1974Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1974 election for Colorado House District 17
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Don Brinton (D) won with 57.2% of the vote, defeating Floyd W. Pettie (R) by 14.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Don BrintonDemocrat · winner
57.2%3,172
Floyd W. PettieRepublican · incumbent
42.8%2,376
5,548 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: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET