1980Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
1980 election for Colorado House District 49
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Candace Dyer (D) won with 51.1% of the vote, defeating Karen S. Sekich (R) by 2.1 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Candace DyerDemocrat · winner
51.1%12,099
Karen S. SekichRepublican
48.9%11,596
23,695 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