1972 general · February 1, 1972
1972 Colorado State Senate election results, district by district
Every Colorado State Senate district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 35 seats
After the electionD 13 · R 22
Races18
Changed party0
Unopposed22%4 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 5 · R 13
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-3 | George L. Brown (D) | 55.1 | |
| SD-4 | Roger Cisneros (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | John R. Bermingham (R) | 3.5 | |
| SD-7 | Joe Shoemaker (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-10 | Kingston G. Minister (R) | 14.3 | |
| SD-12 | Harold L. McCormick (R) | 44.4 | |
| SD-14 | Ruth S. Stockton (R) | 24.9 | |
| SD-16 | Robert E. Johnson (R) | 8.7 | |
| SD-17 | Ted Strickland (R) | 17.9 | |
| SD-19 | Don Macmanus (D) | 24.3 | |
| SD-20 | Hugh C. Fowler (R) | 18.1 | |
| SD-21 | J. Robert Allshouse (R) | 26.3 | |
| SD-22 | Ralph A. Cole (R) | 35.7 | |
| SD-23 | Leslie Fowler (R) | 16.3 | |
| SD-24 | Lorena E. Darby (D) | 7.4 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-25 | Vincent Massari (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-29 | G. H. Brown (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-31 | Fay Deberard (R) | 1.7 |
Colorado State Senate
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