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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

EvenD+61.81990R+27.11994R+35.51998R+41.92002R+25.52006R+34.32010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET