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1998Final results

1998 election for Colorado House District 47

Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado

Kenneth Kester (R) won with 53.0% of the vote, defeating Bill Durland (D) by 6.1 points.

Kenneth KesterRepublican · winner
53.0%9,515
Bill DurlandDemocrat
47.0%8,421
17,936 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

EvenD+35.81990R+13.51992R+39.91994R+6.11998D+2.92002D+3.52004

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