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1970Final results

1970 election for Colorado Senate District 3

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Allen Dines (D) won with 83.2% of the vote, defeating Carlos Santistevan (Oth) by 66.4 points.

Allen DinesDemocrat · winner · incumbent
83.2%4,185
16.8%844
5,029 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

Races before and after

EvenD+28.51998D+27.12002D+10.02010D+9.92014D+2.42022D+8.72026

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