1986Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Colorado House District 51
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Leo Berger (D) won with 50.7% of the vote, defeating Walter Younglund (R) by 1.3 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Leo BergerDemocrat · winner
50.7%6,355
Walter YounglundRepublican · incumbent
49.3%6,189
12,544 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET