Election Name: | 2020 Colorado State Senate election |
Country: | Colorado |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2018 Colorado State Senate election |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Next Election: | 2022 Colorado Senate election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Seats For Election: | 18 of the 35 seats in the Colorado Senate |
Majority Seats: | 18 |
Election Date: | November 3, 2020 |
1Blank: | Seats up |
2Blank: | Races won |
Image1: | File:Leroy Garcia 2020.JPG |
Leader1: | Leroy Garcia |
Party1: | Colorado Democratic Party |
Leaders Seat1: | District 3 |
Seats Before1: | 19 |
Seats1: | 20 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Popular Vote1: | 920,525 |
Percentage1: | 57.81% |
1Data1: | 10 |
2Data1: | 11 |
Leader2: | Chris Holbert |
Party2: | Colorado Republican Party |
Leaders Seat2: | District 30 |
Seats Before2: | 16 |
Seats2: | 15 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 630,299 |
Percentage2: | 39.58% |
1Data2: | 8 |
2Data2: | 7 |
Map Size: | 450px |
President of the Senate | |
Before Election: | Leroy Garcia |
Before Party: | Democratic |
After Election: | Leroy Garcia |
After Party: | Democratic |
The 2020 Colorado Senate elections took place on November 3, 2020, with the primary elections held on June 30, 2020.[1] Voters in 18 out of 35 districts of the state Senate elected their representative for a four-year term. It coincided with the state House elections and the biennial United States elections. The Democratic Party retained control of the Senate, winning 20 seats, and increased their majority by one, gaining the 27th district from the Republican Party.
In the previous state Senate election (2018), the Democrats claimed control of the chamber from the Republicans, gaining two Republican seats and one independent (formerly Democratic senator) seat. That resulted in a 19-seat Democratic majority. Therefore, for Democrats to have lost their absolute majority in the Senate in this election, Republicans and other parties would have needed to gain at least two more seats.
One Democratic and three Republican incumbents are term-limited and prohibited from seeking a consecutive third term.[2]
District | Incumbent | Party | Elected | Party | |||
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4 | Jim Smallwood | Rep | Jim Smallwood | Rep | |||
Bob Rankin | Rep | Bob Rankin | Rep | ||||
10 | Owen Hill | Rep | Larry Liston | Rep | |||
12 | Bob Gardner | Rep | Bob Gardner | Rep | |||
14 | Joann Ginal | Dem | Joann Ginal | Dem | |||
17 | Mike Foote | Dem | Sonya Jaquez Lewis | Dem | |||
18 | Steve Fenberg | Dem | Steve Fenberg | Dem | |||
19 | Rachel Zenzinger | Dem | Rachel Zenzinger | Dem | |||
21 | Dominick Moreno | Dem | Dominick Moreno | Dem | |||
23 | Vicki Marble | Rep | Barbara Kirkmeyer | Rep | |||
25 | Kevin Priola | Rep | Kevin Priola | Rep | |||
26 | Jeff Bridges | Dem | Jeff Bridges | Dem | |||
27 | Jack Tate | Rep | Chris Kolker | Dem | |||
28 | Nancy Todd | Dem | Janet Buckner | Dem | |||
29 | Rhonda Fields | Dem | Rhonda Fields | Dem | |||
31 | Chris Hansen | Dem | Chris Hansen | Dem | |||
33 | Angela Williams | Dem | James Coleman | Dem | |||
35 | Larry Crowder | Rep | Cleave Simpson Jr. | Rep |
Bold - Gain
Italics - Hold, new member
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
align=center | District 4 • 8 • 10 • 12 • 14 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 21 • 23 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 31 • 33 • 35 |