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1974Final results

1974 election for Colorado Senate District 1

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Dennis Gallagher (D) won with 72.8% of the vote, defeating George Burke (R) by 45.5 points.

Dennis GallagherDemocrat · winner
72.8%13,114
George BurkeRepublican
27.2%4,912
18,026 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

EvenD+55.21978R+10.51982R+12.11986R+55.11990R+25.71998R+49.22002

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET