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2000Final results

2000 election for Colorado House District 1

Colorado House of Representatives · Colorado

Fran N. Coleman (D) won with 59.2% of the vote, defeating John Gonce (R) by 21.8 points.

Fran N. ColemanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
59.2%11,656
John GonceRepublican
37.4%7,370
Dwayne SmilanichLibertarian
3.4%665
19,691 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 2000

Races before and after

EvenR+25.61992R+42.31994D+4.61998D+21.82000D+21.22004D+10.62006

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

The candidates

Fran N. Coleman (D)John Gonce (R)

Also on the ballot: Dwayne Smilanich (Libertarian), 3.4%