1976 general · November 2, 1976

1976 Colorado House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Colorado House of Representatives district in the 1976 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 65 seats

After the electionD 30 · R 35
Races65
Changed party9
Unopposed15%10 races
Incumbents defeated7

Every district

D 30 · R 35

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Sam Zakhem (R)21.2
HD-2Wayne N. Knox (D)35.6
HD-3Charles Demoulin (D)40.2
HD-4Douglas Wayland (D)Unopposed
HD-5Ruben Valdez (D)47.6
HD-6Richard Castro (D)44.3
HD-7Arie Taylor (D)61.1
HD-8Wellington Webb (D)93.4
HD-9Laura Deherrera (D)Unopposed
HD-10Carl Gustafson (R)6.4
HD-11Jack McCroskey (D)3.7
HD-12Anne McGill Gorsuch (R)4.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-13Paul Swalm (R)5.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-14Betty Neale (R)21.4
HD-15Cliff Dodge (R)4.8
HD-16William H. Becker (R)20.4
HD-17Don Brinton (D)3.9
HD-18Ken Kramer (R)40.5
HD-19Joe M. Cantrell (D)5.5
HD-20Joel Hefley (R)10.5FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-21Arthur C. Herzberger (R)40.7
HD-22Steven J. Durham (R)34.6
HD-23John R. McElderry (R)20.2
HD-24Claire Traylor (R)18.3
HD-25Sam Barnhill (R)28.0
HD-26Dorothy K. Witherspoon (D)0.1
HD-27Tom Tancredo (R)9.5Flipped
HD-28Daniel Schaefer (R)34.2
HD-29A. J. Spano (R)20.1
HD-30John Hamlin (R)Unopposed
HD-31Morgan Smith (D)Unopposed
HD-32E. E. Hayes (D)Unopposed
HD-33Jean Marks (D)15.4
HD-34Polly Bacabarragan (D)24.3
HD-35Betty Orten (D)Unopposed
HD-36Gerard Frank (D)14.8
HD-37Betty Ann Dittemore (R)20.3
HD-38Jim Reeves (R)7.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-39Robert L. Eckelberry (R)43.2
HD-40Joe Winkler (R)9.3FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-41Robert J. Ore (D)34.4
HD-42Leo Lucero (D)Unopposed
HD-43George W. Boley (D)Unopposed
HD-44Bob Kirscht (D)Unopposed
HD-45James Lloyd (D)2.7
HD-46Ronald H. Strahle (R)11.7
HD-47Lee R. Jones (R)4.5
HD-48Carl E. Showalter (R)20.4
HD-49Bill Hilsmeier (R)19.8
HD-50Virginia L. Sears (R)3.6
HD-51Walter Younglund (R)17.2
HD-52Gwenne Hume (R)15.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-53Charles B. Howe (D)39.1
HD-54Robert F. Burford (R)25.7
HD-55Paul N. Brown (D)5.6
HD-56W. P. Hinman (R)27.8
HD-57Nancy E. Dick (D)27.5
HD-58Walter J. Waldow (D)Unopposed
HD-59Robert E. Denier (R)14.3Flipped
HD-60James R. Lillpop (R)15.4
HD-61Robert N. Shoemaker (D)18.1
HD-62Phillip Massari (D)30.7
HD-63Forrest G. Burns (D)16.9
HD-64Carl B. Bledsoe (R)36.7
HD-65Maynard K. Yost (R)4.2FlippedIncumbent lost

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