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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
 
Leader Steve Fenberg
(term-limited)
Paul Lundeen
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since February 22, 2022 January 9, 2023
Leader's seat 18thBoulder 9thColorado Springs
Last election 23 seats, 49.05% 12 seats, 50.27%[a]
Current seats 23 12
Seats needed Steady Increase 6

Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent      Democratic incumbent retiring
     Republican incumbent      Republican incumbent retiring
     No election

Incumbent President of the Senate

Steve Fenberg
Democratic



The 2024 Colorado Senate elections will take 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 will elect their representative for a four-year term.[2] It will coincide with other Colorado elections of the same year and the biennial United States elections.

Background

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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%.

Retirements

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Democrats

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  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 (running for Jefferson County Commission).[3][4]
  5. District 28: Rhonda Fields is term-limited (running for Arapahoe County Commission).[3][5]

Republicans

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

Predictions

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Statewide

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Source Ranking As of
CNalysis[7] Solid D August 10, 2024
Sabato's Crystal Ball[8] Safe D June 18, 2024

Competitive districts

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

Results by district

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

District 2

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 2nd District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer Brady
Republican Lisa Frizell
Libertarian Caryn Ann Harlos
Total votes

District 5

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 5th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cole Buerger
Republican Marc Catlin
Total votes

District 6

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 6th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Cleave Alan Simpson
Democratic Vivian Smotherman
Total votes

District 10

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 10th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Larry Liston
Democratic Ryan Howard Lucas
Libertarian John Hjersman
Total votes

District 12

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 12th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marc Snyder
Republican Stan VanderWerf
Libertarian John Michael Angle
Total votes

District 13

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 13th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Bright
Democratic Matt Johnston
Total votes

District 14

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 14th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cathy Kipp
Republican Phoebe McWilliams
Libertarian Jeffrey Brosius
Total votes

District 16

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 16th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robyn Carnes
Democratic Chris Kolker
Total votes

District 17

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 17th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sonya Jaquez Lewis
Republican Tom Van Lone
Total votes

District 18

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 18th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Judy Amabile
Unity Gary Swing
Total votes

District 19

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 19th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Sam Bandimere
Democratic Lindsey Daugherty
Libertarian Ryan VanGundy
Total votes

District 21

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 21st District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Frederick Alfred Jr
Democratic Dafna Michaelson Janet
Total votes

District 23

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 23rd District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Barb Kirkmeyer
Total votes

District 26

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 26th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jeff Bridges
Republican Bob Lane
Unity Meredith Ryan
Total votes

District 28

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 28th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pedro Espinoza
Democratic Mike Weissman
Total votes

District 29

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 29th District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Janet Buckner
Total votes

District 31

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 31st District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Hansen
Libertarian David Aitken
Total votes

District 33

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2024 Colorado Senate election, 33rd District
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James Coleman
Republican Max Minnig
Total votes

Footnotes

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  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.

References

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  1. ^ "2024 Election Calendar" (PDF). Colorado Secretary of State.
  2. ^ "Senate Term Limits". Colorado General Assembly.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "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.
  7. ^ "24 CO Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  8. ^ Jacobson, Louis (June 18, 2024). "2024's Battleground State Legislative Chambers". Retrieved July 13, 2024.
  9. ^ "24 CO Forecast". projects.cnalysis.com. Retrieved September 8, 2024.
  10. ^ Goodland, Marianne (January 7, 2023). "Vacancy committee returns Perry Will to the General Assembly". The Gazette. Colorado Springs, Colorado. Archived from the original on January 8, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2024.
  11. ^ "2024 General Election Official Candidate List". Colorado Secretary of State. September 24, 2024. Retrieved October 8, 2024.