1976Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1976 election for Colorado House District 13
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Paul Swalm (R) won with 52.7% of the vote, defeating Gerald Kopel (D) by 5.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Paul SwalmRepublican · winner
52.7%9,023
Gerald KopelDemocrat · incumbent
47.3%8,104
17,127 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET