1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Colorado House District 19
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Ray Powers (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Joe M. Cantrell (D) by 7.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ray PowersRepublican · winner
53.6%4,227
Joe M. CantrellDemocrat · incumbent
46.4%3,657
7,884 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET