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1980Final results

1980 election for Colorado Senate District 19

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Don Macmanus (D) won with 61.2% of the vote, defeating Robert J. Barry (R) by 22.5 points.

Don MacmanusDemocrat · winner · incumbent
61.2%11,470
Robert J. BarryRepublican
38.8%7,257
18,727 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+23.91992R+10.11996D+1.92000D+7.42004D+2.02008D+0.82012

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