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1982Final results

1982 election for Colorado Senate District 24

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Polly Bacabarragan (D) won with 65.8% of the vote, defeating Art Marquez (R) by 31.7 points.

Polly BacabarraganDemocrat · winner · incumbent
65.8%14,911
Art MarquezRepublican
34.2%7,735
22,646 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 1982

Races before and after

EvenD+14.91976D+1.31980D+31.71982D+20.41986D+15.91998D+15.12002

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