1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Colorado House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Colorado House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 65 seats

After the electionD 28 · R 37
Races65
Changed party0
Unopposed11%7 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 28 · R 37

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Hubert M. Safran (D)18.5
HD-2Richard D. Lamm (D)21.6
HD-3Charles Demoulin (D)Unopposed
HD-4Dennis Gallagher (D)28.5
HD-5Ruben Valdez (D)43.3
HD-6Betty Benavidez (D)30.4
HD-7Arie Taylor (D)Unopposed
HD-8Wellington Webb (D)71.2
HD-9Edward M. Bendelow (D)39.4
HD-10Carl Gustafson (R)35.5
HD-11Carol Tempest (R)2.0
HD-12David M. Gaon (D)4.3
HD-13Gerald Kopel (D)4.2
HD-14Frank K. Southworth (R)19.5
HD-15Don Friedman (R)30.8
HD-16Kay M. Munson (R)92.6
HD-17Floyd W. Pettie (R)1.1
HD-18William J. Hybl (R)52.9
HD-19Edward I. Bryant (R)1.6
HD-20James R. Ross (R)4.9
HD-21Arthur C. Herzberger (R)Unopposed
HD-22C. M. Edmonds (R)5.5
HD-23Theodore M. Eaker (R)14.9
HD-24George Fentress (R)17.2
HD-25Larry F. Hobbs (R)25.4
HD-26Floyd M. Sack (R)27.3
HD-27Larry Obrian (R)19.5
HD-28Laura Miller (R)29.1
HD-29A. J. Spano (R)7.5
HD-30John Hamlin (R)19.0
HD-31Morgan Smith (D)16.8
HD-32E. E. Hayes (D)17.4
HD-33Anthony J. Mullen (D)15.3
HD-34Eldon W. Cooper (D)Unopposed
HD-35John S. Caroll (D)22.6
HD-36Gerard Frank (D)3.7
HD-37Betty Ann Dittemore (R)29.7
HD-38Austin F. Moore (R)24.0
HD-39Robert L. Eckelberry (R)32.6
HD-40John D. Fuhr (R)37.9
HD-41Thomas T. Farley (D)21.6
HD-42Leo Lucero (D)30.9
HD-43George W. Boley (D)2.7
HD-44Bob Kirscht (D)14.7
HD-45James Lloyd (D)1.6
HD-46Ronald H. Strahle (R)11.1
HD-47S. G. Arnold (R)Unopposed
HD-48Carl E. Showalter (R)33.8
HD-49Steven I. Gunn (R)17.4
HD-50Virginia L. Sears (R)3.1
HD-51Walter Younglund (R)35.8
HD-52John C. Buechner (R)18.1
HD-53Charles B. Howe (D)16.0
HD-54T. John Baer Jr. (D)12.6
HD-55Tillman Bishop (R)23.7
HD-56W. P. Hinman (R)Unopposed
HD-57Michael L. Strang (R)45.2
HD-58Hiram A. McNeil (D)0.7Incumbent lost
HD-59Roy E. Wells (D)30.4
HD-60Clarence Quinlan (R)30.9
HD-61Harold R. Koster (R)7.3
HD-62Phillip Massari (D)Unopposed
HD-63Forrest G. Burns (D)10.5
HD-64Carl B. Bledsoe (R)16.7
HD-65Lowell E. Sonnenberg (R)1.7

Colorado House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner