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1982Final results

1982 election for Colorado Senate District 32

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Ray Peterson (D) won with 59.6% of the vote, defeating John Gonce (R) by 19.1 points.

Ray PetersonDemocrat · winner
59.6%17,104
John GonceRepublican
40.4%11,612
28,716 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+19.11982D+17.71986D+8.01990D+3.01994D+4.91998D+41.22006

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