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1978 election for Colorado Senate District 34

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Kenneth Clark (R) won with 50.1% of the vote, defeating Jim Rizzuto (D) by 0.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

Kenneth ClarkRepublican · winner
50.1%10,532
Jim RizzutoDemocrat
49.9%10,506
21,038 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

EvenR+9.11984D+9.51988D+52.01994D+55.32010D+54.82014D+66.32018

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