1980 general · November 4, 1980

1980 Colorado House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Colorado House of Representatives district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 65 seats

After the electionD 26 · R 39
Races65
Changed party10
Unopposed26%17 races
Incumbents defeated6

Every district

D 26 · R 39

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Jeanne Faatz (R)38.3
HD-2Wayne N. Knox (D)20.7
HD-3George M. Chavez (D)Unopposed
HD-4Miller Hudson (D)27.4
HD-5Federico Pena (D)Unopposed
HD-6Richard Castro (D)42.0
HD-7Arie Taylor (D)55.9
HD-8Wilma J. Webb (D)Unopposed
HD-9Laura Deherrera (D)Unopposed
HD-10Ruth E. Prendergast (R)10.7
HD-11Jack McCroskey (D)9.7
HD-12Don Eberle (D)7.3Flipped
HD-13Gerald Kopel (D)1.1
HD-14Betty Neale (R)42.8
HD-15Greg Rogers (R)3.9
HD-16William H. Becker (R)43.5
HD-17Jean Larson (R)8.2
HD-18Frank H. Randall (R)47.6
HD-19Peter M. Minahan (R)31.5
HD-20Bob Stephenson (R)18.0
HD-21Charles W. Heim (R)Unopposed
HD-22John Herzog (R)35.3
HD-23Jim Lee (R)23.7
HD-24Claire Traylor (R)20.7
HD-25Frank Defilippo (R)Unopposed
HD-26Don Mielke (R)5.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-27Tom Tancredo (R)12.6
HD-28Kathy Spelts (R)49.6
HD-29A. J. Spano (R)22.3
HD-30John Hamlin (R)36.0
HD-31Jim Chaplin (R)4.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-32Bob Martinez (D)18.0
HD-33Jean Marks (D)14.9
HD-34John Davoren (D)15.7
HD-35Betty Orten (D)9.1
HD-36Bev Scherling (R)38.0
HD-37Chris Paulson (R)34.4
HD-38Jim Reeves (R)Unopposed
HD-39Paul Schauer (R)Unopposed
HD-40Joe Winkler (R)35.8
HD-41Stanley E. Johnson (D)21.9
HD-42Leo Lucero (D)Unopposed
HD-43George W. Boley (D)Unopposed
HD-44Bob Kirscht (D)Unopposed
HD-45Stephen T. Erickson (R)Unopposed
HD-46Ronald H. Strahle (R)Unopposed
HD-47David Skaggs (D)4.3Flipped
HD-48Bill Artist (R)38.4
HD-49Candace Dyer (D)2.1Flipped
HD-50Eunice W. Fine (R)22.0
HD-51Walter Younglund (R)38.6
HD-52Gwenne Hume (R)30.5
HD-53Ruth Wright (D)32.5
HD-54James M. Robb (R)24.1
HD-55Vickie Armstrong (R)8.0FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-56W. P. Hinman (R)Unopposed
HD-57Kathleen Sullivan (D)12.1FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-58Glenn Underwood (R)0.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-59Robert E. Denier (R)7.3
HD-60James R. Lillpop (R)11.8
HD-61Robert N. Shoemaker (D)Unopposed
HD-62Phillip Massari (D)Unopposed
HD-63Elwood Gillis (R)7.7FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-64Carl B. Bledsoe (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-65Melba Hastings (D)8.6

Colorado House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner