1980 general · November 4, 1980
1980 Colorado State Senate election results, district by district
Every Colorado State Senate district in the 1980 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Republicans controlled the chamber · 35 seats
After the electionD 13 · R 22
Races18
Changed party0
Unopposed28%5 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 7 · R 11
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-3 | Regis Groff (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-4 | Donald Sandoval (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-5 | Barbara S. Holme (D) | 15.3 | |
| SD-7 | Cliff Dodge (R) | 32.1 | |
| SD-10 | Ray Powers (R) | 39.4 | |
| SD-12 | Steven J. Durham (R) | 48.3 | |
| SD-14 | Ruth S. Stockton (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Al Meiklejohn (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-17 | Ted Strickland (R) | 13.5 | |
| SD-19 | Don Macmanus (D) | 22.5 | |
| SD-20 | Martha M. Ezzard (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-21 | J. Robert Allshouse (R) | 6.5 | |
| SD-22 | Ralph A. Cole (R) | 51.2 | |
| SD-23 | Leslie Fowler (R) | 22.7 | |
| SD-24 | Ron Stewart (D) | 1.3 | |
| SD-25 | Harvey W. Phelps (D) | 37.2 | |
| SD-29 | James D. Beatty (R) | 20.0 | |
| SD-31 | Richard M. Soash (D) | 28.1 |
Colorado State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner