1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Colorado House District 26
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Don Mielke (R) won with 52.5% of the vote, defeating Dorothy K. Witherspoon (D) by 5.0 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Don MielkeRepublican · winner
52.5%10,922
Dorothy K. WitherspoonDemocrat · incumbent
47.5%9,873
20,795 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