1996Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1996 election for Colorado Senate District 23
Colorado State Senate · Colorado
Ken Arnold (R) won with 53.7% of the vote, defeating Lois Tochtrop (D) by 7.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Ken ArnoldRepublican · winner
53.7%20,820
Lois TochtropDemocrat
46.3%17,984
38,804 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