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1986Final results

1986 election for Colorado Senate District 32

Colorado State Senate · Colorado

Ray Peterson (D) won with 57.9% of the vote, defeating Dale Noffsinger (R) by 17.7 points.

Ray PetersonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.9%15,257
Dale NoffsingerRepublican
40.2%10,592
Geoffrey LloydLibertarian
1.9%494
26,343 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+19.11982D+17.71986D+8.01990D+3.01994D+4.91998D+41.22006

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

The candidates

Ray Peterson (D)Dale Noffsinger (R)

Also on the ballot: Geoffrey Lloyd (Libertarian), 1.9%