1974Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Colorado House District 1
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Sam Zakhem (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Hubert M. Safran (D) by 5.5 points, flipping a seat Democrats held.
Sam ZakhemRepublican · winner
52.7%7,166
Hubert M. SafranDemocrat · incumbent
47.3%6,425
13,591 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 1974
Races before and after
Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)