1978Final results
1978 election for Colorado Senate District 30
Colorado State Senate · Colorado
Tillman Bishop (R) won with 78.1% of the vote, defeating Joseph A. Kaputa (Cst) by 56.3 points.
Tillman BishopRepublican · winner · incumbent
78.1%19,695
Joseph A. KaputaConstitution
21.9%5,512
25,207 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