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1988 election for Colorado House District 55

Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado

Dan Prinster (D) won with 59.0% of the vote, defeating Reford C. Theobold (R) by 18.0 points, a seat Republicans won last time.

Dan PrinsterDemocrat · winner
59.0%12,415
41.0%8,625
21,040 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 1988

Races before and after

EvenD+5.61976D+8.31978R+8.01980D+18.01988D+17.41994R+44.11996

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