1978 general · November 7, 1978

1978 Colorado House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Colorado House of Representatives district in the 1978 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 28 · R 37
Races65
Changed party8
Unopposed25%16 races
Incumbents defeated3

Every district

D 28 · R 37

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jeanne Faatz (R)15.8
HD-2Wayne N. Knox (D)35.1
HD-3George M. Chavez (D)Unopposed
HD-4Miller Hudson (D)36.1
HD-5Federico Pena (D)57.0
HD-6Richard Castro (D)Unopposed
HD-7Arie Taylor (D)Unopposed
HD-8King Trimble (D)61.2
HD-9Laura Deherrera (D)Unopposed
HD-10Carl Gustafson (R)14.2
HD-11Jack McCroskey (D)9.3
HD-12Anne McGill Gorsuch (R)8.4
HD-13Gerald Kopel (D)5.4FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-14Betty Neale (R)38.3
HD-15Cliff Dodge (R)29.3
HD-16William H. Becker (R)Unopposed
HD-17Jean Larson (R)10.5Flipped
HD-18Frank H. Randall (R)12.3
HD-19Ray Powers (R)7.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-20Bob Stephenson (R)22.8
HD-21Arthur C. Herzberger (R)Unopposed
HD-22Steven J. Durham (R)44.6
HD-23John R. McElderry (R)21.7
HD-24Claire Traylor (R)14.0
HD-25Frank Defilippo (R)28.1
HD-26Dorothy K. Witherspoon (D)5.7
HD-27Tom Tancredo (R)21.0
HD-28Kathy Spelts (R)26.9
HD-29A. J. Spano (R)13.8
HD-30John Hamlin (R)Unopposed
HD-31James Shepard (D)6.8
HD-32E. E. Hayes (D)Unopposed
HD-33Jean Marks (D)18.9
HD-34John Davoren (D)25.4
HD-35Betty Orten (D)31.3
HD-36Bev Scherling (R)10.8Flipped
HD-37Martha M. Ezzard (R)43.3
HD-38Jim Reeves (R)16.3
HD-39Paul Schauer (R)22.8
HD-40Joe Winkler (R)22.4
HD-41Stanley E. Johnson (D)Unopposed
HD-42Leo Lucero (D)Unopposed
HD-43George W. Boley (D)33.3
HD-44Bob Kirscht (D)Unopposed
HD-45Stephen T. Erickson (R)8.5Flipped
HD-46Ronald H. Strahle (R)70.0
HD-47Lee R. Jones (R)7.5
HD-48Carl E. Showalter (R)Unopposed
HD-49Bill Hilsmeier (R)21.2
HD-50Eunice W. Fine (R)19.0
HD-51Walter Younglund (R)16.9
HD-52Gwenne Hume (R)35.8
HD-53Charles B. Howe (D)Unopposed
HD-54Robert F. Burford (R)29.7
HD-55Carol Edmonds (D)8.3
HD-56W. P. Hinman (R)22.2
HD-57Nick Theos (R)10.2Flipped
HD-58C. Michael Callihan (D)17.7
HD-59Robert E. Denier (R)Unopposed
HD-60James R. Lillpop (R)16.7
HD-61Robert N. Shoemaker (D)40.8
HD-62Phillip Massari (D)Unopposed
HD-63Forrest G. Burns (D)Unopposed
HD-64Cecil B. Hasenbalg (D)45.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-65Melba Hastings (D)0.1Flipped

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