1996Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Colorado House District 31
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Paul Zimmerman (D) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Eric Prinzler (R) by 1.9 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Paul ZimmermanDemocrat · winner
51.0%12,125
Eric PrinzlerRepublican · incumbent
49.0%11,668
23,793 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 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET