1970Final results

1970 election for Colorado Senate District 1

Name: 1970 election for Colorado Senate District 1
Start: 1970-11-03
Location: Colorado

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Ben Klein (D) won with 58.0% of the vote, defeating David Shortridge (R) by 15.9 points.

Ben KleinDemocrat · winner

58.0%8,350

42.0%6,053

14,403 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1970

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET