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1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1976 election for Colorado House District 12

Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado

Anne McGill Gorsuch (R) won with 52.4% of the vote, defeating David M. Gaon (D) by 4.8 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Anne McGill GorsuchRepublican · winner
52.4%8,256
David M. GaonDemocrat · incumbent
47.6%7,496
15,752 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 1976

Races before and after

EvenD+4.31972D+17.11974R+4.81976R+8.41978D+7.31980D+4.91982

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