1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Colorado House District 33
Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado
Shawn Mitchell (R) won with 53.6% of the vote, defeating Larry G. Karsten (D) by 7.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Shawn MitchellRepublican · winner
53.6%10,241
Larry G. KarstenDemocrat
46.4%8,867
19,108 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET