Air Force Academy. [5]

The district is located entirely within Colorado's 5th congressional district, and overlaps with the 14th, 15th, 18th, 19th, and 20th districts of the Colorado House of Representatives. [6]

Recent election results

2022

Colorado state senators are elected to staggered four-year terms; under normal circumstances, the 9th district holds elections in midterm years. The 2022 election will be the first held under the state's new district lines.

2022 Colorado State Senate election, District 9 [7] [8]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Lundeen (incumbent) 20,470 66.4
Republican Lynda Zamora Wilson10,37833.6
Total votes30,848 100
General election
Republican Paul Lundeen (incumbent) 50,266 62.3
Democratic Arik Dougherty28,32735.1
Libertarian Stephen Darnell2,0752.6
Total votes80,668 100

Historical election results

2018

2018 Colorado State Senate election, District 9 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Paul Lundeen 61,341 70.3
Democratic Gil Armendariz25,89229.7
Total votes87,233 100
Republican hold

2014

2014 Colorado State Senate election, District 9 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kent Lambert (incumbent) 53,867 100
Total votes53,867 100
Republican hold

Federal and statewide results

YearOfficeResults [11]
2020 President Trump 60.2 – 36.6%
2018 Governor Stapleton 64.8 – 32.0%
2016 President Trump 62.8 – 27.8%
2014 Senate Gardner 70.6 – 25.4%
Governor Beauprez 68.8 – 27.8%
2012 President Romney 69.7 – 28.3%

References

  1. "State Senate District 9, CO". Census Reporter. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  2. "Total Registered Voters by State Senate District, Party, and Status" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  3. Radio, Jesse Paul, Bente Birkeland, Colorado Public (June 9, 2025). "Top Republican in Colorado Senate resigns to take private sector job". The Colorado Sun. Retrieved June 9, 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com, Marissa Ventrelli (July 1, 2025). "Colorado Senate District 9 vacancy filled by Lynda Zamora Wilson in El Paso County". Colorado Politics. Retrieved July 8, 2025.
  5. "Final Plans Approved by the Court". Colorado Redistricting - General Assembly. Archived from the original on April 12, 2020. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  6. David Jarman. "How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?". Daily Kos. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  7. "2022 Primary Election". Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  8. "2022 Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  9. "2018 Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  10. "2014 Abstract of Votes Cast" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  11. "Daily Kos Elections Statewide Results by LD". Daily Kos. Retrieved April 16, 2020.