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1980Final results

1980 election for Colorado Senate District 10

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Ray Powers (R) won with 69.7% of the vote, defeating John D. Odonnell (D) by 39.4 points.

Ray PowersRepublican · winner
69.7%21,280
30.3%9,251
30,531 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

EvenR+13.81976R+39.41980R+34.42000R+30.02008R+32.42016R+18.22020

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