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1970Final results

1970 election for Colorado Senate District 8

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Richard H. Plock (R) won with 54.7% of the vote, defeating Tom W. Lamm (D) by 9.4 points.

Richard H. PlockRepublican · winner
54.7%9,386
Tom W. LammDemocrat
45.3%7,775
17,161 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

EvenR+6.91978R+25.41988R+34.11996R+2.12000R+2.92004R+9.82008

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