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1980Final results

1980 election for Colorado House District 27

Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado

Tom Tancredo (R) won with 56.3% of the vote, defeating David Bath (D) by 12.6 points.

Tom TancredoRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.3%17,426
David BathDemocrat
43.7%13,520
30,946 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

EvenD+0.51974R+9.51976R+21.01978R+12.61980D+4.41982R+21.11984

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