1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Colorado House District 12
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Don Eberle (D) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Bob Wherry (R) by 7.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Don EberleDemocrat · winner
53.6%7,710
Bob WherryRepublican
46.4%6,665
14,375 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET