1974 general · November 4, 1974

1974 Colorado House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Colorado House of Representatives district in the 1974 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Democrats controlled the chamber · 65 seats

After the electionD 39 · R 26
Races65
Changed party15
Unopposed11%7 races
Incumbents defeated8

Every district

D 39 · R 26

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Sam Zakhem (R)5.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-2Wayne N. Knox (D)39.9
HD-3Charles Demoulin (D)57.6
HD-4Douglas Wayland (D)35.6
HD-5Ruben Valdez (D)38.4
HD-6Richard Castro (D)38.4
HD-7Arie Taylor (D)61.4
HD-8Wellington Webb (D)Unopposed
HD-9Edward M. Bendelow (D)60.2
HD-10Carl Gustafson (R)9.6
HD-11Jack McCroskey (D)6.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-12David M. Gaon (D)17.1
HD-13Gerald Kopel (D)8.9
HD-14Betty Neale (R)0.8
HD-15Don Friedman (R)6.7
HD-16Kay M. Munson (R)13.3
HD-17Don Brinton (D)14.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-18Ken Kramer (R)11.6
HD-19Joe M. Cantrell (D)22.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-20William S. Flanery Jr. (D)8.8Flipped
HD-21Arthur C. Herzberger (R)Unopposed
HD-22Steven J. Durham (R)3.7Incumbent lost
HD-23Ronald D. Elliott (R)3.9
HD-24Frank Traylor (R)3.5
HD-25Larry F. Hobbs (R)1.3
HD-26Dorothy K. Witherspoon (D)3.9FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-27Nancy Flett (D)0.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-28Laura Miller (R)22.0
HD-29A. J. Spano (R)0.3
HD-30John Hamlin (R)7.3
HD-31Morgan Smith (D)45.4
HD-32E. E. Hayes (D)36.9
HD-33Jean Marks (D)16.6
HD-34Polly Bacabarragan (D)38.2
HD-35Betty Orten (D)41.6
HD-36Gerard Frank (D)25.9
HD-37Betty Ann Dittemore (R)0.3
HD-38Stephen A. Lyon (D)3.5Flipped
HD-39Robert L. Eckelberry (R)23.8
HD-40Steve Hogan (D)5.3Flipped
HD-41Robert J. Ore (D)28.2
HD-42Leo Lucero (D)Unopposed
HD-43George W. Boley (D)26.6
HD-44Bob Kirscht (D)Unopposed
HD-45James Lloyd (D)14.8
HD-46Ronald H. Strahle (R)7.9
HD-47S. G. Arnold (R)16.7
HD-48Carl E. Showalter (R)16.9
HD-49Bill Hilsmeier (R)4.3
HD-50Virginia L. Sears (R)11.9
HD-51Walter Younglund (R)17.3
HD-52Pat Burrows (D)5.7Flipped
HD-53Charles B. Howe (D)44.8
HD-54Robert F. Burford (R)14.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-55Paul N. Brown (D)12.5Flipped
HD-56W. P. Hinman (R)2.3
HD-57Nancy E. Dick (D)21.5Flipped
HD-58Walter J. Waldow (D)6.9
HD-59Roy E. Wells (D)39.8
HD-60Clarence Quinlan (R)12.7
HD-61Robert N. Shoemaker (D)31.1Flipped
HD-62Phillip Massari (D)Unopposed
HD-63Forrest G. Burns (D)Unopposed
HD-64Carl B. Bledsoe (R)Unopposed
HD-65David Sprague (D)3.4Flipped

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