1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1978 election for Colorado Senate District 13
Colorado State Senate · Colorado
Daniel Schaefer (R) won with 69.2% of the vote, defeating Florangel Mendez (D) by 38.4 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Daniel SchaeferRepublican · winner
69.2%23,798
Florangel MendezDemocrat
30.8%10,596
34,394 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