1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1980 election for Colorado House District 63
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Elwood Gillis (R) won with 53.9% of the vote, defeating Forrest G. Burns (D) by 7.7 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Elwood GillisRepublican · winner
53.9%6,746
Forrest G. BurnsDemocrat · incumbent
46.1%5,776
12,522 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