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1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

1986 election for Colorado House District 34

Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado

Matt Jones (D) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating Mike Bird (R) by 1.7 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Matt JonesDemocrat · winner
50.9%6,100
Mike BirdRepublican · incumbent
49.1%5,896
11,996 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 1986

Races before and after

EvenD+15.71980D+7.31982R+22.01984D+1.71986D+34.91990D+22.71992

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